In The Press

• UniversalGiving CEO Published with MassChallenge
  Jan 27, 2012
  

  Pamela Hawley recently had an article published on MassChallenge's blog, with advice for entrepreneurs: "How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid Being Emotionally Scammed."

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured by PhotoPhilanthropy
  Jan 19, 2012
  

  San Francisco based nonprofit, PhotoPhilanthropy, serves as a platform for photographers striving to acheive social change through art.  UniversalGiving will be serving as a resource for those in the PhotoPhilanthropy network that wish to explore international volunteering opportunities.  PhotoPhilanthropy recently featured UniversalGiving on their blog, as part of their nonprofit organization spotlight.

  
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• UniversalGiving Profiled on Envirothink
  Dec 27, 2011
  

  Our friends at Envirothink wrote a great article about UniversalGiving, our work in the past year, and the impact made by our donors and volunteers.  Read "UniversalGiving - Helping Eliminate Poverty Around the World."

  
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• UniversalGiving and Build Change in The Huffington Post
  Dec 22, 2011
  

  Our NGO partner, Build Change was recently featured on Huffington Post Impact. UniversalGiving was mentioned as a way to give to Build Change, through the gift packages and donation opportunities on our site.  Congratulations to Build Change for this spotlight! 

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured by The Hoop Fund
  Dec 21, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving is launching a partnership with The Hoop Fund, one of our neighbors in our new offices at the Hub SoMa.  The Hoop recently featured us in their article about meaningful gift options for the holidays, "Give From the Heart."

  
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• UniversalGiving on RE: Philanthropy
  Oct 03, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving's CEO, Pamela Hawley, recently wrote about giving for the Council on Foundation's blog, RE: Philanthropy.  Read it here: "Where Philanthropy Is Needed the Most: Your Global Impact."

  
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• UniversalGiving Published with ChangeMatters
  Sep 13, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving just published a new article by our CEO, Pamela Hawley, on ChangeMatters' blog.  The article shares advice for entrepreneurs.

  
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• New Article in SEE Change Magazine: Continuing to Learn
  Sep 07, 2011
  

  As an entrepreneur, how can you keep learning?  Start by reading a new article by our CEO, all about how she keeps on educating herself.  Her new article in SEE Change Magazine answers the question "How Do I Continue to Advance?"

  
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• UniversalGiving on Points of Light Blog
  Sep 06, 2011
  

  Our Founder and CEO, Pamela Hawley, recently contributed a guest article to the Points of Light blog: "How Can I Get a Great Volunteer Experience?"

  
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• Pamela Hawley Interviewed by the Hub
  Aug 19, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving moved to new offices at the Hub San Francisco this summer.  Our CEO was recently interviewed for the Hub Stories feature on their blog: "New Hub Member Uses Improv to Transform the Unacceptable."

  
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• Feature for UniversalGiving on Resolve Today
  Aug 15, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving has been highlighted on Resolve Today's blog, in a post discussing ways to help victims of the famine in East Africa.

  
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• UniversalGiving CEO Published in SEE Change Magazine
  Aug 03, 2011
  

  Pamela Hawley's article on bootstrapping was the top story in the August issue of SEE Change Magazine.  Read her article to find out why she advises entrepreneurs, "Don't Ever Stop Bootstrapping."

  
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• Pamela Hawley Speaks on Youth Philanthropy
  Jul 28, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving's CEO recently recorded a video for the Global Youth Summit, discussing trends in youth philanthropy.

  
  
  
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• Pamela Hawley's Volunteer Story Featured on Care2
  Jul 27, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving's CEO, Pamela Hawley, has had an article published with Care2: "Build Together: A Story About Volunteering."

  
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• New Articles from UniversalGiving CEO in Fast Company
  Jun 28, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving CEO, Pamela Hawley, has recently had a new article published in the leading business publication, Fast Company. Her latest article, "Why I Think CEOs Should Apologize," is one of several that Pamela has recently contributed through her role as Expert Blogger for the publication.

