Glanbia golf tourney raises $103,000 for charity (AG Weekly)

Glanbia golf tourney raises $103,000 for charity (AG Weekly)
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Glanbia Foods hosted its 15th Annual Charity Challenge Golf Tournament Aug. 18 at Blue Lakes Country Club and raised $103,000 for local charities. Over 190 golfers from around the country played in the tournament, fully underwritten by Glanbia Foods.

Cricket star's new charity walk (BBC News)
Sir Ian Botham is to begin his latest charity walk in Taunton, it is announced.

Charity protests over lottery funding rules (Scotland Today)
A Scottish animal charity has taken to the streets of the capital, campaigning for the right to apply for lottery funding. Larger-than-life animals chained themselves to railings in protest that lottery money can only be allocated for human causes.

Volunteer fire departments must raise own funds (Gainesville Daily Register)
Protecting the lives and property of a community is not an easy job.Besides supplying manpower to fight fires and help with medical emergencies, volunteer fire departments must also pay expenses which include fuel, equipment, vehicle maintenance and insurance.Cooke County’s volunteer fire departments get funding from a number of sources.The county is one source.County Judge Bill Freeman said the ...

Charity takes over agenda for GOP (The Washington Times)
Politics gave way to charity out of respect to those suffering from Hurricane Gustav when the Republican National Convention gaveled open Monday, but outside the Xcel Energy Center the parties rolled on.

Charity car show set for Oct. 4 in Delta (York Daily Record)
There will be a Delta car show for charity in October. The LBCMS Auto Fest 2008 will be held Oct.

More women blazing trails as volunteer firefighters (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)
While general volunteer firefighter recruitment has decreased over the last decade, female membership has been on the rise.

Charity makes bid to run prisons (BBC News)
A charity which campaigns for penal reform and works with offenders is bidding to run two new jails, the BBC learns.