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Faces of Austerity Report: How Budget Cuts Have Made Us Sicker, Poorer, and Less Safe

November 14, 2013

This week, NDD United – an alliance of more than 3,200 national, state and local organizations advocating against sequestration – released “Faces of Austerity: How…

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Measuring the Impact of Corporate Volunteering on a Company’s Performance

November 14, 2013

Is it possible to measure the cause-and-effect relationships between employee volunteering and a company’s performance? Realized Worth is inviting companies from all over the world…

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Research Measures Impact of Financial Literacy Skills

November 8, 2013

New research, released by SiMPACT Strategy Group, examined the social return on investment (SROI) for Money Matters, a financial literacy and education savings program developed…

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Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor

November 8, 2013

For many, a $10 or $20 cut in the monthly food budget would be absorbed with little notice. But for millions of poor ¾«¶«Ó°Òµns who…

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Double Your Impact With Morris Animal Foundation’s Season of Hope

November 7, 2013

It’s the season for giving thanks! It’s also the time of year when those of us at Morris Animal Foundation are thinking a lot about…

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¾«¶«Ó°Òµn Enthusiasm to Shop With a Conscience at Record-High

November 7, 2013

¾«¶«Ó°Òµn demand for cause is stronger than ever, according to 20 years of benchmarking data released today by Cone Communications. Despite a marketplace saturated with…

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Honoring Our Nation’s Veterans: Saving Their Places of Health Care and Healing

November 7, 2013

by Jenny Buddenborg Next week, on November 11, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµns will celebrate Veterans Day, the federal holiday that honors the millions of heroic men and women…

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New Survey Finds One in Five Patients Had Surgery Before Diagnosis

November 7, 2013

One in five people with Marfan syndrome had some form of surgery before they were diagnosed with the potentially life-threatening condition, according to a survey…

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LUNGevity Salutes Importance of Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November 7, 2013

Official Month Underscores Impact of Lung Cancer, Highlights Urgent Need to Fund Advanced Research as Hope Is on the Horizon WASHINGTON, DC (November 1, 2013)…

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Report: Nearly Half of Teens Surveyed are Interested in Careers in the STEM and Medical Fields

November 7, 2013

Today’s teens want to pursue careers that will provide both financial rewards and job satisfaction. To gauge teens’ perspectives on their ideal careers and what…

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Historic ENDA Bill Passes in the Senate!

November 7, 2013

Ìý Today, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass theÌýEmployment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)Ìýfor the first time in the legislation’s two-decade history. All Senate…

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Girl Traveled Over 7,000 Miles to Tell Her Story, Only 5 Members of Congress Showed Up

November 7, 2013

It was just after midnight on the East Coast when the first news story came out. I’d been sitting on another edge of another bed…

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