Will and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jada-pinkett-smith">Jada Pinkett Smith</a>’s charity faced a steep decline in donations following the infamous slapping incident at the 2022 Oscars, per a new Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/will-jada-pinkett-smith-charity-to-close-chris-rock-slap-1235947358/">report</a>. 
The famous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">couple</a> created the Will And Jada Smith Family Foundation in 1996 as a place to advocate for issues they cared about such as mental health, wellness, arts education, and sustainability, the outlet noted. But tax records indicate that donations plummeted after the 94th Academy Awards ceremony when Will stormed onto the stage and slapped event host Chris Rock across the face for making a joke about Jada’s bald head.
The incident has had long-lasting effects on the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Men In Black</a>” star, who has since issued numerous public apologies. 
One apparent outcome was the decreased <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charity">donation</a> amounts to the Will And Jada Smith Family Foundation. Per <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/954607014/202241749349100229/full">data</a> available on ProPublica, foundation revenue was $1,760,000 in 2020 and $2,138,660 in 2021. After the slap, filings for 2022 showed just $365,870 in donations, representing a drop of 83% compared to the previous year. Variety noted that this decline was due in part to the withdrawal of major contributions from American Airlines and CAA, which had donated $76,160 and $100,000 in 2021 respectively.
An unnamed source allegedly told the outlet that the Smiths were winding down the charity with the intention of shutting it down. 
The Smiths made headlines last year when Jada revealed they weren&#8217;t technically together anymore. The actress made the revelation in October 2023 that she and Will have been separated since 2016 despite presenting as a united front, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jada-pinkett-smith-says-she-and-will-smith-have-been-separated-since-2016">reported</a>. 
She told interviewer Hoda Kotb during an NBC News interview at the time, “Why [the relationship] fractured&#8230; that’s a lot of things. By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she said. 
“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through … whatever,” the celeb said of why they never officially divorced. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
Fans had previously been confused about Jada admitting to having a romantic relationship with another man while married to Will in 2020, which she discussed during an episode of her “Red Table Talk” series. This led to rumors that the Smiths were in an open marriage, which they didn’t refute until years later when Jada admitted they were actually separated at the time of her “entanglement.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-bills-afc-match-up-was-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City</a> and Buffalo fans rallied together to raise more than $250,000 as of Wednesday — for a cat rescue charity supported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/love-for-damar-nfl-teams-pay-respects-to-recovering-buffalo-bills-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bills</a> kicker Tyler Bass — after he missed a field goal in the last minutes of the game that resulted in the Chiefs 27-24 victory.
Bass ended up deleting his social media after he said he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2dBa4Qpjcj/?igsh=ZDBjMWI0ZjMxOQ%3D%3D&amp;img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received death threats</a> following the Bills loss to the Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, when his 44 yard field goal attempt to tie the game in the fourth quarter went wide right, <a href="https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/donations-surpass-260-000-to-ten-lives-club-cat-adoption-group-for-bills-kicker-tyler/article_f8567a78-bafe-11ee-9812-c726a1a1fc5c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo News</a> reported.
A New York no-kill, non-profit cat adoption agency called <a href="https://tenlivesclub.networkforgood.com/">Ten Lives Club</a>— that Bass has supported as the face of a previous ad campaign — took to social media on Monday and asked fans to show their support for the Bills kicker, who wears No. 2 jersey, by donating $22, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/us/cat-adoption-group-rallies-behind-buffalo-bills-kicker/index.html">CNN</a> noted. 
&#8220;WE STAND WITH TYLER BASS. DON’T BULLY OUR FRIEND,&#8221; a post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TenLivesClub/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2aiTuOO3YS/">Instagram</a> read. &#8220;We just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass is receiving threats after yesterday&#8217;s game and our phones are ringing off the hook from people who want to donate $22 to Ten Lives Club in Tyler&#8217;s name.&#8221;
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&#8220;Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve any of the hate he&#8217;s receiving,&#8221; the post added. &#8220;He&#8217;s an excellent football player and an even better person who took the time to help our organization and rescue cats last year. Leave our friend alone.&#8221;
Football fans began donating to the pet agency and reacted to the post making it clear that whether they were Chiefs or Bills fans, they had nothing but love for Bass.
