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Faces of Austerity Report: How Budget Cuts Have Made Us Sicker, Poorer, and Less Safe
This week, NDD United – an alliance of more than 3,200 national, state and local organizations advocating against sequestration – released “Faces of Austerity: How…
Read ArticleMeasuring the Impact of Corporate Volunteering on a Company’s Performance
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…
Read ArticleResearch Measures Impact of Financial Literacy Skills
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…
Read ArticleCut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor
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…
Read ArticleDouble Your Impact With Morris Animal Foundation’s Season of Hope
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…
Read Article¾«¶«Ó°Òµn Enthusiasm to Shop With a Conscience at Record-High
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…
Read ArticleHonoring Our Nation’s Veterans: Saving Their Places of Health Care and Healing
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…
Read ArticleNew Survey Finds One in Five Patients Had Surgery Before Diagnosis
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…
Read ArticleLUNGevity Salutes Importance of Lung Cancer Awareness Month
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)…
Read ArticleReport: Nearly Half of Teens Surveyed are Interested in Careers in the STEM and Medical Fields
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…
Read ArticleHistoric ENDA Bill Passes in the Senate!
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…
Read ArticleGirl Traveled Over 7,000 Miles to Tell Her Story, Only 5 Members of Congress Showed Up
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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