The filmmaking team is undaunted; its members say they are donating their efforts in this nonprofit venture because they love art, particularly the priceless Vermeer, one of 36 known canvases by that Dutch master.
Together, the group collaborated while donating their efforts to a three-year project that will move and inspire you.
As a writer, an executive project manager, and publisher of a public interest magazine (everyone donates their efforts), I have my own challenges with this economy.
Imagine what our nation could look like if all these good people -- who are generously willing to donate their time and efforts to beautify cities, improve run-down school buildings, educate our children and fill countless other unfilled roles -- were finally given the chance to do so.
Mr. Trachtenberg said that even if celebrities do not donate their own money, their efforts often warrant recognition and scrutiny.
Still, the question remains, "Who pays for it all?" While skilled, generous surgeons and cardiologists, Dell Children's Medical Center and dozens of other professionals and volunteers donate their time, talent, effort and resources to save these children, there are still many expenses.
But even as Mrs. Walentas continues to work late into the night -- "Sometimes she doesn't come home," Mr. Walentas said, laughing -- the couple say that their efforts to donate their treasure have been rebuffed.
I doubt if these students, after they make their money, will come back to India like Mr. Mathur and donate their time, money and effort to help others.
Rather than cancel the race, which was scheduled for less than a week after the storm, and give its food, water and supplies to the newly homeless or ask runners to donate their entry fees to relief efforts, the running group, egged on by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, forged ahead.
Bill McKibben, one of the country's top climate activists and an organizer of the massive Keystone XL pipeline protests, initiated a petition and fundraising drive through his group 350.org asking the fossil fuel companies responsible for extreme weather to donate their profits to hurricane relief efforts, and only then asking the same of petition signers.
