Articles Posted in the Charity Category
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Top Non-profits to Work For
Just a Girl, Working in the Non-Profit World By: Sherice Hogan, CF Contributor If you are like me, or any CF diva with a big heart, looking to make a positive impact on society, you would definitely enjoy working for an organization where you feel your efforts are actually going -
A Little Inspiration and a Sprinkle of Philanthropy
[caption id="attachment_5473" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Image courtesy of helpishope.org"][/caption] A Little Inspiration and a Sprinkle of Philanthropy By Sherice Hogan, CF Contributor Philanthropy noun: 1: goodwill to fellow members of the human race; especially: active effort to promote human welfare 2: an act or gift done or made for humanitarian -
End the Silence Campaign
End the Silence Campaign Profile By Chelsea Hawkins, CF Literary Contributor When browsing the pages upon pages of submissions on the End the Silence Campaign’s website, it’s evident that following the trauma of a sexually targeted attack, poetry can serve as a source of healing. End the Silence is a -
Raising Money One Roll at a Time
Raising Money One Roll at a Time, Sushi and Sake for a Cause Event Review By Kristyn Potter, Editor Your neighborhood College Femme Magazine contributors sponsored and hosted a charity event at the Ginger Bistro on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan. The -
15 Minutes with Revolutionary Online Shoe Boutique Founder
15 Minutes with Shoe Revolt Founder, Ateba Crocker By Lorena Madrigal, Editorial Contributor Imagine combining something you love with a mission. That is exactly what Shoe Revolt has done, the online shoe boutique donates all proceeds to ending human sex trafficking. Ateba Crocker, the founder of Shoe Revolt, is -
15 Minutes with Daughters of Cambodia, Leslie Sanazaro
15 Minutes with Daughters of Cambodia, Leslie Sanazaro By Kristyn Potter Singer-Songwriter Leslie Sanazaro is working to help victims of forced prostitution reclaim their lives. Sanazaro, a native of Cuba, Missouri, obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of Arts in Philadelphia in 1999. As a -
15 Minutes with the LA Food Bank
Fighting Hunger throughout Los Angeles By Lorena Madrigal, Editorial Contributor It helped feed close to a million, that’s about one in ten people, in Los Angeles County last year. Its 24,000 volunteers worked over 120,000 hours of service in 2010. And it distributed about 54 million pounds of food throughout -
15 Minutes with a Charity
15 Minutes with a Charity By Inessa Lokshin, Editorial Contributor Charity is a nice sounding word. It goes hand-in-hand with other nice words like generosity, contribution, donation and philanthropy. But as nice as these words sound and as nice as the meaning is behind them, most college-aged students do -
A Bald Statement
A Bald Statement By Rachel Kuehn, Guest Contributor As another semester ends and I become one step closer to graduation I sit back and see what I have gleaned from my coursework.  This semester was one of the most beneficial semesters I have had during my time at my -
15 Minutes with Melissa Davlin
15 Minutes with Melissa Davlin Melissa Ann Davlin is a woman on a mission. Literally. College Femme found the 25 year old, Meridian, Idaho native on the website, kickstarter.com- a site that showcases individual projects related to the arts and non-profits in an effort to raise funds for these independent -
Confronting the Congo
Confronting the Congo By Lorena Madrigal All good things begin with Oprah. No, seriously. In 2006, Lisa Shannon found herself watching Oprah on a sick day. Fortunately for the world, the episode focused on the violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). That day she began -
Food for the Soul
By Lorena Madrigal Dorothy’s Place looks forward to closing its doors someday. That has been its goal since it began in 1982 with 65 egg salad sandwiches handed out of a cart on Soledad St. This non-profit in Salinas, CA provides meals along with many other services to its
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