Actor Kevin Bacon, who launched a social networking website called SixDegrees.org to encourage charitable fundraising, is one of thejudges in a charity event at the University of Maryland, College Park. Six student groups competed for $5,000 toward their favorite causes.
The competition" Do Good" Challenge is part of an effort by the school to make philanthropy more of a focus in academics and student life. The Food Recovery Network, which developed a system of collecting food from campus dining halls that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to homeless shelters won the competition.
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Chief executive of HCT, Dai Powell, shares the experiences and practical lessons he learned along the way when teaming up with Ealing Community Transport to deliver site transport during the Olympic Park construction.