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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
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Paul Newman – founder of Newman's Own and the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children; major donations to other charities; Paul Walker – founder of the charity Reach Out Worldwide; Peter Cooper – set up a free college in New York City to help poor people ambitious to improve themselves; Thomas Edison was an early alum [46]
The World Day of the Poor is a Roman Catholic observance, celebrated on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time since 2017. It was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera , issued on 20 November 2016 to celebrate the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy .
Donations to causes that indirectly benefit the less fortunate, like funding cancer research, also fall under the category of charity. Regarding religious aspects, recipients of charity may offer prayers for the benefactor. In medieval Europe, it was customary to provide meals to the poor at funerals in exchange for their prayers for the deceased.
It discusses charity, dedicating Chapter 23 of Book 1 on Virtues to it. [23] Tirukkuṛaḷ suggests charity is necessary for a virtuous life and happiness. In it, Thiruvalluvar states in Chapter 23: "Giving to the poor is true charity, all other giving expects some return"; "Great, indeed, is the power to endure hunger. Greater still is the ...
An allegorical map included in In Darkest England, illustrating Booth's proposed scheme for salvation of the poor, including three forms of colony: city, farm, and across the sea. In Darkest England and the Way Out is an 1890 book written by William Booth in which Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army , proposed a number of social reforms to ...