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Charity Games Competition Debuts During Austin GDC

Tuesday, July 8---Austin, TX---GameRecruiter, the premier recruitment agency for the interactive entertainment industry, today announced the debut of their Level Up Charity Games competition, to be held in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, September 17. The Level Up Charity Games are being held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of GameRecruiter and benefit the ESA Foundation Scholarship Program.

Ask Literacy Bridge Founder About Charity, Education, and the "Talking Book"

Literacy Bridge is a public charity working towards the goal of creating tools for knowledge sharing and literacy learning. More specifically, they have been working on producing a $5 "talking book" device that can both help improve literacy and provide a steady flow of important information while the education is taking place. Unlike many in the "wouldn't-it-be-nice" category, Literacy Bridge already has working silicon, shaped plastic, and actual presence in their target country, Ghana. Literacy Bridge has no paid employees, but several who volunteer their time to make this idea a reality. Cliff Schmidt, founder and executive director of Literacy Bridge, would like to answer any questions you have about the charity, the mission, or the technology.

Online Auctions Raise Big Bucks for Charity

It used to take Cynthia Thomashow as long as six months to raise the $100,000 or so her nonprofit organization needs to run for a year. But with the help of an online charity site, she can raise that sum in as little as a month. "It changed our lives," says Thomashow, executive director of the New Hampshire Center for Environmental Education, a group that provides environmental educational tools to schools. "It's a quick and efficient way to raise an operating budget." Since 2004, Thomashow has raised about $500,000 with the help of online charity sites.

Charity roadshow warns of mp3 "timebomb"

The charity Deafness Research UK has launched an innovative new roadshow to remind young people of the risks they face to their hearing from loud music if they don’t turn down the volume on their MP3 players.

Charity MP3 Player Wins Design Award

An MP3 player designed by a university professor for an education charity project has won a world-renowned design award. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said Wednesday that the school's industrial design team led by Prof. Bae Sang-min won the silver prize at the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards for its "CrossCube" Nanum foldable MP3 player.

Charity issues MP3 top tips to prevent deafness

Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long.

Charity issues tips on using MP3 players

Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long.

Charity shops beating the crunch

Charity shops in the UK seem to have beaten the economic slowdown as shoppers look for value away from the traditional High Street chains.

Bono's (RED) charity to launch online music service

Good news, celebrity charity aficionados: Project (RED) is going to be providing some music for that Bono-approved iPod nano of yours.

Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir to croon for charity in HCMC

A charity dinner gala titled “Songs for hearts” featuring the Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir will be held at 6 p.m. on September 13 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Caravelle Hotel.

Search the web; donate to charity

What if you could donate to a charity of your choice, simply by using a different version of your favourite search engine to do your Internet searches?

Drop personal finance from maths, demands charity

A leading financial education charity is calling on the government to drop personal finance from the maths curriculum.

UK. Ladies Day charity partnership confirmed for PSP Southampton Boat Show

The PSP Southampton Boat Show, in association with ITV Meridian, is delighted to announce the first Ladies Day in the Show’s history will have an official charity in Touching Tiny Lives – Action Medical Research’s fundraising appeal which aims to help the most vulnerable babies in this country.

MUSICALS & OPERA: SWEET CHARITY

ONE of the greatest American musicals is quite a challenge for a group that's only in its second year, but Northumbria University Musical Theatre Society pretty much pull it off here. The story of the luckless yet ever-optimistic dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine demands great voices, decent acting and, ideally, kick-ass dancing. Well, none of the players here would give Shirley MacLaine a sleepless night, but what the heck, they work hard and sell the routines.

Lenovo's Final Internet Charity Auction Will Help Chinese Organizations

Lenovo can't wait to cash-in on its Olympics sponsorship and has announced the final Internet charity auction of limited-edition notebook PCs inspired by the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch to benefit organizations in China.

ESA Raises $2.6M for Charity

The Association said that it had sold 90,000 of the charity packs, which contained software donated by Disney, Pixar, THQ, Ubisoft and Sony Pictures. Seventeen retailers including Best Buy, Amazon, Target and GameStop sold the game pack. Packaging and disc pressing services were provided free of charge or with fees waived by GreatWestern, Packaging 2.0 LLC, Sonopress, Technicolor, Iridio, and TenGun design.

TVB lends star power to eBay charity

Hong Kong - Television Broadcast is lending its star power to help eBay in an online charity auction for the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.

Techies reveal their creative side for charity

In December last year, Microsoft began a competition asking IT professionals to come up with innovative technology projects to help a charity of their choosing.

Largest coconut shell painting auctioned for charity,

A coconut shell painting made by Vietnamese artist Vo Quy Quoc, which is claimed to be the largest one of its kind, will be displayed and auctioned for charity in a commercial - charitable fair titled "Kind Hearts" taking place from July 26 to August 2 at Phu Tho Stadium (219 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 11, HCMC).

Man Agrees To Run New York City Marathon in Pajamas for Charity After SnoreStop Wins Sponsorship Bid On eBay

Man Agrees To Run New York City Marathon in Pajamas for Charity After SnoreStop Wins Sponsorship Bid On eBay

P&G fights back against UK animal protection charity

Personal care giant Procter and Gamble has defended itself after being targeted by a UK-based animal rights charity.

Everyclick opens search engine to all UK charities

Charity search engine Everyclick has made its charity search engine more accessible to all UK charities.

News: 7 Zelda Games In 70 Hours

Is it possible to cram over 20 years of Miyamoto magic into a 70 hour gaming session? The rather dedicated Four48 and Mario Marathon Teams, who completed timed charity sessions of several Mario titles earlier this year, put this to the test as they did speed runs of seven major The Legend of Zelda titles within a time limit in order to raise money for the gaming charity Child's Play.

Zix Corporation Announces Webcast Showcasing Email Encryption Competitive Replacement

DALLAS, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp®), (Nasdaq: ZIXI - News), the leader in hosted services for email encryption and e-prescribing, today announced an upcoming webcast featuring Daughters of Charity Health System on Thursday, July 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET. The webcast will feature Michael Day, Director of Information Technology, and Ajay Chaudhari, Network Design Specialist for Daughters of Charity and they will discuss their process for choosing and implementing a solution: how they built internal buy-in, identified and addressed potential pitfalls, and made critical decisions on replacing their previously implemented system with ZixCorp's Email Encryption Service.

Zix Corporation Announces Webcast Showcasing Email Encryption Competitive Replacement

DALLAS, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in hosted services for email encryption and e-prescribing, today announced an upcoming webcast featuring Daughters of Charity Health System on Thursday, July 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET. The webcast will feature Michael Day, Director of Information Technology, and Ajay Chaudhari, Network Design Specialist for Daughters of Charity and they will discuss their process for choosing and implementing a solution: how they built internal buy-in, identified and addressed potential pitfalls, and made critical decisions on replacing their previously implemented system with ZixCorp's Email Encryption Service.

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