Here is a SMALL sample, and given the last 2 links - well, draw your own conclusions

Med Student Uses Dancing Talent to Raise Money for Children's Hospital

Johnny Tackett loves to dance. He's also deeply committed to leadership, philanthropy and musical theater.

Above all, the dancers remembered the kids - the young American Family Children's Hospital patients they pledged to support. The students stayed on their feet all night after each of them had raised at least $125 for the "For Bucky's Kids!" marathon. The 2011 event brought in $65,375.

http://www.med.wisc.edu/quarterly/news/med-student-uses-dancing-talent-to-raise-money-for-childrens-hospital/31507

West Milford area to raise money for cancer victim

The little lady with the big smile and bigger heart who has been battling breast, throat and blood cancer for the better part of the past three years, was declared cancer-free in April – on Good Friday. That was her personal "resurrection" and glimpse of a "second chance."

On Sunday, June 12, friends who so appreciate all she has done for so many, many others are holding a benefit, "Just for Judy," at the Passport Café at Greenwood Lake Airport, 126 Airport Road, West Milford from 3 to 7 p.m., in the hope of raising funds to offset the tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/122637174_Benefit_to_help_cancer_survivor_cope_with_bills_.html

5/3 employees raise $10K for foodbank
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110525/NEWS01/105260317/5-3-employees-raise-10K-foodbank?odyssey=nav|head

Relay for Life raises $70,000
http://www.edenmagnet.com.au/news/local/news/general/relay-for-life-raises-70000/2175966.aspx

Runners help raise funds for Home Base
More than $2.6 million was raised for the program, which provides clinical care and support services to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are affected by combat stress or a traumatic brain injury.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110522&content_id=19423432&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

The “Donut Man” reaches out to the city’s homeless with pastries, caring
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/mt-airychestnut-hill-/item/20328-the-donut-man-reaches-out-to-the-citys-homeless

Tent Cities Growing in Brooklyn and Queens
http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/152902/20110526/new-york-homeless-albany-rent-tent-city-cuomoville.htm

What it's like to be a young mother, homeless and looking for help
http://www.minnpost.com/communitysketchbook/2011/05/26/28036/what_its_like_to_be_a_young_mother_homeless_and_looking_for_help

Ohio schools cut jobs anticipating funding cuts
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/26/business-us-school-job-cuts-ohio_8486183.html

MI Senate approves K-12 budget cuts
http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/pnr-senate-approves-k12-budget-cuts-20110526,0,4213904.story

US lawmakers pass $690 billion Pentagon bill
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/27/us-lawmakers-pass-690-billion-pentagon-bill.html

Big Bank Bailouts Tied To Previous Lobbying Efforts, Study Suggests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/bailouts-lobbying-big-banks_n_866850.html

Or... "Navy Cadets Raise $1M Toward Aircraft Carrier In Weekend Talent Show"

We should make it a game show - "America's Got Illness" - where sick people compete for a chance at medical care.