Posts Tagged ‘charity’
‘Tis The Season…
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Times are tough for everyone at the moment. As a result, my mother has instituted a one-gift per person rule at Christmas this year for everyone in the family (both Brewer and Hay) with a price limit. So please don’t think me presumptuous for writing a post about charity heading into the season of giving [...]
Irony at its best… and for a very good cause
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Two weeks ago, Gala, one of the most popular lifestyle magazines in Germany started a charity auction of unique photos, showing German musicians wearing Tiffany & Co jewelry… The auction kicked off with a big lifestyle event in Hamburg with a co-branded logo board of Gala, Tiffany & Co and eBay at the red carpet. [...]
Multi-Million Dollar Buffett
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
eBay Giving Works enjoyed an incredible milestone earlier this week… The lunch with Warren Buffett was auctioned off for a record-breaking $2.1 Million - the highest amount a charitable listing has ever raised through the program.
Check out The Chatter and the What Gives!? blog to learn more.
Cheers,
RBH
Small Change. Big Change.
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
According to the MicroPlace Small Change Big Change site, the piggy bank pictured below holds about $100 in small change and that is about what it takes for a poor person to start a business and work his/her way out of poverty.
GOOD Stuff
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I realize The Chatter already covered it this week, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to all of the charitable accomplishments and initiatives being undertaken recently.
First of all, it’s been a month since the eBay Foundation launched the Community Gives campaign that asks Community members and eBay employees to [...]
Catching up with the Nomad
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Three weeks ago I profiled Rebecca Campbell (aka “The Nomad”) before she set off on her 33-day trip around the world.
In the first half of her trip around the world, Rebecca has:
- Traveled over 45,000 miles
- Visited 22 airports, taken 11 flights (90% of them long haul)… That’s a flight every 1.72 days
- Traveled [...]
When the going gets tough, the tough get selling…
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
… And these are the top places where they’re doing it.
According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of eBay, 42% of US adults are currently turning to sites like eBay to save money on purchases.*
“Our research has shown that the local business climate is one key factor in fostering entrepreneurs,” says [...]
Myanmar Cyclone Relief Efforts
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The death toll in Myanmar has surpassed 22,000 as a result of Cyclone Nargis and continues to rise. Just a short note to let readers know that eBay and PayPal has worked with MissionFish to set up a site to make it easy for folks to donate funds and to buy or sell items, [...]
Skype Keeps on Moving…
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Earlier today, Skype launched ‘The Skype Nomad’, an attempt to create a live, worldwide, human demonstration of how Skype can now be used anywhere, anytime and on the move.
Skype has recruited Australian writer Rebecca Campbell as ‘The Nomad’, to embark on a 33 day round-the-world trip across 15 countries including China, Australia, US [...]
Digging the Dirt
Monday, April 28th, 2008
At 7:30am last Friday, the approximately 50 remaining attendees from the eCommerce Summit descended on Harvey, a New Orleans suburb in the Jefferson Parish on the West Bank, to take part in a volunteer day for Habitat for Humanity. After the check presentations were made and a quick tutorial on safety guidelines was given by [...]
