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In an online reader survey, we asked you (the readers) to answer some questions concerning charity to accompany this year’s Giving Back Awards. Here are the results.
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fter you pop a bottle of bubbly during your holiday celebrations, don’t let that cork fly too far. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is collecting champagne corks for use as cabinet and drawer knobs at The Brock Environmental Center at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach. Construction of the Center, which is scheduled by be completed in 2014, began this fall. When it’s done, it will be the greenest, most sustainable building in Virginia and among the greenest structures in the world. It is designed to meet the strictest LEED Platinum guidelines and the Living Building Challenge, a set of strict environmental standards that requires the facility to have no impact on the environment. One requirement is to use as many recycled or salvaged construction materials as possible. So help them out by toasting to family, friends and the environment this season. For a list of local places to drop off your corks, visit www.CBF.org/How-We-Save-The-Bay/Programs-Initiatives/ Pleasure-House-Point-Virginia/Brock-Environmental-Center/ Champagne-Cork-Collection. For more information, contact CoVa Christy Everett at 757-622-1964 or ceverett@cbf.org. n
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Percentage of you who said you donate to the collection jar at a cash register once in awhile.
Percentage of you who said you tend to donate to causes that support education the most.
Hampton’s new police chief, Terry L. Suit, was sworn in Oct. 7, his first day on the job. The former chief and public safety director of Sandy Springs, Ga., Suit is the first chief the City of Hampton has hired from outside the Hampton Police Division due to his focus on community-based policing. “I believe in bottom-up leadership. I believe in empowering people to make decisions. The organization needs to do know not just that we are going to do something but why we are doing it. Even more importantly is that we should be valuing the opinion of those folks on the street,” says Suit when asked about his manCoVa agement style. n
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Average number of times a year you give to charity.
Average number of years you have been donating.
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Number on a scale of 1–10 that you ranked the importance of charity.
Percentage of you who said you most often donate time to charities.
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Percentage of you who said you give because of a sense of obligation to your community.
Percentage of you who say you’re influenced to donate by the mission of the organization.
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Percentage of you who say you research charities before donating to make sure your money is going to good use.
Percentage of you who most often give to local charities.
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Percentage of you who follow the progress of the charities you donate to.
Number on a scale from 1–10 that represents how satisfied you are with how the organization that you donate to uses the donations.
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Percentage of you who say you play an active role in the charities you give to.
Percentage of you who aren’t bothered by people asking for CoVa donations. n
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Survey compiled by Derek Page. Answers compiled by Angela Blue.
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