Summary: From its humble beginnings in the 1890s through today, the Assistance League has been creating ripples and changing lives for over 125 years. This enjoyable documentary tells the story of Anne Banning, a forgotten American Pioneer who formed the Assistance League and changed charity. Ann Benson (Betty White's Off Their Rockers and Ann Asks) hosts a journey that includes multiple chapters of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEBSchwab, Tim
Summary: "A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 361.7 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 361.7 SCHSagawa, Shirley
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business School Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.408 SAGPearl, Melissa Sherman
Summary: "Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Sheltering Books contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 PEASalamon, Lester M.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Foundation Center 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.763 SALSummary: Pink ribbons, the symbol of the breast cancer prevention movement, are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefiting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012