  Update: Pamela has more articles up!  Check them out:

  "If You Want to Raise Funds, Think About People--Not Money"

  "Don't Ever Stop Bootstrapping"

  "The Merit of Slow Capital"

  
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• New Article up on MassChallenge's Blog
  Jun 01, 2011
  

  Our CEO contributed an article to MassChallenge's blog, titled "Don't Ever Stop Bootstrapping."  She shares advice for entrepreneurs about how to keep that "bootstrap caring" throughout the life of their organization.

  
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• New Interview with Pamela Hawley
  May 17, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving's CEO, Pamela Hawley,  is also an organizer with NetSquared.  She was recently interviewed about her involvement with NetSquared, and on technology and changing the world.  You can read the interview here.

  
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• UniversalGiving CEO Published with Christian Science Monitor
  May 10, 2011
  

  The Christian Science Monitor has recently launched a new blog, Change Agent.  UniversalGiving CEO Pamela Hawley has been invited to be an expert blogger for the feature.  Her first article for The Christian Science Monitor has been published: "In Business or Philanthropy, the Key Is Treating People as Valued Clients."

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• Pamela Hawley Interviewed for Forum 2000
  Apr 29, 2011
  

  Forum 2000's NGO Market was a recent conference exploring how NGOs can connect with and best work with volunteers.  UniversalGiving's CEO, Pamela Hawley, was interviewed to provide expertise on working with volunteers.  Read her interview.

  
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• UniversalGiving CEO Published in Fast Company and CSRwire
  Mar 25, 2011
  

  Pamela Hawley, UniversalGiving's founder and CEO, has recently had writing on Corporate Social Responsibility published in two major business publications.  She is an Expert Blogger and regular contributor for Fast Company, and recently had a two-part article published in CSRwire.

  
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• UniversalGiving Partners with Yonas Media for "Healing of the Nation" Tour
  Feb 11, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving is excited to announce a new partnership with Yonas Media, for their "Healing of the Nation" concert tour, with musicians Zion I and the Grouch.  This concert tour will be traveling across the country, with the goal of highlighting heroes doing great work in their communities.  The tour will be choosing a local nonprofit in each of the cities they visit, to promote and donate proceeds to. UniversalGiving is working with them to facilitate all the donations through our site.

  Looking for ways to get started giving? Check out our Healing The Nation SplashPage featuring our Yonas Media/UniversalGiving Non-Profit partners and links to how you can support them.
  

  
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• Interview with Pamela Hawley on Triple Pundit
  Jan 28, 2011
  

  Pamela Hawley was recently interviewed by Amie Vaccaro, discussing trends in CSR.  You can view the interview on Triple Pundit, a media company for business people focused on people, planet and profit.

  
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• UniversalGiving Wins Award as Best Nonprofit to Work For
  Jan 27, 2011
  

  UniversalGiving has won the 2010 Best Nonprofit To Work For Awards by Opportunity Knocks! The award is presented to nonprofits with work/ life balance, great working environment, and the organization’s adherence to its mission.

  
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• View our CEO's Speaking Engagement at the Mary Baker Eddy Library
  Jan 03, 2011
  

  If you couldn't be in Boston to see Pamela Hawley speak at the Mary Baker Eddy Library in person, you can now watch a video online.  Pamela spoke on November 4th as part of a panel on Social Entrepreneurship.  She was honored to speak with David Bornstein, distinguished social entrepreneurship journalist and author, and Alan Khazei, founder of City Year and recent Senate candidate.

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• News Promotion for UniversalGiving's Gift Packages
  Dec 14, 2010
  

  UniversalGiving's gift packages continue to be featured as meaningful gifts for the holidays.  Recent press includes blogs "A Walk in Our Shoes" and "Go to Girls," an article on news site AZNow.biz and education site EduAgain. CSRWire has also featured our Quick Gifts as a great way to give to employees or clients during the holidays.

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured on The EcoSpheric Blog
  Dec 13, 2010
  

  Our Gift Packages have been featured as a meaningful and ecofriendly holiday gift.

