Tomorrow night, NBC will air the American Giving Awards: A Celebrity Tribute to American Heroes. During the event, Chase will grant $2,000,000 to charities, recognizing five previous Chase Community Giving grant recipients, chosen by their Facebook fans as well as some Chase.com users. One organization will receive a $1,000,000 grant, followed by four grants in the following amounts: $500,000, $250,000, and two grants of $125,000. The organizations being honored are Let’s Get Ready, Mathew Shepard Foundation, [...]

Do you know any HS juniors or seniors who are leaders in their communities? If so, please encourage them to apply for Bank of America’s national Student Leaders program. The program honors and awards five civic-minded high school juniors or seniors in each of 45 participating communities (including Chicago, DC, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, and more). The 2011 Student Leaders will participate in paid eight-week summer internships at local nonprofit organizations and will travel to Washington, [...]

L’Oréal Paris has a longstanding participant in the fight against ovarian cancer. Since 1997, the company’s efforts have donated over $18 million to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). This being September and all, the beauty brand is gearing up its “Color of Hope” campaign to provide customers with facts about the disease and ways they can support the cause. Customers can purchase items from the Color of Hope collection, including eyeshadows and lipsticks. For [...]

Last week, I read a great post on Dressed to Give about OPI’s involvement with various charitable organizations and causes. As a huge fan of OPI colors, I thought that I would dedicate today’s post to their South Beach collection, which I am completely in love with -kb P.S. While the “star” of the post is obviously the OPI colors, those Galliano heels are giving me butterflies, so somebody (*ahem*) should go ahead and buy [...]

I’m a firm believer in work hard and play hard! Especially if you’re talking about playing for charity! This is why I’m so excited to participate in a nationwide initiative sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. J&J has selected bloggers across the country to host a Johnson’s Body Care Cause Party. These parties are supposed to celebrate girlfriends, being beautiful, and of course, making a difference.  Ashanti actually hosted the first cause party and she raised [...]

I’m trying to get better about doing recaps for the events that I attend…Here goes! In the past 24 hours, I’ve had the chance to take part in two GREAT events benefitting the Greater Chicago Food Depository! Wednesday night, I attended Heineken with a Heart, a bar event held at the always swanky Crimson Lounge.  I got there towards the end of the event so I only heard the last two minutes of the amazing [...]

When I got home last night, I noticed a stack of vouchers on the front desk of the lobby. The first thing that caught my said was something about 15% off. Upon closer inspection, I learned that the voucher was advertising the “Out with the Old, Save on the New” event that Ann Cares, the philanthropic program of the Ann Taylor stores, is hosting to benefit Goodwill Industries.  From Monday, March 2 to Sunday, March [...]

On Sunday, I posted about Campbell Soup’s support of the American Heart Association’s Go Red initiative! Well, it’s hard to discuss Go Red without also recognizing Macy’s committment to the cause. In addition to the funds being donated through their corporate foundation, Macy’s is allowing us to show our support and save! Starting today through Sunday, February 8th, you can save 20% in Macy’s stores when you wear red! No red in your closet? Well, [...]

I know that title seems impossible, but let me explain. When you donate $1 to Feeding America (formerly known as America’s Second Harvest), that dollar can help provide 16 bowls of food to hungry American families. Now, Kraft Foods is matching all donations, up to $250,000! So, does my title make sense now? Before: $1 = 16 Bowls Now: $1 = 32 Bowls!!! I donated $5 this morning…Feels good knowing that my Starbucks money helped [...]