Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with charity www.salem-news.com 2010 Historic Turner, Oregon has been flooded to the gills with recent rains. Families there need assistance and their city administrator has issued a special plea for help to get this Oregon city back on track. The city will match the first $10,000 in cash donations. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/turner-assistance.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/turner-assistance.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:24:00 PST Sometimes a community suffers a disease much like human patients. This very much seems to be so in the case of the current Greyhound terminal and the Salem Center in downtown Salem. Our challenge: Upgrade Downtown Salem. http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bus-cpr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bus-cpr.php Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:32:00 PST Egyptian security forces stormed the offices of 17 human rights and pro-democracy groups on Thursday. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/ngo-raid-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/ngo-raid-ae.php Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:59:00 PST At 10:55 am, an Israeli naval warship attacked the international observers and Palestinian captain of the Civil Peace Service Gaza (CPSGAZA) boat Oliva, injuring its captain in an apparent attempt to capsize it. The two international observers, both Italian citizens, are available for media questions or interviews. http://salem-news.com/articles/december282011/gaza-boats-attacked.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december282011/gaza-boats-attacked.php Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:18:00 PST Happy Christmas Mr President or may I call you Barack this Yule Tide? As you know “Christmas is the day that holds all time together” (Alexander Smith) certainly as you rustle through your Christmas stocking and wrestle with your conscience perhaps to find as you dig deep in both and past ‘hegemonic imperatives’ an olive twig or a so-called ‘peace process’? Perhaps not. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/obama-conscience-ch.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/obama-conscience-ch.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:09:00 PST Three years ago today people around the world watched in horror as bombs began falling on Gaza. I was in Egypt with our Gaza Projects Director Dr. Mona El-Farra. We were scrambling to purchase emergency supplies and get them into Gaza. Eventually, we were able to deliver more than six tons of food, medicine, and medical equipment—including an ambulance and wheelchairs—thanks to the generosity of people like you. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/meca-gaza.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/meca-gaza.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:58:00 PST The US now ranks the highest in terms of charity in a massive global survey that put the nation in fifth place in 2010, according to CAFAmerica, a member organization of the UK based Charities Aid Foundation International Network of Offices, providing charitable financial services to individuals, global corporations, charities, and foundations. According to those surveyed, two out of three Americans said they donated money to charity (65 percent), more than two out of five volunteered their time (43 percent) and roughly three out of four helped a stranger (73 percent). http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/us-charity.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/us-charity.php Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:32:00 PST What ultimately happens to Salem-News.com depends on many things. One scenario that many people would like to see pass is our extinction. We break so many stories that other news agencies miss- until we provide coverage, that it is ridiculous, but we constantly gain new groups that want to silence us. Truth is a disease to many. Please read this and help if you can. http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/help-salem-news-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/help-salem-news-tk.php Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:41:00 PST Flashfloods that were triggered by tropical storm Sendong hit Cagayan de Oro City Saturday morning in the Philippines, leaving in its wake total devastation in many areas of Mindanao. The number of casualty continues to rise with death toll placed at 652, and nearly 800 are still missing. Experts warn that the vast number of missing people could drive the death toll to more than 1400. http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/flood-philippines-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/flood-philippines-tk.php Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:08:00 PST Christmas is fast approaching and food pantries along with “soup” kitchens across America are almost universally experiencing hardship. Not only are pantries suffering major shortages in supplies and donations, they are experiencing dramatically increased numbers of homeless and/or hungry patrons. In conversations with a number of Samaritan services throughout the nation a picture emerges that fails to support the “official” statements of elected representatives from Selectmen all the way up to the President. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:43:00 PST "As the holidays approach here in the United States, let us reflect for a moment how fortunate we are to live with freedoms in a country that is protected by our brave military men and women," says Tommy Nero Sullivan of V.I.P. Promotions. "Since the United States’ War on Terrorism, many of our military men and women have sacrificed to protect our nation and many more return home to us with severe wounds..." http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/van-thach-honored.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/van-thach-honored.php Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:57:00 PST Francis Khoo Kah Siang passed away on November 20, 2011. In addition to the countless reasons Francis will be sorely missed by his friends and loved ones, he will be missed because he leaves a void for many of us who were and remain inspired by his work for Palestinian rights. Francis Khoo is an icon of countless others, who like himself, are neither Arab nor Muslim, neither from the Middle East nor culturally or politically connected to Palestine by birth, but who support the Palestinian cause. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/francis-siang-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/francis-siang-fl.php Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:31:00 PST The international community must seize the chance to put countries in the driving seat of their own development, anti-poverty agency ActionAid says, as the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness opens in Busan, Korea. ActionAid is calling for donors to agree to fund developing country government plans which directly benefit poor communities and enable citizens to hold their governments to account. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/action-aid-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/action-aid-jf.php Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:25:00 PST A family in Keizer was forced to evacuate their home late in the night when the unknown odor in the home grew to the point- smoke drove them from the house. Keizer Police and Firefighters arrived to find a fully involved garage fire that extended into the house and burned to the second floor attic. The calls to 911 began at 00:12:55 a.m. (12 minutes after midnight) and a Keizer Police Patrol unit arrived 4 minutes later and reported the house fully involved in fire. