Charity
Business
Envolve Award Greece Highlights Most Promising Greek Start-Ups for 2021
Envolve announced the three winners of the 8th Envolve Award Greece, a contest for start-up and early-stage businesses in Greece.
Charity
Greek Baker Gives Would-be Thief a Job — Changing His Life Forever
A Greek baker, named Giannis Vitsaras, gave a twelve year old boy who tried to steal from him a job rather than a punishment.
Charity
Biden Declares US Will Donate 80 Million Vaccine Doses
Biden declared the US will release 25 million doses of vaccines that the nation has stockpiled, part of an overall donation of 80 million.
Charity
Greek American Honors Heroes in South Florida
Speros Georgedakis, a Greek-American former police officer in South Florida honored “American Heroes Day,” last month.
Charity
PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation Gala Celebrates Winners, Looks to Future
The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation has provided over 500 scholarships to Greek-American students over the past 18 years.
Charity
Tiny Greek Warrior Battling Leukemia Needs Help for Cancer Research
Lukas Voelz is a leukemia warrior -- and he would like your help to find better treatment geared to children who are battling the disease.
Charity
Red Cross Volunteer Who Hugged a Refugee Becomes Internet Target
A Spanish Red Cross volunteer gave a Senegalese refugee a hug went viral and became the target of online far-right hate on Wednesday.
Charity
The Young Greek Who Started a School in Zanzibar
Renos Fountoulakis is an inspiring Greek philanthropist who, when faced with poverty in Zanzibar, decided to use education to change people's lives.
Animals
The Tragic Story of Greece’s Loutraki Landfill Dogs
Loutraki is the site of a devastating scene, a place that houses more than a hundred landfill dogs who are living in deplorable conditions.
Charity
Generous Grant from the Hellenic Initiative Fights Hunger in Athens
The Hellenic Initiative has donated a generous grant of $50,000 to the Athens Food Bank to help fight hunger in Athens.
Charity
Greek-American Philanthropist Gives Generous Donation to Prince Charles’ Charity
Greek-born philanthropist Marianne Metropoulos donated $1 million to Prince Charles' charity Prince’s Trust International.
Charity
Leadership 100 Conference Pays Tribute to Greek Bicentennial
The 30th Annual Leadership 100 Conference, held virtually, which ran from February 17-19, 2021, concluded with a resounding musical program last Friday.
Charity
Greek Patriot who Donated Entire Estate to Homeland Defense Honored
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou honored the Greek shipowner and World War II veteran who donated his entire wealth to the Greek armed forces.
Charity
Athens’ Penelopean Daycare Makes Brighter Futures Possible for Children
The Penelopean Daycare in Athens has taken care of some of the most disadvantaged children in the Greek capital for decades.
Charity
Greek Doctor and Philanthropist who Founded MDM Greece Dies
Theophilos Rosenberg, a Greek physician who was the founder of "Doctors of the World," or MDM Greece, passed away on Thursday.