  
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• UniversalGiving in Runway Magazine
  Dec 02, 2010
  

  UniversalGiving's Gift Packages are featured in Runway Magazine's Gift Guide this year, in the Gifts that Give Back section.

  
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• Pamela Hawley Featured in InsideGOOD's Blues Buster!
  Nov 03, 2010
  

  InsideGOOD sends out a weekly newsletter highlighting individuals in the nonprofit world, sharing uplifting stories to brighten everyone's week.  This week, they're featuring our CEO Pamela Hawley, sharing a story about how she has motivated the UniversalGiving team.  It just took a little inspiration from her father...and from a couple of improv-inspired characters...

  
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• UniversalGiving CEO featured in SEE Change Magazine
  Oct 01, 2010
  

  Pamela Hawley shares lessons in social entrepreneurship that she has learned in founding and growing UniversalGiving.

  Update: UniversalGiving's Gift Packages have also been featured on See Change's blog in an article for the holidays!

  
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• UniversalGiving featured in Synergos' Magazine
  Jul 27, 2010
  

  UniversalGiving's CEO Pamela Hawley was profiled in the Spring Issue of Synergos' Global Giving Matters.

  
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• Pamela Hawley honored at Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala
  Jun 22, 2010
  

  The UniversalGiving founder and CEO was selected as a Finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Read more for further details and a link to a video of the event.

  
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• UniversalGiving in Cisco Press Release on MarketWatch
  Jun 16, 2010
  

  UniversalGiving Founder and CEO Pamela Hawley spoke at an event honoring this year's recipients of the Cisco Silicon Valley Impact Grants.

  
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• Pamela Hawley to Serve as a Panelist on Women's Leadership
  May 01, 2010
  

  The UniversalGiving Founder and CEO will speak at RAL & Associates "When She Speaks" event on May 20, 2010.

  
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• Pamela Hawley Featured on InspireMeToday
  Apr 27, 2010
  

  InspireMeToday features a daily "luminary" who shares a favorite quote and an inspirational essay.  Our founder and CEO Pamela Hawley recently contributed her thoughts.  Read her essay.

  
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• Pamela Hawley selected as Semifinalist for Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
  Apr 16, 2010
  

  The UniversalGiving Founder and CEO now enters the interview round. Finalists will be announced May 12th.

  
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• UniversalGiving Recognized on WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces
  Apr 13, 2010
  

  The WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ is a global award that shines a spotlight on visionary organizations successfully practicing organizational democracy. UniversalGiving is proud to be honored on this year's list.

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured in New Book on Volunteering
  Apr 06, 2010
  

  Our CEO was interviewed by Sunny Fader to be featured in her new book, 365 Ideas for Recruiting, Retaining, Motivating and Rewarding Your Volunteers.  The book came out in March and is now available.
  

  
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• Pamela Hawley invited to select Do Something Award Recipients
  Mar 01, 2010
  The UniversalGiving CEO will serve as a judge in the 2010 competition.
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• Pamela Hawley invited to judge Global Social Venture Competition
  Feb 23, 2010
  The UniversalGiving Founder and CEO has been invited to judge the competition at Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley.
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• Pamela Hawley on The Get Inspired! Project
  Jan 10, 2010
  

  UniversalGiving Founder and CEO Pamela Hawley was interviewed as a part of The Get Inspired! Project. She shared the roots of her personal and professional inspiration and how it has played a role in UniversalGiving.

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured on Change.org
  Jan 10, 2010
  

  Pamela Hawley was invited to discuss UniversalGiving and social entrepreneurship standards in an article on Change.org.

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured in The Daily Tell
  Dec 31, 2009
  

  The article features UniversalGiving as a resource for trusted and effective philanthropy, giving donors "peace of mind" in tough economic times.

  
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• Pamela Hawley on Fox Business News
  Dec 10, 2009
  

  The UniversalGiving Founder and CEO was featured in an article about the UniversalGiving Business Model and her work as a social entrepreneur.

