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Rock The Rooftop, a first-year charity concert that took place under the stars on the W Hotel’s exclusive WET Deck in December and featured performances by Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith, and Loud Luxury, raised $55,000 for local organizations in its inaugural year benefitting Riot Gives Back which shared the proceeds with Make-A-Wish Arizona. Event committee members, including its co-founders John Creighton, Jason Adler, and Dillan Micus, joined together with the Scottsdale Mayor and Scottsdale City Councilmembers on Jan. 6 at the W Hotel to celebrate the organizations and present them with $27,500 donations.

Check out these six upcoming events on the Morristown Minute CalendarPhoto byMorristown Minute. Donate to the blood drive at Villa Walsh, grab a new read at the used book sale, see the international sensation "STOMP," and more events coming up this weekend around Morristown.

People Trying to Save Money Ignore the Salvation Army Bell Ringer During the Holidays in NYC

Wilde Wealth Management Group, which is headquartered in Scottsdale but has offices across Arizona in Tempe, Glendale, Tucson, Sedona and Payson as well as branches in California and Indiana, has contributed to a “merry and bright” holiday season for more than 800 children in need with a donation of 500 toys and $5,000 in additional cash donations to Toys for Tots in December.

Due to the high prices of items and the reluctance of most retailers willing to give discounts, the 980 North Fire Department partnered with the Retailers to offer their website visitors discounts while shopping online. There are Hundreds of retailers listed under their "Shop4Fire" campaign. When you click the link to shop4Fire, you will need to create an account, join the 980 North VFD Team (at no cost) and click the retailers you'd like to shop at.

Feeding Southwest VirginiaPhoto byBristol Casino/Alliance Group Ltd. ‘Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock’ today held an event (photo attached) to present 194 turkeys to Feeding Southwest Virginia. The value of this donation is $6,458.40. These turkeys will be shared with families across the 26-county, 9-city region served by Feeding Southwest Virginia’s Food Bank.

ElderCare Holiday Drive(via ElderCare) More than 1400 seniors in Alachua County are currently on the wait list for services from ElderCare, even though in the past year, the organization delivered more than 97,000 meals more is needed for people like these:

When Halloween is over after October thirty-first, there are going to be plenty of households that are filled with a bunch of leftover candy. A lot of the time, this candy is left to lie around and go bad over time, letting these particular sweet treats go to waste. However, as the local site NBCChicago points out, there is something that people can do this year with any of the extra treats they obtain during Halloween: donating their candy to others! There are plenty of nonprofit organizations in the Chicago metropolitan area that will be willing to take your sweets and give them to others who might need them a little bit more.

Hurricane Ian destroyed many homes in Florida when it rampaged through the state this weekend. Billions of dollars in damage were caused by the storm and thousands of displaced people are questioning where they are going to live now, especially since according to the Washington Post, Florida is one of the country's most expensive states to live in. This Monday, about one thousand seven hundred people in Estero, Florida were staying in emergency shelters and over eight hundred fifty thousand residents are still dealing with a lack of power. Most of the people affected were those in low-income areas or residents that survive on a fixed income.

jar of peanut butter and spoonPhoto by Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash. Fall is here, and local community food drives will soon be turning their attention to seasonal and winter food drives for the rest of the year. But The North Texas Food Bank’s 2022 Peanut Butter Drive is continuing to collect peanut butter through the end of September (this Friday). Local community members can help the organization reach its goal of collecting 500,000 pounds of peanut butter.

(QUINCY, MA) "PHASE 2 starts tonight,"revealed the Hale Family YMCA in a recent pressstatement that announced that the flooring project that the community health & fitness center has embarked on is "ahead of schedule!"

A group led by a prominent conservative lawyer has received $1.6 billion from one donor. This is the absolute largest donation to a politically focused nonprofit that's ever been made public and a fortune that could be used to fuel right-wing interests.

Bill Gates, the biggest philanthropist of all time, recently announced his plans to share most of his wealth.(Sebastian Vital/Flickr) Gates recently tweeted he plans to donate most of his 'wealth to the foundation'

Food pantry shelf(Photo/Unsplash) (Forsyth County, GA) As prices surge, many families are looking to external sources for assistance. This is how the post-pandemic economy is affecting families in need, as well as the food banks who serve them.

Chris Orr at her 77-gallon donation mark.Courtesy Vitalant. (Denver, CO.) When Chris Orr traveled to India in 1996, she and a friend were kidnapped for three days. But coming home and being barred from donating blood made the experience worse.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) Several stoop sales will pop up this weekend in Prospect Heights, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Razom for Ukraine, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing direct aid to the people of Ukraine.

High customer loyalty is something that every eCommerce business wants to achieve. With this, they can get consistent sales without putting in as much effort. Online stores want to show that their products are the best and put the customers first.

(Ashton Bingham/Unsplash) (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) The Sarah Smith Garnet School PTO is holding its Spring Celebration on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the schoolyard. The family-friendly event will have kids games, a bounce house, raffles, a silent auction, food and beverages.