&#8220;Donated! I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan (and a cat person), and Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve the guff he&#8217;s getting at all,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;So sorry to hear about people being awful! Much love from Chiefs Kingdom.&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;Donating in honor of Tyler. I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan, but I&#8217;m also the mom of a kicker and married to a football coach. No individual person, quarterback, kicker, or any other position wins or loses a game alone, and nobody deserves the blame the way he&#8217;s getting.&#8221;
While a third shared, &#8220;True Bills Mafia (and friends ) will always circle the wagons around our own. Stop bullying our friend! Donated because Tyler Bass is fantastic and we love cats! One person doesn&#8217;t win or lose a game. Tyler hang in there — we Billieve in you!!!&#8221;
The cat rescue agency — founded in 2001 — said the response has been overwhelming, after receiving the massive amount of pledged donations in support of the Buffalo kicker.
&#8220;Donations are coming in from all kinds of football fans – Chiefs, Steelers, even Dolphins fans,&#8221; club PR manager Kimberly LaRussa told CNN.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado</a> two-way star football player Travis Hunter has befriended the player from rival Colorado State whose cheap shot against Hunter earlier in the season led to a serious injury that has kept Hunter out of Colorado&#8217;s last two games.
Colorado State defensive back Henry Blackburn was flagged for a late hit on Hunter during the September 16 matchup between the two schools, which Colorado won in double overtime.
Hunter suffered a lacerated liver from the hit and later had to leave the game and was taken to the hospital.
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Before the game was even over, Blackburn and his family began facing serious death threats and Colorado State had to beef up security around the team as a result.
Hunter is a Heisman Trophy caliber athlete and numerous top NFL analysts project him to be an early 1st Round NFL draft pick when he comes out.
Hunter said that he did not like seeing Blackburn attacked over the hit and that he does not like seeing negativity and bashing online.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not good,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not good for the community. If we was all nice to each other, the world would be 10 times better. That&#8217;s how I feel. And that&#8217;s how I look at it. And that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t get mad.&#8221;
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The two later went bowling together for charity with each donating $1,000 and the winner of the event determining where the money was donated.
Hunter and his bowling partner won the game, but he let Blackburn and his partner determine where the money was given. Blackburn selected &#8220;Realities For Children, which helps abused and at-risk children and has locations near both the Colorado State and Colorado campuses,&#8221; ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38512510/colorado-travis-hunter-goes-bowling-henry-blackburn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oprah Winfrey</a> addressed the intense backlash she faced for creating a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fund</a> which was meant to help the victims of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maui" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maui</a> wildfire.
The billionaire TV personality appeared Tuesday on CBS Mornings to promote her new book, “Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier.” The topic of conversation shifted to some of the criticism she and fellow Hawaiian property owner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have received for starting the People’s Fund of Maui, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12511983/Oprah-Winfrey-responds-criticism-Dwayne-Johnson-Maui-fires.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>.
Winfrey and Johnson each contributed $5 million to kick off fundraising efforts and petitioned followers to donate as well. This led to a lot of negative comments from people who believed Oprah and Johnson should have given more because they are so wealthy.
Oprah connected the situation back to some concepts she explores in the book, saying, “Well, this is a really great point about being happier in the midst of an onslaught of being terrorized and vilified online. I will say this: I came out of this experience with so much more compassion for young kids, because I was thinking, what if I didn&#8217;t really know who I am? It will take you out.”
“So all of the online attacks, lies, conspiracy theories, really took the focus off of what was the most important thing, which is the people of Maui,” Oprah said. “So this idea came about because I was on the ground, talking to lots of people, trying to figure out how I can best help.”
She mentioned how she started out by donating “material things” such as generators and towels to the victims of the fire. But then the talk show host decided it would be better to give money to the victims directly. 
“Then I started talking to people and people really wanted their own agency,” she said. Oprah mentioned how she tried to mimic Dolly Parton’s method of providing aid to victims of the 2017 Gatlinburg, Tennessee, fires. Parton did a benefit concert and handed out the proceeds herself, The Daily Mail noted. 
