Never heard of a Birthday Bag Blitz? Neither had I, until I was introduced to Cheerful Givers. Cheerful Givers is a nonprofit organization that provides birthday gift bags to disadvantaged children. At a Birthday Bag Blitz, volunteers get together to create gift bags filled with toys. The birthday bags are then distributed to local food [...]

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I interviewed Phillip Buff, who works at the front desk of Environmental Health and Occupational Sciences. As part of the Combined Fund Drive, Phillip devotes much of his time to non-profit organizations, particularly Norwescon. Interviewing Phillip was wonderful; he gave me great insight on what Combined Fund Drive does and how YOU can get involved. [...]

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The 2014 UW Combined Fund Drive begins October 16. To celebrate, The Whole U will spotlight a few faculty and staff who make a difference by volunteering with charitable non-profits that are among the 3,400 organizations that benefit from the UW’s workplace giving campaign. Let’s start with Lisa Day Mercer, a research administrator at the [...]

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