  
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• UniversalGiving Featured in NEED Gift Guide
  Dec 10, 2009
  

  UniversalGiving has been featured as one of NEED's Unique Gift Ideas for 2009.

  
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• UniversalGiving in The Christian Science Monitor
  Oct 26, 2009
  

  UniversalGiving is given as a resource for volunteering in a news article in The Christian Science Monitor, which discusses the value of volunteerism in American society.

  
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• Unreasonable Institute interviews Pamela Hawley
  Oct 17, 2009
  

  Pamela Hawley discussed UniversalGiving's vision, methods, and impact with the Unreasonable Institute. The video and content is featured both on the SoCap Blog and the Unreasonable Blog.

  
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• Social Citizen Sighting: Pamela Hawley
  Oct 02, 2009
  

  UniversalGiving Founder and CEO Pamela was recently featured on the Social Citizens Blog, which highlights how people are using their creativity, idealism, and digital fluency to support their causes every day.

  
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• Pamela Hawley on Passions & Possibilities Radio Show
  Aug 30, 2009
  

  UniversalGiving founder and CEO Pamela Hawley, recently interviewed on the Passions and Possibilities Radio Show, shared with listeners her passions, successes, and lessons learned during her career thus far. You can listen to the interview online here.

  
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• Pamela Hawley Interviewed at National Conference on Volunteering and Service
  Jul 13, 2009
  

  You can now view an interview with our founder and CEO, Pamela Hawley, from the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, with BusinessBoomer.

  
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• Interview with The Inter-American Development Bank
  May 14, 2009
  

  Recent interview between Pamela Hawley and Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank.  View the podcast on the Bank's website.

  
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• Building Bridges, Pamela Hawley featured in Philanthrophy Journal
  Apr 01, 2009
  

  Social entrepreneur connects donors to worthy causes abroad.

  
  

  
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• UniversalGiving featured in Global Giving Matters
  Feb 01, 2009
  

  Synergos recently highlighted UniversalGiving in their Global Giving Matters Magazine, sharing about our article in BusinessWeek.

  
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• NBC Bay Area features UniversalGiving in Holiday Gift Guide
  Jan 09, 2009
  

  Super Holiday-riffic-tacular Giftolicious Guide 

  Take your pick
  
  By  SCOTT MCGREW and JESSICA GREENE
  
  Updated 11:34 AM PST, Thu, Dec 18, 2008
  
  Holiday shopping can be a joy or a drag, depending on who's doing the shopping and who's on the list.

  Check out the video version of the gift guide with UniversalGiving's unique gift packages featured in charitable giving!
  

  
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• Gifts that Give Back: UniversalGiving in Oprah.com Gift Guide
  Jan 09, 2009
  

  Gifts that Give Back: No wrapping paper needed!
  
  Oprah.com and O, The Oprah Magazine have featured UniversalGiving™ as the place to get easy and meaningful gifts this holiday season.
  
  "Click, click, Done...Simplify making a difference around the world: UniversalGiving.org coordinates donations to more than 200 aid organizations"

  
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• UniversalGiving featured in BusinessWeek
  Jan 08, 2009
  

  UniversalGiving™ has been featured in BusinessWeek! Read about how UniversalGiving's social-entrepreneurship model is impacting international giving and volunteering for individuals and Fortune 500 companies.

  Award winning author, Marshall Goldsmith, interviewed UniversalGiving's founder & CEO, Pamela Hawley, for this Profile of a Social Entrepreneur all about the "power of combining the compassion of nonprofits with the efficiency of business".

  
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• Financial Times Feature: The age of cyberspace offers aids for giving
  Feb 12, 2008
  

  Increasingly, the matching power of the internet is helping connect donors not just with charities but also with individual recipients in far-off countries...and UniversalGiving.org, where users can scroll down through a list of causes such as “children”, “health” and “disaster” relief and make donations that fund everything from a wheelchair to a well project in a refugee camp.

