Anyone familiar with Between Two Ferns will eat this “Between Two Furnaces” video for Unbound.org right up. Paul Pearce was perfect in his stand-offish responses. He looked truly distrubed by Leslie Osgood-Lesleigh. And Leslie was pretty great as Zach galifianakis. (more…)
Non-Profit
Any and all Wristband Bros blogs relating to non-profits.
Small Non-Profit Exposes VW Emissions Scandal
When I read that Volkswagen was recalling vehicles for failure to comply with US emissions requirements, I didn’t think much of it. Automakers are recalling vehicles all the time. How was this any different?
But then I looked past the headlines and dug into these articles. And let me tell you… The reality of what happened is breathtaking. Literally.
To catch you up to speed, for years now VW has been marketing their “clean” diesel vehicles as being environmentally responsible and fuel-efficient. They were touting diesel as the future fuel of the American Road.
Go ahead, drive 594 Miles Of Adventure (while emitting 35x the legal limit of nitrous oxide) in every tank! Let’s really max out that pollution!
This commercial from last year is laying the hypocrisy on THICK:
Non-Profit Brings The Internet To US High Schools
Evan Marwell, CEO and founder of Education Superhighway, wants faster, more reliable internet connectivity in US schools. Sounds like a noble concept to toss out there and then walk away from, never to think of it again…
The Power Of Meeting Face To Face
I was surfing the crazy, fantastic wave of letters, numbers and funny moving pictures we call The Internet when I came across a great non-profit advice column by Joe Garecht of The Fundraising Authority. He was dispensing some sage wisdom, so I’d thought I’d share it with our small, faithful (some might argue barely existent) audience!
LISC Spending $25 Million To Help Low Income Rhode Islander’s
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is distributing 25 million dollars in the form of grants and loans for daycare, education, affordable housing and public safety in Rhode Island.
Say what?!
