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BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region’s business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

The Milwaukee-based BloodCenter of Wisconsin is teaming up with the Milwaukee Bucks to host the 15th annual Milwaukee Bucks Blood Drive. The drive will be held on Monday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, 1001 N. 4th St., Milwaukee.

The second annual Driven to Achieve Awards are scheduled for Saturday at the Pfister Hotel, where representatives from four Milwaukee charities will be honored.

Dr. Eve Hall, president and chief executive officer of the newly revived African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, will be the recipient of the 2015 BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year Award.

Beginning April 1, the state will enact new regulations that will make it more difficult for poor people to receive public assistance for food.

Nonprofits and corporations share a desire to honor diversity. To be seen as fair. But in a world with varying definitions of what a diverse work place looks like, and what that means for both consumers and business owners, many questions arise on how to keep up with the changing tides of inclusion.

State Farm will again work to transform neighborhoods across the country this year with its fourth annual State Farm Neighborhood Assist program.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee will form a competitive basketball league for students in 3rd through 8th grades, thanks to a $2 million donation from Albert Nicholas, founder and chairman of Milwaukee-based Nicholas Company, Inc.

I was teaching a night class at Upper Iowa University recently when a student said something that left me utterly dumbfounded.

Should the state's rules on non-compete contracts be more restrictive for employees?