Alyeska Ocean Donates to the Cause

Alyeska Ocean has made it's third major donation to the Borgen Project. The fishing company based in Anacortes, Washington has played a key role in the Borgen Project's development and early history.

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Sen. Hagel Discusses the Impact of Aid

Sen. Chuck Hagel, a veteran who earned two Purple Hearts during the Vietnam War discusses the impact of aid.

Live, Webcast Fundraising Raises $2,000 in 60-Minutes

Interns at the Borgen Project made fundraising history on Wednesday, July 10, 2008. Standard fundraising was turned on its head when a sixty-minute phone marathon was broadcast live over the Internet. From the comfort of their far-away desks, donors were able to watch as Borgen Project volunteers packed into the boardroom and hit the phones.

Visit Yahoo News to read more about the historic fundraiser.

Public Interest in Poverty Growing

Fueled by growing concern about poverty among the general public, media coverage of poverty as a political issue has increased by 145 percent from 2003 to 2007, according to a recent study by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. Still, 56 percent of respondents indicated that the media did not spend enough time “covering the issue of fighting poverty in the U.S.,” according to a survey by McLaughlin and Associates. The findings, which span across party lines, indicate that the media and politicians must do more to bring poverty to the forefront.

Read the article by Alexander Burns: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11637.html

Aegis Group Donates Office Space

Since 1995, Aegis Group has innovatively turned the visions of entrepreneurs and corporations into fully functioning products and technology. The inventive company recently added fighting poverty to its list of accomplishments. Starting in June 2008, Aegis has donated office space to the Borgen Project in their strategic downtown Seattle location. Aegis is proud to support the initiative of the Borgen Project in this pressing world issue.

Find out more about Aegis at www.AegisGrp.com.

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