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Valley Bank helps lead women home

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Hoving Home has provided them a safe place to recover from these situations, to reestablish themselves so they can reenter society, gain custody of their children and be productive,” says Karen Austin, Valley Bank’s VP and market manager. Valley Bank’s relationship with Walter Hoving Home began in 2018.

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Raise.me Raises $12M In VC Funding To Expand Service

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Raise.me, which created a platform that enables students to earn scholarships for doing things like getting good grades, volunteering or joining an extracurricular activity, makes money from the colleges that pay for its services. Founder Preston Silverman told TechCrunch that colleges are willing to pay for the service.

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How Big Of A Splash Will China’s ‘Social Credit’ Make?

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The system, as being used now, assigns 1,000 points to each resident, with points deducted for traffic tickets and other social missteps, and points awarded for, say, volunteer activities, according to a recent examination in Foreign Policy. That’s a grand vision, and not all grand visions make it fully into reality.

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Raising up nonprofits

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Over the past three decades, Ledyard has given back in many ways, including contests, giving employees paid time off to volunteer and donating to numerous local charities. “It was the vision of our founders, and it remains a core of our values and our culture today.”.

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Winning through words

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which recently invited local high school students to answer the question, “How do community banks benefit society, and how have they impacted your community?”. This is just one excerpt from an essay contest sponsored by North Easton Savings Bank in South Easton, Mass., Students who sought college scholarships this year through the $1.4

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Charities begin to feel the benefit of contactless

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The organizations were able to use the lightweight boxes in whatever way best suited their needs, from having them carried around by volunteers to placing them at charity store checkouts. Barclaycard said the responses from the people who donated were positive.

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Airbnb Launches Nonprofit To Provide Housing During Crises

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Airbnb.org is partnering with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). The mission is to help support worldwide emergency response efforts and provide stays for essential workers and volunteers fighting the spread of COVID-19.

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