| The Coca-Cola Limitation | Coca-Cola offers a matching gift program for employees through which the company triples (三倍于)donations to educational organizations, arts& cultural organizations and environmental groups. If you have donors who work for Coke, then make sure they’re submitting these grant requests , as the tripling of employee donations can go a long way. |
| GE Foundation | The GE Foundation matches at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum required donation of $ 25 and a maximum donation of $25,000 per year. Employees (both part and full-time), spouses ,and retires are all eligible for their matching gift program. |
| Google | Google offers a generous matching gift program through which the company matches donations form employees to a wide range of organizations. This is through either the company’s personal matching gift program or through the matching of fundraising efforts for events such as walks , marathons, bike rides, etc. Each Google employee can request up to $12,000 in matching funds annually through its different matching gift programs. |
| Verizon | Verizon has a solid matching gift program in place for its full-time and part-time employees and for its retires. Verizon matches donations at a 1：1 ratio, with a minimum gift requirement of $25 and a maximum gift requirements of $ 1,000 per year, per donor . The company will match a maximum of $5,000 per year , per donor for donation to higher education. |
【小题1】When a company’s employee makes a donation to a nonprofit, the Matching Gift programs will _________.
| A．compensate the employee |
| B．donate instead of the employee |
| C．give certain donations as well |
| D．organize some voluntary events |
| A．Coca-Cola offers three times donations of its employees’ to religious groups. |
| B．Coca-Cola handles its employees’ donations request quickly. |
| C．GE and Verizon will give the same amount, if an employee donates $20. |
| D．Google’s employees can claim matching gift in various forms. |
| A．to inform | B．to entertain |
| C．to explain | D．to persuade |
National Park Service
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
Visitor center assistant
DESCRIPTION
Ferry (渡船) can hold up to 100 visitors and departs twice daily to the island. Volunteers
will help direct visitors to the parking area and ferry dock while answering questions about what to do and where to go during a visit.
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE
Meet and greet visitors, answer repetitive questions, give directions, become knowledgeable about local history, clean high touch areas completely.
SKILLS
Office machines
General assistance
Public speaking
Visitor information
ABILITIES NEEDED
Outgoing person who has public speaking skills, able to walk/stand for 30 minutes at a time, willing to learn local history.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Both being inside visitor center in climate controlled area and being outdoors in different weather conditions.
JOB RISKS
General housekeeping
Trip and fall risks
May have to talk to unhappy visitors
【小题1】What can we learn about the voluntary job from the text?| A．It is difficult to do. | B．It will last for about a year. |
| C．It needs past experience. | D．It provides housing for volunteers. |
| A．Introduce the historical sites. | B．Clean the whole site. |
| C．Tell visitors the way. | D．Sell the goods. |
| A．One who likes taking care of kids. |
| B．One who is good at global history. |
| C．One who is experienced in public speaking. |
| D．One who is interested in wildlife protection. |
Kids ages 6 to 13 in Cape Town, South Africa, really do dig learning at school! With the help of the Earthchild Project, which is offered in schools in two townships, students make worm(蠕虫) farms. The worms break down food waste and make the soil richer. Kids grow seedlings(幼苗) in containers and learn about the importance of good nutrition.
The school program also offers yoga(瑜伽). Teachers find that the exercises help students focus better. The students enjoy Earthchild activities. “The children gets so excited”, says teacher Vuyelwa Rola.
“The society we are in has a lot of noise. When students are taking part in the Earthchild Project, they feel calm.”
Director Janna Kretzmar came up with the idea for the project in 2005. She read about schools in India that involved kids in yoga and learning outside the classroom. She developed the Earthchild Project to offer similar activities in Cape Town schools.
“We hope the Earthchild Project can help students find solutions to all the challenges they are facing in the world today,” Kretzmar said. “The best place to create change is with the youth, through education.”
The Earthchild Project combines schoolwork with hiking, gardening, healthy living, and yoga. “We need more than just math and science to become happy, healthy, inspired, and active citizens of our communities,” says Kretzmar.
In some communities in Cape Town, children live in poverty. They must walk long distances to get clean drinking water. Life is hard. But according to the Earthchild Project’s Carly Appleby, the project works to give hope to every child. “Students who have hope,” she says, “aim for bigger goals”.
【小题1】What do students benefit from yoga?| A．It helps them calm down. |
| B．It helps them concentrate. |
| C．They can learn some living skills. |
| D．They can learn about the importance of nutrition. |
| A．Uncaring. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Negative. |
| A．It was founded in 2005. |
| B．It only offers outside activities. |
| C．The idea came up by Vuyelwa Rola. |
| D．It is aimed at helping students find solutions to challenges. |
| A．Hard Life in South Africa. |
| B．Students’ school life in Cape Town. |
| C．Hope from Earthchild Project in Cape Town. |
| D．The differences between traditional lessons and Earthchild Project. |
Back in 2008,the financial crisis caused a lot of unemployment．Then there were the cuts to the welfare system in 2013 which added to the problem—and many British people fell into debt．It’s estimated that 500，000 people in the UK have turned to food banks，just to get by．
Steph Hagen，who works in a Nottingham food bank，says, “People do not go to a food bank because it's an open door．It’s a case where they go to it because they need to．With our food bank—we are an independent one．and we have limited stocks—everyone who comes through our door has no income．”
There are checks to make sure nobody is abusing the system．If a doctor or a social worker thinks someone needs to use a food bank—even for a short time—they can give them vouchers(凭证)．Then the people in need take them along to the food bank and they get handouts for three days．
Churches and individual donors provide most of the food in the banks．But some businesses might help out too．
And what sort of food is offered in food banks? Hagen says, “Basically，we’ve got porridge．We do occasionally get fresh produce but it’s very rare，especially in the winter months．It’s like tinned fruit，tinned ready meals．We have to give out ‘no-cooking’ food parcels because people can’t afford the gas and electricity”．
Community spirit has a lot to do with food banks．Volunteers say they are a great meeting place for people who are lonely and depressed．And when facing a crisis，some beneficiaries might need to feed not only their belly—but also their soul．
【小题1】According to the text，the food bank is a place_____．
| A．which is funded by the government |
| B．where people can get food randomly |
| C．which helps poor people live through crisis |
| D．where there is enough food supplies |
| A．Systems． | B．Doctors． |
| C．Social workers． | D．Vouchers． |
| A．Poor people have no money for gas and electricity． |
| B．The volunteers hate to supply cooked food． |
| C．Food banks can’t afford cooked food． |
| D．This kind of food is easy to store． |
| A．Community spirit can cure those who are depressed． |
| B．Food banks benefit poor people mind and body． |
| C．People can have great fun in food banks． |
| D．Volunteers tend to feel lonely and depressed in food banks． |
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