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/keizer-fire-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/keizer-fire-jf.php Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:06:00 PST Israeli democracy fades to black (the black of the blank screen at the end of a film). That was the headline over a recent article by Lawrence Davidson, an American professor of Middle East history. He says the suppression of the democratic rights of non-Jews in Israel is coming full circle with PM Netanyahu’s Likudniks & settlers targeting the rights of Jews. http://salem-news.com/articles/november242011/netanyahu-knesset-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november242011/netanyahu-knesset-ah.php Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:51:00 PST “Islam is a violent religion. That is why we are punishing them and will continue to do so for many years until they reform their idiotic aggressive and violent religion,” writes one “loyal American citizen”, unleashing a virulent polemic against Islam and Muslims. “I, as a loyal American citizen, am disturbed when we are attacked. You know what happened following Pearl Harbor. Unless the Islamists cease their aggressive activities, they will receive the same massive retribution,” threatens our dutiful but deluded denizen, obviously brainwashed beyond coherency by the Western media. http://salem-news.com/articles/november222011/loyal-american-yaw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november222011/loyal-american-yaw.php Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:00:00 PST I'm writing this for people who will never read it without prompting: members of working families who relax by watching TV after a long work day and after they put the children to bed. People without spouses and children, including students, don't often read articles like this either. http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/must-do-usa-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november192011/must-do-usa-pb.php Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:47:00 PST Today at noon, Bread for the World activists participated in a nationwide effort to form “human circles” around programs that help vulnerable people lift themselves out of poverty. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/bread-poor.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/bread-poor.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:10:00 PST We need to all raise awareness on Homelessness in Great Britain. As you may know the number of homeless People is increasing and nowadays many places that were still better than nothing for the night have been fenced or closed down. By chance I had to use trains recently at night and what I saw was appalling. In the Leeds train station there even was a young girl with her mother, the mother was on a bench near her daughter who rested in a ready bed with "Hello Kitty" design - she was this young!- http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/homeless-uk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/homeless-uk.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:00 PST Here's a story to think about: A bouncer at a night club doesn't like the looks of one of the customers. What makes matter worse is that the customer is loud-mouthed and vilifying night club bouncers, saying that they are the ones who should be kicked out of the club. The bouncer takes a night stick that he has for just such an occasion, walks over to the table where the noisy customer is ranting and raving. http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/the-bouncer-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/the-bouncer-pb.php Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:11:00 PST The Funding Prohibition Bill is aimed at peace and human rights orgs. Foreign right-wing extremist millionaires are not touched: Moskowitz can continue financing settler invasion of Palestinian neighborhoods; Adelman continue maintaining a free daily newspaper - PM Netanyahu's mouthpiece. http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/funding-prohinbition.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/funding-prohinbition.php Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:16:00 PST In advance of the formal burial of the Palestinian Authority’s bid for state recognition at the UN, BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme was on the right track. In his introduction to a quite revealing report, presenter John Humphrys said reporter Kevin Connolly had gone to Israel to find out “what hopes there are, if any, for the establishment of a Palestinian state.” http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/palestine-next-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/palestine-next-ah.php Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:59:00 PST The foundation will assume the care of children who were orphaned by the quake as well as other orphans, making them have a monthly income which they will use for their clothing, accommodation, education, healthcare and other expenses. Just making a monthly donation of 35€ or 50$, charity givers can assume the care of an orphan. In addition, families who already support an orphan in other regions or countries through the Sponsor Family Project can also assume the care of another orphan in Van. http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/ihh-quake.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/ihh-quake.php Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:46:00 PDT In their most recent move to stop the Cessation of Protection of Rwandan Refugees, Fahamu stated the following in their petition to their supporter; “On December 31, 2011, the UN High Commissioner for the Refugees and several states hosting Rwandan refugees are considering invoking the ‘cessation clause’ of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees...” http://salem-news.com/articles/october222011/rwanda-refugees-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october222011/rwanda-refugees-jf.php Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:00 PDT Earlaiman, yesterday, gazed into his crystal globe and opined… It is a matter of time he said…. Eventually, in one of the larger Cities, the mayor will announce that the demonstration has become a riot and the police will show up in riot gear and mean. http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/rabbit-hole.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/rabbit-hole.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:26:00 PDT It seems fair to say that millions of Americans are wondering exactly what the Occupy Wall Street movement seeks to achieve for the future of the United States. There is a general consensus that Wall Street is the main culprit in the general downfall of the country's financial structure and many are unemployed, poor, struggling to make ends meet, losing homes... http://salem-news.com/articles/october142011/occupy-america-doctrine.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142011/occupy-america-doctrine.php Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:03:00 PDT Leaders from Latino and Muslim communities from New York, Los Angeles, will join with anti-war leaders from the Midwest to hold a public forum in Manhattan’s Judson Memorial Church addressing the growing threat to civil liberties. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142011/ny-meeting.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142011/ny-meeting.php Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:39:00 PDT The officials in charge of the public sector in the U.S. are siding with the 1% and Wall Street as actions against the Occupy Wall Street movement shift into high gear. The officials in cities all over the nation are assuming they can create and enforce petty laws in this broken country and protesters say the authorities are missing their chance to work with, rather than against, this movement that represents the vast majority of Americans. http://salem-news.com/articles/october132011/occupation-threatened-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october132011/occupation-threatened-tk.php Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:07:00 PDT There is no consensus definition of capitalism, but there is general agreement that it is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned, or primarily so. Under the umbrella of competitive markets, goods and services are created with the goal of generating profits with wages and prices being the basic elements of the system. http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/why_occupy_ws_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/why_occupy_ws_dj.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:29:00 PDT The small country of Rwanda buried deep in the heart of Africa continues to make loud noises despite the assumed desire its leaders to keep things quiet and inconspicuous. Within this small nation lies a government that oppresses its own people through intimidation, lack of open political space and fear to speak honestly and openly about the government in personal circles as well as in the press. http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/rwanda-govt-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/rwanda-govt-jf.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:01:00 PDT