A guide to charitable giving
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It’s that time of year when goodwill and charitable actions reign.
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San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. has announced a partnership with Goodwill Industries International that will allow U.S. customers to ship apparel and footwear donations -- free of charge -- to their local Goodwill as well as generate a $5-per-box donation by Levi’s during the holiday season.
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Many local organizations that serve the needy are collecting donations this holiday season.
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With the charitable-giving season in full swing, and nonprofits in the throes of their end-of-year asks, it feels like the right time to highlight a Scrooge-like fact: Greater Los Angeles is not as generous as it used to be and not as generous as it could be.
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When my sister and I were children and flew to summer camp together, our mother always asked us to call her once we arrived to let her know we landed safely.
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It was the week before Christmas 1933 — the depths of the Great Depression.
