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Non-profits, cultural institutions, municipalities, educational institutions and political organizations often hold events to raise funds for services or their cause.
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The Sacramento region will come together for one BIG Day of Giving, a challenge to support local nonprofits beginning at midnight for the next 24 hours. Donations on this day will help expand programs nat...
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Created in 2005, International Children's Hospice Day raises awareness about children's hospices and their services worldwide. It is a day to recognize the compassionate care these hospices offer to child...
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Cystinosis Awareness Day began in 2018. This annual event seeks to raise awareness about the disease and raise funds to find a cure. From the Cystinosis Research Network: “Cystinosis is a rare genetic,...
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The second Wednesday of May is Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day. This event allows people to be more charitable by donating their day’s wage or a day of work to their charity of choice. It was created...
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National Doughnut Week is held annually in the United Kingdom as a fundraiser for The Children's Trust, a charity for children with brain injury and neuro disability. Bakers and confectioners throughout t...
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Created in 2007, Go Topless Day began as a Jeep owners' ode to Summer with the first official "put the top down and get out and drive day" annually on the third Saturday in May. It has since become a glob...
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In 1969 Burlington Free Press reporter Robert Babcock approached then-governor Deane Davis with an idea: set aside one day a year to clean up Vermont's roads. By 1970, it became a reality. A poster contes...
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Ivor Week is a five-day fundraiser for the The Ivors Academy Trust annd lead-up and celebration of the British music industry leading up to and through the Ivor Novello Awards, or "The Ivors." Artists, ce...
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The Food Drive is held each year on the second Saturday in May. “With kids out of school and the departure of our winter guests, our food needs increase greatly during the summer months. Without school-...
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Did you get an invite? Me neither. The Met is the premier "Page Six" event in New York City, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit. The formal event is a who's who of celebrities, polit...
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National Military Appreciation Month (NMAM), created in 1999, was initially designated by Congress. The purpose is to learn more about the history and recognition of the US armed services, the individuals...
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A successful example of cause marketing, National Pet Cancer Awareness Month is sponsored by Blue Buffalo, the pet food, Petco, Morris Animal Foundation, and the Riedel Cody Fund. The month seeks to find...
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International Podenco Day brings awareness to the suffering and plight of this much maligned Spanish hunting breed. They are referred to as the “great forgotten”. A fundraising and awareness event, marche...
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The Oregon version of the Pug Crawl in Portland may have disappeared from the Oregon Humane Society's event calendar, but the Brits have taken up the challenge. They will be holding their first pug crawl...
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The Running of the Balls in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States, is an annual month-long fundraiser by Outdoor Gravity Park for charity in May and September. Teams sign up during these months to be cha...
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Starlight Day in Australia is a national fundraising initiative of the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Starlight provides services to seriously ill children that help them enjoy life and forget about the...
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TEA FOR DEMENTIA: TIME FOR A CUPPA FUNDRAISER Launched in 2009, Dementia UK's "Time for a Cuppa" fundraiser has become a beloved annual tradition, raising awareness and funds to support families affected...
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WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a public health problem was launched on November 17, 2020, and outlines three ambitious targets to be achieved over the next decad...
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International Donor Sabbath occurs every year and is organized by faith leaders in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other faiths to raise awareness of the need to become organ and tissue donors to save l...
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International Donor Sabbath is organized annually by faith leaders in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other faiths to raise awareness of the need to become organ and tissue donors to save lives. Most...