Philanthropy
Ruth Parasol is a founding member of the International Advisory Board of The Bonita Trust, a Gibraltar-based independent philanthropic organization that was founded 2004. Bonita’s grant making focuses on non-profit organizations in the areas of health, the environment and cultural heritage. Bonita works with organizations such as The Red Cross, The University of Cambridge, Tel Aviv University, The Victoria & Albert Museum, and MacMillan Cancer Support. The trust also has a special interest in using new technologies and Internet solutions to aid charitable programs.
In addition to her philanthropic work with The Bonita Trust, Parasol also supports community-related causes in Israel, Poland, and Spain, including Tel Aviv University, The Museum of The History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, and The Prodean Animal Rescue Center in La Linea, Spain.
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Famous quotes containing the word philanthropy:
“... the hey-day of a woman’s life is on the shady side of fifty, when the vital forces heretofore expended in other ways are garnered in the brain, when their thoughts and sentiments flow out in broader channels, when philanthropy takes the place of family selfishness, and when from the depths of poverty and suffering the wail of humanity grows as pathetic to their ears as once was the cry of their own children.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)