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Summer music festivals offer a fun way to hear the country's best bands, but between tickets, travel, food and accommodations, they aren't cheap. So we asked directors and promoters of some of the summer's top events for their favorite penny-pinching tips for festival-goers.
College Students' Guide to Charitable Giving
11:36AM 12/23/2010
You researched what college to attend. You research term papers every semester. You even look up that cute History 101 classmate on Facebook before making your move. So why wouldn't you research a charity before donating your hard-earned money this holiday season? Doing your homework before writing...
How Pepsi Won New Customers with Community Grants
3:45PM 12/20/2010
Companies donate millions to charities, museums and educational programs, but many struggle to recoup any benefits from their giving. Here's how Pepsi succeeded in building brand loyalty with a new generation of buyers by using a clever strategy for community grants.
Free Ben & Jerry's ice cream for volunteering
12:01AM 7/01/2010
Help others, get ice cream. That's a proposition I like. Target and Ben & Jerry's have teamed up to give free ice cream to folks who volunteer. Sign up for a project in your neighborhood through Volunteer Match, then look for an e-mail with a coupon for a free scoop, which you can redeem at any...
My five-year-old has big aspirations for her summer vacation: she wants to go to the Gulf and clean pelicans. She's not alone. The bleak pictures on the news have inspired many people to consider ways to make a difference beyond simply making a donation. Some will stay home, but some will travel to...
When it comes to spring break, we all want the same thing: to lick copious amounts of alcohol off the abdominal muscles of attractive strangers.
All kidding aside, alternatives exist to the hedonistic spring break. A number of organizations exist to help put you in touch with those who could...
American Express' unimpeachable new rewards program, which everyone will likely approve of, is a piece of good news for an industry that has gotten a lot of negative attention recently.
There's plenty not to like about credit cards, so when we hear about a card company such as American Express...
No more free Disney tickets for volunteers
3:35PM 3/10/2010
Extracurriculars, Biz Brief, Fantastic Freebies, Travel, Charity, Family Money
Disney Parks has announced that it has met its promised goal of giving away 1 million free passes to people who donate a day of volunteering. Now that the target has been reached, the program will end.
And what a massively successful program it was. As our incisive sister site Gadling pointed out,...
People at Work: Corporate Giving Boosts Image, Employee Involvement
10:00AM 1/18/2010
Columns, Economy, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , Bank of America
The earthquake that struck Haiti last week has resulted in an outpouring of contributions to nonprofit groups to rescue those trapped under rubble and aid survivors. Much of the money collected has come from big U.S. businesses.
There has been some grousing recently about Disney World's decision to quietly adulterate its all-beef hot dogs with cheaper chicken meat, but the company is still capable of great feats of magnanimity. Disney will give a free day of admission in 2010 to 1 million people who complete a day of...
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