Almond finds mission behind sixth door: Bedz4Kidz program builds 118 beds and counting
With one ominous exception, the numeral 6 is not prominent in the Christian scriptures.
Even so, it is a number rich in meaning for John Almond and his faith-based ministry headquartered in Columbus.
With New Hope visit, former NBA forward Josh Powell keeps giving back
Powell and Gary Davis, the founder of Next Level Boys Academy in the Atlanta area, spoke to two groups of male students at New Hope, stressing the importance of positive male role models on young men in urban communities in order to resist the attraction of gangs and other poor influences.
OCHS wins Restaurant Week voting
With more than 4,000 votes received from restaurant-goers over the past week, the Oktibbeha County Humane Society was named the grand prize-winner for The Partnership’s 2018 Restaurant Week.
Charity begins in the home garden: How to share your harvest
Gardening can be especially rewarding when some of the harvest is given to charity. Contributing just-picked fruits and vegetables not only alleviates hunger but helps develop healthier eating habits.
Froma Harrop: Charity versus panhandling
I’m paying up at this discount store, and the nice woman at the cash register asks me something like, “Do you want to support a program to help homeless teenagers get drug counseling?”
Our View: Give, but give wisely
Mississippians are generous by nature — each year, the state ranks among the most generous in the country — and we tend to be even more so during the holidays.
Our View: Charity should not be seasonal
There is an old German proverb that goes “true charity sees the need not the cause.”
Restaurant Week pushes 2 percent taxes into record territory
Starkville set a new March record for 2 percent food and beverage tax receipts as it reported about $8,300 more this year than it did last year, an improvement tourism officials say was driven by the success of the city’s second annual Restaurant Week.
T.K. Martin Center wins Restaurant Week’s grand prize
Representatives of Mississippi State University’s T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability collected Starkville Restaurant Week’s $5,000 grand prize charity donation Tuesday after the organization received more than 6,000 votes during last week’s competition.
Restaurant Week tallies record number of ballots
More visitors cast ballots in Starkville Restaurant Week in five days this year than 2013’s entire week, and organizers say they expect weekend baseball crowds to set a high benchmark for future competitions.
Starkville Restaurant Week begins today
Greater Starkville Development Partnership officials are optimistic an influx of in- and out-of-town patrons will visit 33 participating venues, thereby driving up local 2 percent food and beverage tax returns, this week during the second annual Starkville Restaurant Week.
Three charities vying for Restaurant Week donations
The Homeward Bound Project of Mississippi, Starkville Pregnancy Care Center and Mississippi State University’s T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability will compete for a combined $6,500 in donations during this year’s Starkville Restaurant Week, the Greater Starkville Development Partnership announced Tuesday.
Mastodon tooth found in donation box
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan charity that collects donated clothing, shoes and other items for low-income residents got a really old cast-off in a
Charity to pay military death benefits
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, scrambling to tamp down a controversy over suspended death benefits for the families of fallen troops, announced Wednesday that a
Humane Society is winner in Restaurant Week competition
After nearly 10,500 votes were counted, the Oktibbeha County Humane Society was announced as the winner of Starkville’s Restaurant Week at a press conference in front of Cadence Bank Thursday.
Officials thrilled over response to Restaurant Week
Tourism officials say Starkville Restaurant Week produced almost 10,500 charity ballots last week.
How impressive is that figure? Greater Starkville Development Partnership CEO Jennifer Gregory says that total eclipses the total collected during similar week-long events in Jackson. There, the high mark stands at approximately 6,000 votes, she said.
Restaurant Week event provides boost in sales
Patrons wanting Old Venice’s creole salmon special Sunday afternoon were out of luck: The fish flew from the restaurant’s menu.
Fla. charity probe focuses on campaign money
The next phase of an investigation into a veterans charity accused of being a front for a $300 million gambling operation will focus on the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on lobbying and campaigns donations, authorities said.
Michigan charity cries foul on Columbus ‘Angels’ group
The director of a Michigan-based charity says a Columbus charity is claiming an association with her group that has never existed.
Terry Bazin, director for Angel Mission in Calumet, Mich., says the people who are running the Columbus charity have lied about their experience and affiliation with the Michigan charity.
Benefit fun walk/run set for March 27
A group of Lowndes County leaders is inviting the public take a walk — or a run — for a worthy cause.