'Black Santa' counts charity cash
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Belfast's Black Santa raises at least Â£180,000 in his annual Christmas sit-out for charity.
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There&#39;s a reason that smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer looks a little stiff this Christmas season, and it&#39;s not the cold weather.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There&#39;s a reason that smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer looks a little stiff this Christmas season, and it&#39;s not the cold weather.
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When Santa's in town, the sector jingles.
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By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 17--The 2006 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $5,790 today. That brings the total in donations to $29,834. This year's goal is $40,000.
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Like fruit cake and Santa Claus, they have become an important part of the holiday season. Beginning in early November and running through Christmas, Salvation Army
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Gifts to The Salvation Army&#39;s Red Kettle holiday fund-raising campaign made at more than 3,600 Wal-Mart Stores and Supercenters across the country will be matched through Christmas Eve.
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Britons are on average giving more to charity than a year ago, according to a report.
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NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters Life!) - Move over Santa. The red-clad philanthropist has lost the top slot on Forbes magazines' list of the 15 richest fictional characters to defense contractor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
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CHARITY champs helped boost a Shirley school's kitty by almost pounds 750 following a fund-raising event.
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By The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Dec. 14--The 61st annual Christmas Basket Fund climbed to $5,623 with donations of $1,430 Tuesday and Wednesday.   Wednesday's gifts were topped by a $200 donation by Seymour Tubing Inc.
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By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 14--HIGH POINT -- The 2006 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $3,060 today. That brings the total in donations to $21,129. This year's goal is $40,000.
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By The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Dec. 19--The 61st annual Christmas Basket Fund climbed to $8,793 with donations of $1,560 over the weekend and on Monday.   The newest gifts were topped by a $500 donation from Jeff and Elaine Siefert in lieu of Christmas cards.
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Jade Goody, who triggered a racism row on the recent British reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother," has donated $50,000 to an Indian charity that cares for children who run away from home.
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The Band Aid song Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas? is to be re-recorded featuring Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis, reports say. It is 20 years since Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure recorded the first charity song
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A mean girl's Christmas in London becomes a reminder of what a great gift kindness really is.
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A re-make of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" went on sale in Britain, 20 years after the original made millions for African aid, and was expected to soar immediately to the top of the pop charts.