David Clapper, director of facilities management and security at Standard Register, named 2008 Ohio Friend of Education by Ohio Chapter of National School Public Relations Association in recognition of work with Patterson-Kennedy School.
- August 28, 2008The Meth Project, Montana anti-methamphetamine organization, replicated in Ariz., ID, Ill., Wyo. and expects continued expansion.
- August 28, 2008Project Home Again names 20 recipients of new houses with forgivable mortgages in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood.
- August 28, 2008Community Council of Greater Dallas received Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility from Institute for a Competitive Workforce.
- August 28, 2008California Community College Foundation celebrated decade of service, has provided total of $100M to 110 California community colleges since inception.
- August 28, 2008MetLife Foundation and National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts launched Creative Aging Program to support art education for older adults; information online.
- August 28, 2008Gavin Kerr, former member of Sherbrooke Partners healthcare-consulting firm, named president and CEO, Inglis Foundation, Pa.
- August 28, 2008Ashoka of Virginia and Staples launched Youth Social Entrepreneur essay competition; information online.
- August 28, 2008Bruce Lowry, former head of global public relations team, Novell, named communications director, Skoll Foundation, Palo Alto, Calif.
- August 28, 2008John Hancock's Boston Marathon Fundraising Program raised $3.3M for 56 Boston-area organizations, hospitals, nonprofits.
- August 28, 2008America's Promise Alliance added Kia Albertson-Rogers, Amy Baker, Matthew Boring, Zak Newman, Julia Sewell to youth-partnership team.
- August 28, 2008Tom Stites, director of product creation, Nike Golf, named to board, Ben Hogan Foundation, Texas.
- August 28, 2008Randa Slim, former VP, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, named senior program advisor for Peace and Security Program, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.
- August 28, 2008Sage Software released Sage Fundraising 100 - Rainbow Edition 7 for United Way affiliates in North America.
- August 28, 2008Berkshire Community College, Mass., to offer professional fundraising certificate program to train students for careers in philanthropy.
- August 28, 2008New York Community Trust hired Embolden of R.I. for web design, online community development.