“I thought, &#8216;Whoa! That’s the idea. Getting the money into the hands, directly into the hands of the people; set up the infrastructure for that,&#8217;” Oprah explained. “[Johnson and I] thought, because both of us have given to charities our whole lives, that starting the fund with $10 million would be a great idea. We&#8217;ll do what Dolly did, get other people to give money and then we&#8217;ll put it directly into people&#8217;s bank accounts,” she went on.
“I was so excited. I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next morning, and I saw all of this vitriol, and I was, like, ‘Whoa, what happened here?’”Oprah said. 
“This is what I want to say. I want to say that, in the beginning, so many people were calling, asking, ‘Where do we give our money to?’ So I thought, I&#8217;m going to give people a place to give it,” she went on.
Oprah also mentioned how the fund is a success despite that backlash and that 2,200 people will be getting money from the fund deposited into their accounts. 
She said it’s “sad that we&#8217;re in this state in our country,” referring to the online criticism.

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Artists from the country and Christian music genres came together to perform in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a>, on Monday evening for a benefit event for The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-covenant-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covenant School</a>.
&#8220;A Covenant Knight&#8221; at the Grand Ole Opry featured performances by Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, Old Dominion, Anne Wilson, and others several months after a deadly mass shooting at the local Christian school.
&#8220;I am so grateful for the way music impacts our lives and can bring us together, and I’m hoping this event will help everyone feel Jesus’ presence,&#8221; Wilson <a href="https://twitter.com/Annewilsonmusic/status/1674048785603870721" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X ahead of the event.
All proceeds from the show are being directed to The Covenant School Community Fund to &#8220;continue mental health support for healing, ease the transition back into the building and equip the school for a safe, successful new year together,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.opry.com/show/2023-08-07-covenant-benefit-at-7-30-pm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event page on Opry&#8217;s website</a>. The event was put together with the help of two parents of students who attend the school, Houston Phillips and Chad Schultz, who are also music industry veterans.
The shooting at The Covenant School in late March killed three children and three adults. The victims have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9; Hallie Scruggs, 9; William Kinney, 9; Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.
Authorities released body camera video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graphic-bodycam-footage-shows-heroic-police-response-to-nashville-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showing</a> police officers responding to the shooting and taking out the shooter, who allegedly was a 28-year-old transgender-identifying woman. The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect to avoid giving notoriety to mass killers.
People who missed the benefit can expect the show to air for six consecutive nights on the Circle Network starting on August 19, the Opry event page said. A smattering of posts and clips from the show made their way to social media that offered a glimpse of the performances and remarks given by some of the artists.
&#8220;I want to give a shout-out to the first responders here in Nashville who did such an amazing job,&#8221; Aldean told people in attendance, as shown in a clip posted to Instagram by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/98wsix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local radio station The Big 98</a>.
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&#8220;Glad to be here, glad to help out, and I think about you guys — have been for a long time,&#8221; Aldean added.
One TikTok account <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hannaheatsnashville/video/7264813293833997614?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted a video</a> showing Wallen addressing the audience.
&#8220;Nobody should ever have to go through what you went through,&#8221; Wallen said. &#8220;But I just wanted to let you know that me and my family have been praying for you and that we&#8217;re here for you and we&#8217;ve just been thinking about you.&#8221;
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&#8220;You know, I&#8217;ve got a 3-year-old boy, and he&#8217;s not at school yet, but whenever I heard this news my mind couldn&#8217;t help but go straight to him and think about what you guys are going through,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s just an honor to be here, to try to give you guys some hope, to try to hopefully have a little bit of fun as well tonight.&#8221;
The benefit event took place as children across the country begin to return to classrooms for the new school year.
As of press time, The Covenant School Community Fund website <a href="https://factsmgtadmin.com/give/appeal/iWSuCKbG7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said it had raised</a> more than $570,000 across 279 donations.

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In the spring of 2022, the city of Portland, Maine, wrote that its financial budget was in a &#8220;dire situation&#8221; due to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maines-largest-city-in-dire-situation-due-to-unprecedented-volume-of-migrants-arriving-from-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">influx of individuals arriving</a> from the southern border, warning that social services were being strained.
Now, Portland is asking for <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/856/Support-Asylum-Seekers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tax-deductible donations</a> to help provide housing to hundreds, if not thousands, of illegal aliens. Last week, city officials announced that the Portland Expo Center will be turned into overnight housing for these &#8220;asylum seekers&#8221; who have entered the U.S. beginning on Monday night.
