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The Sillerman Center In the News
July 12, 2009
The Washington Post: Fresh Faces in Philanthropy
Children's faces have often been used to promote fundraising in campaigns such as the March of Dimes. Now they aren't just poster children, but high profile CEO's of their own non-profit groups.
July 3, 2009The New York TImes: Raising Children Who Care in Times that Need It
A fast-growing concept in Universities and Colleges is to offer classes where students have real money to distribute to worthy causes.
June 12, 2009The Boston Globe: Philanthropy Courses and Students as Givers
Teaching Philanthropy: A Garthering for Academics
Faculty and students of the Sillerman Center, the Campus Compact/Fidelilty Charitable Gift Fund's Students4Giving project and the Sunshine Lady Foundation's Learning by Giving project who teach philanthropy courses where actual grants are awarded to non-profits, convened in the Zinner Forum at the Heller School to meet and exchange ideas on the teaching of both the theory and practice of philanthropy.
March 2009Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C.
The National Center on Family Homelessness kicked off the Campaign to End Child Homelessness with the release of its report America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness generating enormous numbers of news articles. Elenore Garton of The Sillerman Center, and Trustee of the Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Foundation feels that "the results that NCFH have uncovered are unconscionable. Not only are the figures staggering, but the way in which they are presented is clear and concise". The report offers comprehensive state-by-state data on the status of homeless children, ranks the states and proposes solutions.
Visit www.FamilyHomelessness.org
