Youthful offenders are learning skills to use for employment when they get released by restoring old Diners.  This is a great example of how to take two needs and create a better outcome for both.  This New York Times article reviews the youthful offenders program in Rhode Island.

I do not know whether to laugh, cry or be scared by the upcoming calendar of Lawyers.

The Boston Business Journal reported lawyers decided to raise cash for charities by creating a calendar.   You can find out more about Beautiful Lawyers by calling 781-249-7803.  For the article click here.

The Boston Business Journal reported that the Boys and Girls Club of Boston finished it’s 100 million five year fund raising campaign 8 million ahead of its goal.  Hats off to the nonprofit for building a great network of 5,500 donors. 

This is a cool article that describes a website started by Microsoft to help NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations, or Non Profits) get connected with resources and other non profits. Click here to read more.

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has announced that it plans to spend an additional $150 million on the fight to eradicate Polio.

Click here to read an article about the speeding up of non profit status granting by the IRS.

Alaska recently passed a law that gives it citizens an option to donate a portion or all of the dividend check they receive from the states oil wealth fund. To read the article click here.

Gerhard R. Andlinger, who is an investment manager, has pledged 100 million dollars to Princeton University for research in the fight against global warming.

The non profit world isn’t limited to just non profit businesses. Two entrepreneurs, Chris Hanson and Mark Paquette, have turned this idea into a business of their own. Read more here!

Click here to read the article written about an Arizona based non profit that cultivates sutainability cultivation in people as young as five years old!