&#8220;The intent is to open [the expo] and offer complete and total wrap-around services that are targeted to the population that will be staying here,&#8221;  Kristen Dow, Portland&#8217;s Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/housing/portland-expo-to-open-monday-as-emergency-shelter-for-asylum-seekers-community/97-f18d0660-4ebe-4867-8379-4181dda44c80" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
The &#8220;targeted population&#8221; includes many individuals who first enter the country illegally and then declare asylum once on U.S. soil as is technically allowed. They then are given a court hearing date sometime in the distant future to determine whether or not they actually qualify for asylum. After doing that, they often hitch a ride all the way up to Maine, where a litany of free services awaits them.
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By Dow&#8217;s estimates, 270 individuals will arrive for their first night&#8217;s stay on Monday. That is not an all-encompassing number to describe the circumstances in Portland. Since January 1 of 2023 alone, 1,000 individuals from the southern border have arrived in the city which has less than <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;q=portland,+maine+population&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgUeLQz9U3SDbJLtMyTEm20s9JTU9MrrTKyU9OLMnMz4svLgHSxSWZyYk58UWp6SChgvyC0hywbBejLRdcvxAF-kuKjAso0Z-cFp9Hhv5FrFIF-UUlOYl5KToKuYmZeakKCEkALo0MAxwBAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj-noiaj6D-AhWgkokEHUwhBSgQth96BAgbEAI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">70,000 year-round residents</a>.
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&#8220;This is a very dire situation, and the opening of the expo is the last overnight overflow space that we as city staff have available to open and operate,&#8221; Interim City Manager Danielle West also told Newscenter Maine last week. &#8220;We are truly beyond our capacity to be able to continue to provide compassionate care for those seeking shelter.&#8221;
The ExpoCenter will be open from now until August, specifically for illegal aliens who want to reap the rewards.
Portland still can&#8217;t afford to pay for this care, so instead, its government is asking for charity.
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&#8220;The City will use any monetary donations received to provide shelter/housing assistance and basic human necessities,&#8221; a notice from the city <a href="https://www.portlandmaine.gov/856/Support-Asylum-Seekers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> online.
Of course, one can reasonably suspect that as the freebies continue, so will the illegal aliens. Offering food, shelter, and more for free only incentives illegal aliens to travel to the city. New York City is <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=new+york+city+free+for+all+dailywire&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;ei=PGw0ZOe9JNGPwbkP7KS30Aw&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjny77EjqD-AhXRRzABHWzSDcoQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=new+york+city+free+for+all+dailywire&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCCEQoAEQCjIHCCEQoAEQCjIHCCEQoAEQCjIHCCEQoAEQCjoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoFCCEQoAE6BQghEKsCOggIIRAWEB4QHToKCCEQFhAeEA8QHUoECEEYAFChAliUDmDLDmgCcAF4AYABlAOIAdcRkgEJMC40LjUuMC4xmAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">experiencing a similar problem</a>.
Ultimately, Portland — and the rest of the U.S. for that matter — will find itself a non-stop &#8220;dire situation&#8221; so long as President Joe Biden&#8217;s border policies are in place, which are really driving this historic illegal immigration crisis.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Amazon is shutting down its charity platform as part of the company&#8217;s recent cost-cutting efforts.
The AmazonSmile program that allows customers to donate a percentage of their purchases through the company to selected non-profit organizations will end next month, according to a Wednesday <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-to-focus-its-philanthropic-giving-to-programs-with-greater-impact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> from the online retailer.
&#8220;We are writing to let you know that we plan to wind down AmazonSmile by February 20, 2023,&#8221; Amazon said. &#8220;We will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where we’ve seen we can make meaningful change — from building affordable housing to providing access to computer science education for students in underserved communities to using our logistics infrastructure and technology to assist broad communities impacted by natural disasters.&#8221;
Amazon added that it would help charities that receive donations through the program during the transition. The company said it would provide a one-time donation &#8220;equivalent to three months of what they earned in 2022 through the program.&#8221;
The company&#8217;s stock has experienced drops over the past year, with a loss of $1 trillion in market capitalization from its all-time high in 2021, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/amazonsmile-closing-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Washington Examiner. Amazon has also recently made other significant changes, including an abrupt closure of its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/24/23320768/amazon-care-shut-down-virtual-care-telehealth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telehealth service</a> and stopping the <a href="https://fortune.com/2022/09/02/amazon-warehouse-expansion-ends-hiring-workers-andy-jassy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">construction</a> of dozens of planned warehouses.
