Heroes & Helpers - Amazon's Seattle headquarters is now home to a new homeless family shelter. Mary's Place Family Center opened its doors on the Amazon campus in March, just as the coronavirus pandemic was growing in the US. Read More More Heroes
COVID-19 Response - The PLUS Foundation is supporting the Covid-19 IICF Children's Relief Fund effort to raise $1M for charities that help children at higher risk of hunger, educational disruption, homelessness and other circumstances exacerbated by the pandemic. The PLUS Foundation matched individual donations 2:1, contributing $27,600 to this industry-wide
Heroes & Helpers - NBA Hall of Fame member, Magic Johnson, announced that EquiTrust Life Insurance Co., of which he owns a majority, is providing $100 million in capital to fund federal loans for minority and women business owners who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. EquiTrust will
Heroes & Helpers - The Crane Agency awarded a $10,000 Emergency Community Support Grant to Mission: St. Louis. They offer a special thank you to Liberty Mutual Small Commercial and Safeco Insurance for making these funds available to help our local St. Louis community. More Heroes
Heroes & Helpers - Popular fundraiser and record-breaker, Colonel Tom Moore, turned 100 years old. His birthday was marked with an RAF fly-past near where he lives, an honorary promotion to a Colonel ranking (from Captain) in the army and 140,000 birthday cards from across the world. Shaun Botterill
Heroes & Helpers - Carmen Duarte, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at OneBeacon shared this lovely and uplifting message on LinkedIn: "After two months of our pandemic lifestyle, I still find that most conversations – whether with work colleagues or friends – include some commentary on our 'new normal.'
Chapter Charity Grants Distributed PLUS So. California Chapter presents check to Foothill Family Since 2007 the PLUS Foundation has distributed almost $1,000,000 to over 300 charities across the U.S. and Canada through the Chapter Charity program. PLUS Chapters choose a charity (or two) within their region to receive
Heroes & Helpers - Photo by Vivian Xu Valerie Xu, 15, went above and beyond by donating over 11,000 masks to a local hospital — a gesture she hopes will help dispel bias against Asian Americans amid the pandemic. Xu began fundraising to help the cause and ultimately
Heroes & Helpers - QBE is directing $2.6 million to support the global response to the COVID-19 crisis. Funds will be deployed through the QBE Foundation charity and other not-for-profit partners around the world, including the Australian Red Cross and Save the Children Australia. More Heroes
Heroes & Helpers - Chubb today announced two additional grants as part of its previously announced $10 million commitment to pandemic relief efforts globally. The new grants include $1.5 million to Feeding America and $1 million to The Rockefeller University. The company's support, which is funded through the Chubb Charitable Foundation, is directed to partner organizations around
