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Good360’s “DisasterRecovery360” App Wins $850,000 Verizon Grant
Source: The Washington Post Here鈥檚 a statistic that will make your eyes pop out: Sixty percent of items donated听during disasters wind up in landfills. Sixty.…
Read ArticleHow Does Your State Rank on Animal Protection Laws?
Source: The Humane Society of the United States Do you know where your state stands on public policies dealing with animal cruelty and fighting, pets,…
Read Article2014 Red Shoe 5k Benefitting Ronald McDonald House Charities庐 of Greater Washington, D.C.
Raise your feet to raise hope for healing families! 听 Benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities庐 of Greater Washington, D.C., the 2014 Red Shoe 5k听raises funds…
Read ArticleOvarian Cancer Research Fund Kicks-off 20th Anniversary With Record-breaking $6.5 Million in Research Grants
Source: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund OCRF is pleased to kick off their听20th anniversary with $6.5 million in research grants awarded to 22 scientists at leading…
Read ArticleHRC Breaking News: Federal Judge Rules for Marriage Equality in Oklahoma
Source: Human Rights Campaign Today U.S. District Judge Terence Kern听ruled听that Oklahoma鈥檚 ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional.听 His ruling is stayed pending appeal, meaning marriages…
Read ArticleMartin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service: January 20, 2014
In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service听鈥 a “day on, not a day off.” Part…
Read ArticleAmnesty International’s Iconic Human Rights Concert Series to Return February 5th
Source: Amnesty International USA The Flaming Lips, Imagine Dragons, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Tegan and Sara, The Fray, Cold War Kids, Colbie Caillat and Cake among…
Read ArticleGive Kids The World Starts 鈥淓xtreme Village Makeover鈥 This Week
Source: Give Kids the World Village KISSIMMEE, Fla. (January 8, 2014) 鈥 It will take 4,000 gallons of paint, 3,000 electrical outlets and light switches,…
Read ArticleTen Simple Ways To Help Children and Their Families in 2014
Source: Feed The Children The numbers are overwhelming. One in five 精东影业n households with children were unable to put adequate food on the table at…
Read ArticleJanuary is Glaucoma Awareness Month. BrightFocus Shares Prevention Tips & Resources.
Source: BrightFocus Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that leads to damage of the optic nerve (the bundle of nerve fibers that carries information…
Read ArticleThe Combined Federal Campaign is an Unrealized Asset
In last听week鈥檚 Washington Post Federal Diary column by Joe Davidson, 鈥淟ow morale of federal employees is putting a crimp in charitable giving,鈥 I was quoted…
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