On January 4, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/update-from-ceo-andy-jassy-on-role-eliminations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that the company planned to eliminate more than 18,000 jobs, with the majority of the positions from Amazon Stores and employees in its People, Experience, and Technology (PXT) organization.
&#8220;Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so. These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure,&#8221; Jassy said.
Amazon is not alone among technology companies announcing cutbacks in recent weeks. For example, Microsoft <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/microsoft-announces-mass-layoffs-to-cut-costs-amid-economic-headwinds">announced</a> this week that it would release 10,000 employees over the next several months to reduce costs, representing 5% of its workforce.
Firms in the sector dismissed more than 90,000 workers, according to a <a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from CrunchBase, which included both small businesses and larger corporations like Amazon.
Salesforce also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/salesforce-dismisses-one-tenth-of-headcount-as-silicon-valley-layoffs-continue-into-new-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a reduction of 10% of its workforce earlier this month as part of massive layoffs facing the tech industry.
“As our revenue accelerated through the pandemic, we hired too many people leading into this economic downturn we’re now facing, and I take responsibility for that,” Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff told employees. “I’m grateful for every single one of you who has contributed to our continued success as a company, and the hard work and sacrifices you have made to generate success for our hundreds of thousands of customers.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Police</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> saved Christmas for one family whose holiday cheer was ruined by a &#8220;true-life Grinch.&#8221;
The South Bend Police Department responded to a breaking and entering report on Christmas Eve morning. A burglar had taken food from the refrigerator and all the family&#8217;s Christmas presents, leaving nothing for the children to open on Christmas. The police responded to the call, then showed up with armfuls of gifts and food to replace the items the thief had stolen.
The SBPD <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthBendPD/videos/2410185085795485/">posted</a> a video of the officers to the Department&#8217;s Facebook page. &#8220;Earlier today, day shift officers responded to a Breaking &amp; Entering complaint at a home in South Bend,&#8221; the Department wrote. &#8220;After talking to the homeowner, officers learned that Christmas gifts had been taken, leaving the children with nothing for the holidays. Fortunately, officers were able to get in touch with the organizers of the South Bend FOP Lodge #36 Santa’s Elficers program, who advised they had some leftover gifts to share. Officers then came back to the residence with several boxes of Christmas presents and food for the family. This is what serving our community is all about.&#8221;
In the video, the officers invite the children to come into the room, where a bunch of toys are placed under a small Christmas tree. Two children see the presents and run to the pile, laughing and jumping up and down in fits of excitement. A mother holding a third child also enters the room and gasps when she sees the toys. &#8220;Oh my goodness,&#8221; the mother exclaims, telling her children to tell the officers &#8220;thank you,&#8221; before thanking the officers herself. The children smile and present their new gifts to the officers in delight.
In an interview with local news station <a href="https://www.wndu.com/2022/12/25/how-south-bend-pd-saved-christmas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WNDU</a>, the officers compared the thief to a real-life version of Dr. Seuss&#8217;s &#8220;The Grinch,&#8221; and explained how and why they replaced the stolen items. “They found out that the house had been burglarized, and in the process, the individual had taken all the gifts and even some food out of their refrigerator,” Patrolman Brian Meador told the outlet. “So, they really left this family with nothing much at all.”
“True-life Grinch,” Meador added. &#8220;Yep, cleaned them out. Not even the Who-hash or the Roast Beast (was left). It was all taken.”
Meador works with the &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Elficers&#8221; food and toy drive, which had already delivered toys to more than 400 local families and food to dozens more. The officers who responded to the scene of the crime reached out to him. “They asked if we had anything extra, and we keep items here at the station for just an instance like this,” he said.
