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Pine Belt dealerships pitch in to assist Sandy’s victims

MBJ Staff — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:30:54 +0000

SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Ford dealerships in the Pine Belt area are sending relief supplies to help Staten Island communities damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Eighty pallets full of canned goods, diapers, personal care items, blankets, batteries and bottled water, enough to fill a semi-truck trailer, is bound for Dana Ford Lincoln in Staten Island, N.Y. These [...]

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Study: ‘Religious’ states give more to charity

MBJ Staff — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:16:23 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A new study on the generosity of Americans suggests that states with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. The study released by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that residents in states where religious participation is higher than the rest of the nation, particularly in the [...]

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MSU Foundation sets new annual fundraising record

MBJ Staff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:56:14 +0000

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State University Foundation is marking the largest private giving year in the land-grant institution’s history. Campus officials announced more than $86 million was raised during the just-ended 2012 fiscal year, an increase of more than $6 million from the previously held record of FY 11′s over $80.3 million total. A major [...]

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USM Foundation sets new fundraising record

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:36:47 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation reports it has set a new record for gifts and pledges received during a single fiscal year at $20,336,110. The record eclipses the previous mark of $13.9 million from fiscal 2006 by 43 percent and also represents an increase of 300 percent over the amount raised last [...]

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Miss. State raises another $60 million

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:16:29 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University (MSU) is marking the third-highest giving year in its 131-year history. The MSU Foundation reported July 14 that a total of nearly $61.5 million was raised during the just-ended fiscal year. The amount represents immediate and deferred financial gifts, as well as pledges payable over five years, received from thousands [...]

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