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Gleaning
GLEANING Harvesting for free distribution to the needy, or for donation to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to the needy, an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner. Gleaning raises legal liability issues, especially with respect to the quality of the food donated... Read more |
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Samuel H. Kress
Kress, Samuel H. (b Cherryville, Pa., 23 July 1863; d New York, 22 Sept. 1955). American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He became immensely wealthy from his chain of stores and in 1929 he established the Samuel H. Kress Foundation ‘to promote the moral, physical and mental... Read more |
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Charity
Charitable Giving Many small business owners engage in charitable giving, either as private individuals or in their corporate capacity. This charitable giving can take many forms, including sponsorship of local charitable events, donations of excess inventory, and sustained philanthropy in one or... Read more |
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U.S. Volunteerism
VOLUNTEERISM, U.S. The meaning of volunteerism is contingent on the nature of government, particularly the extent and ways in which it enables individuals to make uncompensated donations of money and labor to some form of collective activity or shared purpose. Over the course of the five centuries... Read more |
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Senigallia
Senigallia , city (1991 pop. 41,144), in the Marche, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a port, a seaside resort, and an industrial center. Manufactures include textiles, processed food, and construction materials. Made a Roman colony in the 3d cent. BC, it was later (6th cent. AD) one of the... Read more |
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dole
dole distribution to the poor, usually of food or money. In medieval times doles were usually from bequests of money or land, and the income was given to charity or distributed to the local poor at funerals. John Leake in 1792 left £1,000 to Trinity Church, New York City, the income of... Read more |
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Milton Frederick Lindley Wood Hershey
Milton Hershey After enduring years of failure, Milton Hershey (1857-1945) built a business empire as the world's first mass producer of chocolate bars. Through generous donations, he used his entire fortune to help those less fortunate than himself. Milton Snavely Hershey was born on a... Read more |
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Peter Ludwig
Ludwig, Peter (1925–1996). German businessman and art collector, born in Koblenz. He studied art history at Mainz University (writing a doctoral thesis on Picasso in 1950), then went into business and ran various firms, including his wife's family's chocolate factory, which he took over in... Read more |
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Gardening
Gardening A successful garden represents a broad spectrum of chemical processes. Photosynthesis provides the route by which diverse chemical transformations use sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and inorganic chemical elements to produce life-sustaining organic molecules and oxygen (Equation 1). This... Read more |
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