“And when you see the kids, this morning I was able to go out and deliver the food and the gifts, and to see those little girl’s faces when they saw the presents under the tree and started playing with them, that’s why we do what we do,” Meador said. “That’s the positive part, and that’s what keeps us going as officers. And so, I hope it’s a memory for them that’ll last a lifetime. Maybe someday, they’ll be in a position to give back.”

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With locations in every zip code, the Salvation Army helps millions of Americans escape poverty every year by providing a host of services such as financial assistance, counseling, job training, and disaster relief.
For decades, the Salvation Army has used the generous donations of Americans to better society by providing these services to people in need in the U.S. and abroad. In fact, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-i-took-the-salvation-armys-internal-survey-on-racism-within-the-organization-heres-what-i-discovered" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenny Xu</a>, president of Color Us United, <a href="http://tennesseestar.com/2022/12/01/color-us-united-president-kenny-xu-describes-meeting-with-salvation-armys-national-commander-kenneth-hodder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">80% of the Salvation Army&#8217;s worldwide donations</a> come from Americans. But in recent years, the Salvation Army has shifted its focus and its priorities.
Through anti-racist training programs pushed by newly hired <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20211230171023/https:/caringmagazine.org/new-dei-directors-aim-to-better-reflect-the-kingdom-of-god-in-the-west" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diversity officers</a>, the Salvation Army, on the national level, is prioritizing telling salvationists that they are racist. The Salvation Army’s new woke direction raises a question for the every-day Americans who have supported the charity with their dollars in the past: should you still give to the Salvation Army?
On the one hand, it is undeniable that the Salvation Army still does good in the U.S. and around the world. Because the Salvation Army has so many locations in so many communities, it can accomplish a lot of good on a local level by responding to the specific needs of each unique community. Just last year, the Salvation Army <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/usn-cache.salvationarmy.org/8e728e5c-52d1-4db7-a8c5-87a6257243b1_TE-Salvation-Army-Annual+-Report-2022-08-05-Single-Pages+%281%29.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provided</a> shelter to over 7 million homeless individuals and over 171 million meals to the hungry.
When weighing whether to give to the Salvation Army, you may see the impact your local Salvation Army chapter is making and conclude that withdrawing your support would be selfish and uncalled-for. Local Salvation Army chapters rely on support from donors to keep doing their good works, after all. But that’s not the whole story.
10% of <a href="http://tennesseestar.com/2022/12/01/color-us-united-president-kenny-xu-describes-meeting-with-salvation-armys-national-commander-kenneth-hodder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all the proceeds</a> from donations to local chapters go to the national headquarters. As Kenny <a href="http://tennesseestar.com/2022/12/01/color-us-united-president-kenny-xu-describes-meeting-with-salvation-armys-national-commander-kenneth-hodder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> in my interview with the Tennessee Star, the national headquarters puts the money toward conducting large-scale fundraising and lobbying campaigns and “crafting and controlling the message.” And the national messages they put out, pushed by their influential <a href="http://salvationarmy.org/isjc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Social Justice Commission</a>, have told good-hearted Americans they are racist.
The national branch also oversees <a href="http://colorusunited.org/salvation-army-imposes-racial-wokeness-within-churchs-ranks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the </a>antiracist training programs that teach the principles of Critical Race Theory to Salvation Army officers. One of the new DEI directors for the Salvation Army’s western US territory <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20211230171023/https:/caringmagazine.org/new-dei-directors-aim-to-better-reflect-the-kingdom-of-god-in-the-west" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged</a> of the College of Officer Training in California that, “Our officers will have DEI wired into their DNA as they go into the territory to serve,” because every course syllabus in the curriculum is required to have a DEI component before it gets approved.
In other words, when you donate to your local Salvation Army chapter, 10% of your money unfortunately funds the divisive ideology that is destroying our country. 
When you donate to the Salvation Army, you are unwittingly contributing to the messages of division and despair that are disincentivizing Americans from giving. 10% of your dollars empower the national branch to expand its DEI reach.
We have seen how rapidly its DEI programs, officers, and ideology have grown in power and influence. There is nothing to suggest these people will stop until they have influenced every corner of the organization. Not unless you tell them enough is enough.
As a donor, you have a right to take your money elsewhere. You are not an evil person if you weigh the facts and decide that donating to a good cause is not worth the cost of helping to fund the promotion of poisonous ideology.
