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"Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organizer, who realizes that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic...

Eleven-year-old Tina works hard to convince her family that they should make sacrifices to help the poor and needy children of the world.

In South Korea, Yoori and her Appa, who grew up in North Korea, work with other villagers to send special balloons to carry rice over the border into North Korea, where people are starving.

This continues the story of the Christmas Jars. Twenty-five years later finds Hope Jensen telling her friend, Chuck, good-bye. The tradition that starts in the Christmas Jars continues in this story but what follows is bigger that what it was ment to be.

When their rock band becomes popular, five middle schoolers use their new fame to generate awareness (and donations) for an important cause.

"It's spring cleaning season in Canton, and Amy Allen, along with her sister, Tracy, and their cousin, Robin, are organizing a city-wide garage sale. All the proceeds will be donated to one of their grandmother's favorite charities, the Blessings Children's Foundation. But as they are searching the attic for items to sell, they uncover what could be their most shocking discovery yet. Inside an old kitchen cabinet, Amy finds a box containing two antique...

"The ladies of the Wagtail Animal Guardians, WAG for short, are in town for a pet adoption charity ball, and Holly is making sure to roll out the red carpet for her special guests. She and her furry best friend Trixie are busy keeping the WAG ladies happy and preparing for the ball when they learn that a retired judge has lost his prized pup. The venerable citizen has hired a pet detective who has some personal ties to Holly's new guests. His presence...

Charity work can be murder! It's Thanksgiving and Joseph Tyler, a member of Cindy's church, has organized a new charity that provides homeless people with rescue dogs to love and care for. But one by one, the homeless recipients are being murdered and their dogs stolen. Could an overly competitive millionaire with his prize-winning pooches and a grudge be behind the crimes? Cindy and Jeremiah must rush to find a killer before he strikes again.