   

  
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• UniversalGiving?s Web Site Recognized By The International Academy Of Visual Arts
  Nov 15, 2007
  

  “We are very honored to receive this award and to be considered as one of the best sites on the Web,” said UniversalGiving CEO and Founder Pamela Hawley. “I commend the UniversalGiving team and the NGOs featured on the site. They’ve created a superior experience on the web, allowing people to give with ease and inspiration.”

  
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• CNN Money.com Feature: Spending big to save the planet
  Oct 16, 2007
  

  Making a donation to charity has long been a popular alternative to the gift-giving orgy that comes with the holiday season. But now that age of excess has arrived on the charitable front.

  
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• Los Angeles Time Travel Feature Article
  Feb 04, 2007

• New York Times Feature
  Dec 21, 2006
  

  Ms. Rodgers bought her husband’s gift through UniversalGiving.org, a Web-based nonprofit organization that links donors to charities. Ms. Rodgers was one of many who received e-mail messages and newsletters from the group enticing shoppers to “leave the crowds behind this holiday season” and instead consider providing safe drinking water to villagers in Vietnam, or seeds and bags for a nursery in Nicaragua.

   

  
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• Traditional Home Feature
  Nov 01, 2006
  

  Americans are using vacation time to give back to the global community.

  
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• World Federation of United Nations Associations Feature
  Jun 01, 2006
  

  In a time of competing agendas, limited resources, and further challenges, NGOs and other civil society organizations often have to struggle to survive and succeed in their mission. In 2002, Pamela Hawley founded UniversalGiving (www.universalgiving.org), a social entrepreneurship nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a global platform for action where anyone can contribute time or resources to exceptional organizations.

  
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• Employer-Sponsored Volunteerism: Difficult To Measure, but Benefits Are ?Priceless?
  Apr 01, 2006
  

  Last year Lisa Lynn, director of marketing communications for United Parcel Service’s (UPS) retail services in Atlanta, honed her leadership skills in an unlikely place: a dusty Texas border town.

  
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• Bay Area Business Woman Feature: Pamela Hawley, Founder, UniversalGiving
  Dec 01, 2005
  

  A pivotal moment came during a trip to Mexico with her parents, when Pamela Hawley, then only 12 years old, saw children begging in the streets, and she voiced, "This is unacceptable", which became her "mantra" forever. That same year, she began volunteering.

  
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• Joint Statement of Facts: Name Resolution between UniversalGiving (formerly GivingGlobal) and GlobalGiving
  Nov 08, 2005

• NGOs receive donations and volunteers through UniversalGiving!
  May 17, 2005

• UniversalGiving Featured by Duke's Fuqua School of Business
  May 17, 2005
  

  "An Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Making an International Impact"

  
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• Philanthropy Journal features UniversalGiving and NGO Partners
  Mar 04, 2005

• UniversalGiving and Quality Partners Address Tsunami Disaster
  Jan 05, 2005

• United Nations Development Programme Partners With UniversalGiving To Raise Awareness Of Its Equator Initiative Projects
  Oct 08, 2004

• Walls Street Journal Feature: Have Donation, Will Travel
  Oct 01, 2004
  

  On a recent trip to Mexico, Kaki Hopkins flew on a private plane, stayed in an 18th-century inn and met her friends each evening for martinis and Chardonnay. But the real highlight of her stay was a luncheon with local women -- held in a cardboard-walled hut with a dirt floor and goats outside the door.

  
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• Pamela Hawley wins Jefferson Award and appears on CBS News
  Oct 17, 0001
  

  Pamela Hawley, Founder and CEO of UniversalGiving, was recently awarded the Jefferson Award and featured on CBS Nightly News for her global philanthropic work.

  
  
  
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• "The Mouse that Roars," UniversalGiving featured in the Christian Science Monitor
  
  

  Innovative websites have helped boost the growth of giving globally...  UniversalGiving.org helps donors engage with projects in countries and causes of their choice- projects that have been carefully vetted for quality. "We don't take any cut in your donation- 100 percent goes to that project," says Pamela Hawley, founder of UniversalGiving.

  
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