Capital Region Gives

22/11/2021

51 very worthy nonprofits are in the running this year to win one of 10 $10,000 advertising grants from the Times Union. Vote at www.timesunion.com/capitalregiongives . Thank you to the businesses who support and give back to our community.

22/06/2020

Capital Region Gives 2020 and the Big $100,000 Giveaway returns on Nov 19. The editorial theme this year is "From Shutdown to Recovery". We'll be taking a look at all the ways our community came together and gave back. If your business wants to partner on this important project and help your favorite nonprofit get a free ad and be in the contest to win one of the $10,000 advertising grants for 2021, e mail Charmaine Ushkow, Director of Community Engagement at [email protected]. If you have a story idea, e mail the Editor, Gary Hahn at [email protected] with your idea.

15/11/2019

This might be the best one yet. So much good information. Thanks to all the partners who made this possible. Voting has started in the Big $100,000 Giveaway. Vote daily at www.timesunion.com/capitalregiongives until noon Dec. 5

13/09/2019

Capital Region Gives; the Big $100,000 Giveaway return this November. 10 nonprofits will each win a $10,000 advertising grant from the Times Union. to find out how your nonprofit can be in the contest, e mail [email protected]

06/08/2019

12/07/2019

It was in pursuit of raising charitable children that Gayle Farman found her life’s work. A mother of twins, Farman was elated to watch her daughter Katie develop personally through community service. But her daughter, like many other college-bound students, couldn’t measure or quantify the time she spent volunteering or its impact. Farman decided to tackle this void in traditional student transcripts head-on by developing a mobile app that digitizes the process of tracking, reflecting and validating community service hours:

It was in pursuit of raising charitable children that Gayle Farman found her life’s work. A mother of twins, Farman was elated to watch her daughter Katie develop personally through community servi…

30/06/2019

Chris Martin may not have been named Petco’s 2019 national “Unsung Hero,” but his work on behalf of animals continues to inspire. A volunteer photographer at Lewis and Clark Humane Society in Helena, Mont., it was Martin's images — taken with a few cameras, lights and a bag full of squeaky toys — that inspired Loudonville resident Lise Hafner to do something similar at Homeward Bound Dog Rescue of New York:

Chris Martin may not have been named Petco’s 2019 national “Unsung Hero,” but his work on behalf of animals continues to inspire. A volunteer photographer at Lewis and Clark Humane Society in Helen…

21/06/2019

Renee Fahey just had the night of her life. The Jefferson Awards Foundation honored Fahey with the national Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Local Community during its annual gala Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. Students, individuals and companies making a powerful, positive impact in their communities were recognized by the foundation, which chose Fahey to receive its top prize:

Renee Fahey just had the night of her life. The Jefferson Awards Foundation honored Fahey with the national Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Local Comm…

12/06/2019

Students at Castleton Elementary School got a lesson in mindfulness from a voice well-known to them. New York Times best-selling children’s author Susan Verde visited the school last month and engaged with students on many topics, including how to express compassion and empathy:

Students at Castleton Elementary School got a lesson in mindfulness from a voice well-known to them. New York Times best-selling children’s author Susan Verde visited the school last month and enga…

24/05/2019

Recognizing young people working hard to overcome adversity is a priority for members of the Albany Rotary Club. Last week, the nonprofit honored six teens from La Salle School, St. Anne Institute, St. Catherine’s Center for Children, Parsons Child and Family Center, Equinox and Community Maternity Services during its 35th annual Albany Rotary Club Youth Recognition Day:

Recognizing young people working hard to overcome adversity is a priority for members of the Albany Rotary Club. Last week, the nonprofit honored six teens from La Salle School, St. Anne Institute,…

04/05/2019

If there’s one thing JT White wants people to know about his late mother, it’s that she was a rock star. Deborah White was one of the driving forces behind the creation of Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, working with founders Bill Barnet and Charlie Buchanan to get the nonprofit off the ground in 1996. She continued to steer it as executive director - even through chemotherapy and cancer treatments - until her death in 2003. In recognition of his mother’s commitment to the organization, JT White recently founded the Deborah White Memorial Scholarship Fund:

If there’s one thing JT White wants people to know about his late mother, it’s that she was a rock star. Deborah White was one of the driving forces behind the creation of Capital Region Sponsor-A-…