You have every right to withdraw your support from the Salvation Army and give it to another organization that better aligns your values. Moreover, with your dollars, you have the power to convince the Salvation Army that they need to change.
If enough Americans pull their support from Christian charities that are bending to wokeness and explain (to their local Salvation Army captain) why they have done so, this could lead to a time of healing for Christian charities.
If enough Americans make their voices heard, we very well may see the Salvation Army and other Christian charities abandon wokeness and return to their core mission of showing Christ’s love to all, regardless of race.
Emmie Lo is a Latin teacher and a writer for Color Us United, which advocates for a race-blind America.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A UK government watchdog announced a formal investigation into a British transgender charity on Friday after the initial inquiry began in September over concerns about the organization&#8217;s &#8220;approach to safeguarding young people.&#8221;
The Charity Commission, a regulator of charities in England and Wales, launched a full statutory inquiry into the transgender advocacy organization Mermaids after &#8220;identifying concerns about its governance and management,&#8221; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-statutory-inquiry-into-mermaids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a press release.
&#8220;The Commission will investigate the regulatory issues to determine whether they indicate serious systemic failing in the charity’s governance and management,&#8221; the press release said. &#8220;The regulator will seek to determine whether the charity’s governance is appropriate in relation to the activities the charity carries out, which involve vulnerable children and young people, as well as their families.&#8221;
The investigation comes just days after Mermaids&#8217; chief executive Susie Green <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/26/mermaids-chief-susie-green-steps-six-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> from her position after 6 years, with no interim to take her place.
The Charity Commission had <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/29/exclusive-trans-charity-mermaids-investigated-charity-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> a regulatory compliance case into Mermaids on September 29 after concerns were brought to their attention of the trans charity&#8217;s conduct relating to children. The probe was prompted after an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221117165438/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/26/trans-charity-faces-watchdog-scrutiny-amid-child-chest-binding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> by The Telegraph found that Mermaids had been discreetly sending potentially dangerous &#8220;breast binders&#8221; to children as young as 13 and 14 against their parents&#8217; wishes. Breast binding, the act of flattening the chest through constrictive materials, can cause breathing difficulties, chronic back pain, changes to the spine, and even broken ribs.
The transgender charity also faced intense public scrutiny when it was <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/30/trans-charity-mermaids-helps-teenagers-change-name-secret/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that staff with no medical training were advising adolescents as young as 13 that puberty blocking drugs were safe and &#8220;totally reversible,&#8221; despite evidence to the contrary. Additionally, Mermaids faced backlash for offering to help 16-year-olds change their name without their parents’ knowledge.
The UK has seen a vast turnaround of their approach to treating minors who identify as transgender. After conducting a systematic review of evidence in October, England’s National Health Service (NHS) proposed <a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> for treating trans-identifying youth, abandoning their previous endorsement of the “gender-affirming” model of care for a more cautious approach to treating gender dysphoria in minors. 
The NHS now recognizes that children and adolescents identifying as transgender may be experiencing a “transient phase” and warns that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns, as “social transition” is not a “neutral act” and could have “significant effects” in terms of “psychological functioning.”
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Country music legend Dolly Parton has received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Parton is the 2022 recipient of his Courage and Charities Award for being a person who &#8220;leads with her heart.&#8221; The award is provided for the winner to donate to a charity or charities of their choice.
&#8220;We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — @DollyParton, who leads with her heart, and will put this $100 million award to great use helping so many people. She joins prior awardees, @VanJones68 and @Chefjoseandres. Congrats, Dolly!&#8221; Bezos announced on Saturday.
Parton responded with a commitment to use the winnings to help others.
&#8220;I try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money. Thank you,&#8221; she tweeted.
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Parton also shared her thanks during a video that announced the award.
&#8220;When people are in a position to help, you should help. I know that I&#8217;ve always said I try to put my money where my heart is and I think you do the same thing,&#8221; she said.
Parton has long been known as a philanthropist. She donated $1 million to COVID research and is known for her Imagination Library through the <a href="https://dollywoodfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dollywood Foundation,</a> which donates books to young children in the U.S. and internationally.
