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Category Archives: Philanthropy
Philanthropy Fridays – The Gumball Foundation – The next generation of inner-city social entrepreneurs
Today I am featuring the GUMBALL FOUNDATION. A young man with few prospects of having enough money to pay for his college, created a business out of buying gumball machines and placing them into stores – and earned enough to … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – South Central Scholars Program – Helping Underprivileged Kids get into and Stay in College
Today I am featuring the SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOLARS program – a remarkable program in Los Angeles that should serve as an example for cities around the nation, indeed around the world. Here is the information provided to me by the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Uncategorized
Tagged admission to college, charity, doing good, giving back, going to college, good students, inner city schools, inner city youth, mentoring, Philanthropy, staying in college, studying for college, supporting young people
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Philanthropy Fridays – Giving back – UCLA Women MBA Entrepreneurs Day Feb 2012
It was a terrific event – a number of young ( and older) entrepreneurs passing on advice, war stories, the good and the bad to women MBA’s at UCLA Anderson School of Business. The Entrepreneurs Association at UCLA Anderson School … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – the Chance Project – organized by a 13 year old to build a school in Sierra Leone
I am proud to present The Chance Project which has been organized by a 13-year old boy, Christian, and his friends, to build a school in Sierre Leone. Operating in conjunction with the well recognized “Free The Children”, this … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged 13 year old, Canada, charity, children doing good, Free the Children, good deeds, Ontario, Philanthropy, raising money, Sierra Leone
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Philanthropy Fridays – hot off the press – here is the First Scholarship for Strategic Alliance Competency ever given – The Larraine Segil Scholarship at Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business
Last week I was delighted to award the first scholarship for Strategic Alliance Competency – to Linda LoRe, former CEO of Giorgios and Frederiks of Hollywood who is now a Presidential Key Executive MBA candidate at Pepperdine University in Los … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged advancement, Alliance, Business, charity, corporate, education, entrepreneurship, graduate, Larraine Segil, MBA, partnering, Pepperdine, PKE, post graduate, relationship management, scholarship, School
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Philanthropy Fridays – Scholarships for Mid Career Women – Pepperdine School of Business
I am so grateful for my life. I have been blessed to have multiple careers – and now am in a position to give back. To that end I have created two scholarship funds – one at the Drucker School … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged advancement, Business, career, charity, empowerment of women, financial support, give back, MBA, mid-career, Pepperdine, PostGraduate, recognition, scholarship, School, Study, women
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Music Mondays – Sam, The Broken Robot Says – Dance every day! He will be appearing at the Zimmer Museum Los Angeles at 11am on TUESDAY April 24th
Sam, The Broken Robot, is doing his FIRST live appearance at the Zimmer Children’s Museum in Los Angeles – LA’s ONLY children’s museum – on April 24th at 11am-11.30am for a special show celebrating The Week of The Young Child. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Live Events, Philanthropy
Tagged charity, children songs, childrens museums, childrens music, Grandma, kid songs, kids stories, Los Angeles, Music for kids
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Philanthropy Fridays – UPWARD BOUND – a program with 100% SUCCESS RATE – helping under-privileged kids get into and stay in college
Upward Bound is an after-school/Saturday supplement to help less privileged high school kids get accepted into and through college (http://www.voala.org/services/cybert.php). There are five Upward Bound sites in the LA area with about 300 students in total. Upward Bound have provided each … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays -Make A Wish Foundation – American Airline’s Captain Nasworthy and Owen Brown
Recently I travelled on American Airlines – I used to be a very frequent traveller and still travel a fair amount ( although nothing like the 200 days I used to travel annually!) and yes, the company is in bankrupcy – yet it’s … Continue reading
Philanthropy Fridays – Imagine LA transitions homeless families to self-sufficiency
Imagine LA, a 501(c)(3) organization, facilitates an innovative two-year mentorship program that empowers the community to help families transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. By providing consistent support and access to resources, Imagine LA is able to help families achieve three … Continue reading
