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Watch This Service Dog’s Touching Reunion With Family That Trained Him
For 25 years, Canine Partners for LifeÌý(CPL) has been training service dogs to assist individuals with a wide range of disabilities. Families who foster and…
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Trained canine can even predict seizures: Volunteers, service dogs, help make life ‘Wynnderful’
by Sue Ann Rybak Before Alison Brady received her first seizure alert dog in 2004 from Canine Partners for Life, she felt as if she…
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The Power of a Mother’s Unconditional Love
When Kathy Ramey found out she was expecting triplets in 2009, the love for her three daughters grew with each day of her pregnancy. She…
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Stories from the field: Teaching Experience Highlights Inequality in Florida School System
By Amir Whitaker My Monday morning routine begins as a group of rambunctious 11th-graders shuffle into their desks at one of Miami’s largest high schools.…
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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Global Youth Education, Community Development, and Emergency Relief
Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian non-profit focusing on children’s education, community development, and emergency relief in more than 30 countries around the world.…
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CMN Hospitals Funds Pay for 7 Week-old Jackson’s Open-heart Surgery
Two days after Jackson was born, an on-call pediatrician noticed his heart didn’t sound normal. Follow-ups with cardiologists confirmed he had ventricular septal defect (VSD),…
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How Not to Train a Dragon
I like to think that I am a patient man, but sometimes my patience gets pushed to its limit. That is the situation when it…
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Rebuilding Together Alexandria: Southern Charm
Alice* is a D.C.-native who moved to Alexandria in the 1970s for a job. She and her husband built a life in this “sleepy, southern…
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Asthma Crisis in the Classroom
His teacher thought he was being silly – falling out of his chair, closing his eyes and dropping his head down. In a classroom full…
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Summer Safety & Year-round Precautions to Reduce the Risk of SIDS
Now that the weather’s getting warmer, it’s a good time to talk (again!) about the dangers of overheating your baby. Babies are sensitive to extremes…
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Get Naked! You Just Might Save Your Life
Did you know that nearly 80,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma this year? That’s the equivalent of the entire population of Somerville, Massachusetts. Or…
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How Good Neighbors Brings Clean Water to Thousands of People
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