In February, her Dollywood Parks and Resorts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-partons-dollywood-to-pay-100-tuition-fees-and-books-for-any-employee-pursuing-higher-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that any part-time, seasonal, or full-time employee desiring to further their education could apply for 100% funding of tuition, books, and fees associated with schooling. Approximately 11,000 employees are eligible for the program. It officially launched on February 24, 2022, for employees across its 25 U.S. attractions, including The Harlem Globetrotters, Dollywood Parks &amp; Resorts (Tenn.), Silver Dollar City (Mo.), Adventure Aquarium (N.J.), Newport Aquarium (Ky.), Kentucky Kingdom (Ky.), Wild Adventures (Ga.), and Pink Adventure Tours (Ariz., Tenn., Nev.).
The country music star also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a> to the news that she made it into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class despite previously seeking to have her name taken off the ballot.
During an interview with Billboard magazine, Parton joked that when her manager told her she would be inducted, she thought, “Well, I guess I’m a rock star now.” She went on to explain how she felt so “honored,” <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/dolly-parton-rock-roll-hall-fame-interview-1235066988/">reported</a> the outlet.
“And I appreciate the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,” the country superstar shared. “I never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy. It was just always my belief — and I think millions of other people out there too — always thought the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock ‘n’ roll business, and I just didn’t feel like I really measured up to that and I don’t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.”

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Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has given a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccann/article-11328009/84-5M-MacKenzie-Scott-gift-shows-confidence-Girl-Scouts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">staggering</a> $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA.
The massive donation is the biggest one the organization has gotten from one person since they were established over one hundred years ago in 1912.
Scott divorced Amazon executive chairman and founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, bringing her worth to $31.6 billion. She also has a 4% share of Amazon, which has made her one of the richest women on the planet.
The Girl Scouts has been struggling since the COVID pandemic, which resulted in fewer members. The group will reportedly use the money to help volunteers and employees, as well as make camp locations more durable against weather events, and enhance the science and technology schooling for its younger scouts. It also wants to incorporate diversity and inclusion efforts, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/1129638080/girl-scouts-mackenzie-scott-donates-85-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a>.
Young members in the organization dropped around 30% in 2019-2020 to 2021-2022.
&#8220;Our traditional way of supporting girls was really upended during the pandemic as troops couldn&#8217;t really meet in person,&#8221; Sofia Chang, CEO of Girls Scouts of the USA, reportedly <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/1129638080/girl-scouts-mackenzie-scott-donates-85-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;So to build back stronger than we ever had before, we&#8217;re really listening to our Girl Scouts, listening to their families and to our volunteers to really ensure that what comes next for us is truly impactful in this moment.”
Chang also said that Scott’s “support of our organization means honestly just as much as the donation.”
&#8220;We are so appreciative,&#8221; Chang noted in a statement <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/mackenzie-scott-girl-scouts-donation-history-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> by PEOPLE. &#8220;This is a great accelerator for our ongoing efforts to help girls cultivate the skills and connections to lead in their own communities and globally.&#8221;
&#8220;The support from all our donors, including this generous support from MacKenzie, is critical in delivering on our work of reimagination and transformation,&#8221; added Chang. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to prove how MacKenzie&#8217;s investment in girls will change the world — because when one girl succeeds, we all succeed.&#8221;
Southern Arizona’s Girl Scout council will use the money it was given — $1.4 million — to lift up the initiatives it is already taking part in, according to the group’s CEO Kristen Garcia-Hernandez.
“We are a small council and we’re certainly not in a major metropolitan hub. So for us, gifts of this magnitude don’t come around very often,” Garcia-Hernandez <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/millions-cookies-mackenzie-scott-girl-scouts-85m-91677020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
In 2019, Scott <a href="https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/116-organizations-driving-change-67354c6d733d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she wanted to donate most of her money. She has given around $12 billion to organizations since then, including a massive <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088390733/mackenzie-scott-donation-planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donation</a> of $275 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its regional partners.
Scott said in an announcement at the time that the main focus of her giving is to support &#8220;underrepresented people from groups of all kinds,” adding, “[t]he cause of equity has no sides. Nor can it have a single solution.”
&#8220;We are all human. And we all have enormous energy to devote to helping and protecting those we love,&#8221; she said.

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