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Anonymous Donor Gives $25 Million to Children's Hospital Los Angeles
A $25 million anonymous gift to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles that will support cognitive, emotional and behavioral health treatments for kids, was announced on Tuesday.
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SD Humane Society Begins Wildlife Baby Shower To Help Animals This Spring
The San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife program will begin a two-week-long virtual Wildlife Baby Shower Monday, encouraging animal lovers to donate gifts to help the many baby wild animals the program helps each spring.
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Midnight Mission Helped 400 Homeless Families With Take-Out Meals and Hygiene Kits
An estimated 400 homeless people, including families, lined up Friday outside the Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles for a Christmas take-out lunch.
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Firefighters Help Displaced Families From Arson Fire, on Christmas Day
Some 16 people, including seven children, who were displaced from their Canoga Park apartment building and lost all their possessions because of an arson fire received some unexpected help on Christmas Day when firefighters from Station 104 delivered a sleigh full of gifts on Christmas.
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Couple Donates $25,000 to ‘Help 4 the Hungry' As Food Banks See Demand Skyrocket
For Brian Toppila and his wife, Michelle, scenes of people living on the streets and long lines of cars filled with families waiting to pick up free food motivated them to take action.
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TODAY's Annual Toy Drive Is Going Virtual — Here's How to Donate
The TODAY toy drive has been a beloved tradition for more than 26 years. Since its inception, viewers have helped to make it special each and every year by showing up in Rockefeller Plaza with toys to donate to kids and families in need. While the toy drive looks a bit different this time around (it’s going virtual!) it’s especially important...
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Helpful Tools to Use Before Donating to Organizations This Holiday Season
Local non-profit Meals on Wheels of San Diego County helped NBC 7 put together a list of things to consider before you dedicate funds or time to an organization.
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Cricket Wireless Surprises Single Mother in Need With $7,500 for the Holidays
Cricket Wireless teamed up with the Variety Boys & Girls Club to surprise an East LA family with gifts worth up to $5,000 to help them get through the challenging hardships they are facing caused by the pandemic.
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Cricket Wireless Surprises Family With $5,000 for the Holidays
Cricket Wireless teamed up with the Boys & Girls Club to surprise a local family with gifts worth up to $5,000 to help them through the hardships due to the pandemic as part of their “12 Days of Cricket.” NBC4 News reports at 5 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2020.
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Can Blood Be Air-Dropped Into War Zones? The Gov't Is Testing That
The Department of Defense shared the preliminary results of “Operation Blood Rain,” which aims to see if blood supplies can be air dropped into war zones.
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Thrift Stores See a Surge in Donations Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
People have had plenty of time to clean out their closets during stay-at-home orders, and this has translated to a spike in donations to thrift stores. At first glance, this seems like a win-win situation for secondhand shops, which rely on donations to fund their nonprofit missions. However, some thrift stores — especially those that are closed or operating with a reduced staff —...
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Taylor Swift Surprises Some of Her Fans With Money Donations
Taylor Swift is helping fill the blank space where incomes have gone for several of her fans
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Car Enthusiasts Donate Supplies to Hospitals Providing Coronavirus Relief
A group of classic car enthusiasts came together over the weekend in Folsom, California, to gather supplies to help medical workers on front lines of the coronavirus fight. Many of the personal protection supplies doctors and nurses rely on are also used by car enthusiasts in their garages and paint booths.
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Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation Donates $5 Million to Coronavirus Relief Efforts
Rihanna‘s Clara Lionel Foundation is giving $5 million to the response efforts against the coronavirus.