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3rd Annual Capital Region CANstruction at The NYS Museum - "CAN You Imagine?"

Joe Donahue — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000

This year is the third annual Capital Region CANstruction event and involves 10 teams challenged with building structures that would fit the Capital Region Canstruction 2013 theme of “Can You Imagine?”

Tom Viola - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Sarah LaDuke — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Equity Fights AIDS was founded in 1987 by the Council of Actors’ Equity Association. The money they raised across the country was used to support The Actors Fund’s AIDS Initiative. Broadway Cares was founded in 1988 by members of The Producer’s Group and the money they raised was awarded to AIDS service organizations, including Equity Fights AIDS.

The two organizations merged in 1992 and continue to fund the social service work of the Actors Fund and award grants to AIDS service organizations nationwide.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' Executive Director, Tom Viola, joins us to tell us more about the history and mission of BC/EFA.

Vox Pop : Financial Planning and Charitable Giving : 11/27/12

Patrick Donges — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0000

On this edition of Vox Pop, joining us to discuss personal finances, including estate planning and charitable giving, is a panel of financial experts.

Thomas Brockley is senior vice president, financial advisor and branch director in the portfolio focus program at Royal Bank of Canada’s Wealth Management division in Albany, New York.

Bill Ringham is vice president and senior wealth strategist, also with RBC Wealth Management, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bill works with high net worth clients in the firm’s north region.

2nd Annual Capital Region Canstruction - Zoo Can Do It

Joe Donahue — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:41:49 +0000

Canstruction, will once again take over the New York State Museum. The exhibition, Zoo Can Do It, will feature more than a dozen zoo animal structures designed by teams of the Capital Region's best and brightest architects, engineers, contractors and students, using only canned goods.