charity

December 9, 2019

Human touch

Jill Higson ’86, gives people a chance to communicate through the written word.


March 24, 2017

Why do people give to charity?

Why do we give to charitable organizations and causes? Our motivations for philanthropic giving depend on how we feel we’re faring compared to others.


September 1, 2016

Nourish

In a world gone mad with terrorist attacks, mass shootings, racial profiling, police assassinations and baffling presidential election rhetoric, thank goodness there’s an oasis of sanity in the University District that will renew your faith in humankind. At least it does for me.


September 1, 2015

Fearless humanitarian

When disaster strikes, Mercy Corps co-founder Dan O'Neill, ’72, dives in to help.


December 1, 2008

Students to the rescue

A charitable group set up by two UW students after the May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province has been as no-nonsense as its name, raising $65,000 for children in the disaster zone and winning a prestigious award