Weston resident joins UVM's Leadership Council
The University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, Vt., began a new chapter in its fundraising history on Jan. 1, with the formal start of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation. Grant Gund of Weston, a member of UVM’s Class of 1991, has been appointed to serve on the foundation’s Leadership Council.
Red Heart The Ticker: Raising The Dead Via Folk Music
A late relative left the husband-and-wife duo with two precious gifts: a creaky old farmhouse to record in and a wealth of woodsy songs to sing.
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Amesbury man joins Salem State as associate VP
Salem State University has announced the appointment of Amesbury resident Richard Napolitano to the position of associate vice president for institutional advancement. Napolitano comes to the university from Newburyport’s Anna Jaques Hospital, where he most recently served as vice president and executive director of the Community Health Foundation. Previously, he held alumni, fundraising and ...
Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
NEW YORK — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image.
Voice of the Free Press: UVM takes fundraising behind closed doors
The University of Vermont has chosen to take its fundraising behind closed doors by transferring functions of its Office of Development and Alumni Relations to a private foundation, staffed by the same people who now do the work as UVM employees.
GOOD Maker Winner: Somali-American Grads Are Giving Hope to Somalia’s Most Vulnerable
In 2009, as Somalia’s worsening famine displaced thousands of people, a coalition of Somali-American college students pledged to take action. What the group initially lacked in resources, they made up for in passion and ingenuity, and soon the Washington, D.C.-based Mercy to Mankind Foundation was formed to serve orphaned children in East Africa. Today, the organization supports 200 Somalis age ...
Will drug reform work?
New laws require pharmaceutical companies to report gifts to doctors, but will transparency change behavior?
Thirteen local groups share $21,000 in memory of Samantha Otte
• The Salvation Army — to purchase music, stringed instruments and supplies for the children's music program. • Good News of Christmas — to help the Good News campaign provide gifts to needy families at