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Wise Giving Wednesday: Building Trust
By H. Art Taylor The BBB Wise Giving Alliance standards are based on the idea that identifying trustworthy charities depends on much more than how much money they raise or spend. Behind-the-scenes operations are important in ensuring a charity is well-run. That’s why one section of the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability closely looks at the board…
Read MoreNational Down Syndrome Society named 2014 Brand of the Year Harris Poll EquiTrend recognizes organization as Disability Non-Profit
The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) has been recognized as the Brand of the Year by Harris Poll EquiTrend. EquiTrend is an annual study that started in 1989, yet awards have only been given to the top brands since 2011 and started the Disability Non-Profit category in 2012. The award is given out based on…
Read MoreRegister Now for the 14th Annual Charities@Work Best Practices Summit on Employee Engagement in Corporate Citizenship
Register at: www.charitiesatwork.org/annual-summit/2015-2/summit-registration Charities@Work is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of industry leaders to speak at this year’s 14th Annual Best Practices Summit on Employee Engagement in Corporate Citizenship presented by Wells Fargo on March 23 -25, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel in New York City. The emcee of this year’s Best…
Read MoreThe Future of Employee Engagement: Empowering Transformation at the 2015 Charities@Work Summit
By Chris Jarvis Up until just a few years ago, most men and women who worked in some facet of corporate social responsibility or employee engagement were accustomed to finding themselves in awkward conversations at dinner parties. Conversations that went something like this: “So, what do you do?” “Well, I’m in charge of employee volunteering…
Read MoreGoodwill Southern California and Los Angeles Lakers Host Do Good Day
The Los Angeles Lakers teamed up for one day of Do Good fun. On December 12 GSC launched their second annual Do Good Day campaign to encourage the community to do good for the community, the planet and each other. The main message was that Do Good deeds can be as simple as donating spare change, planting…
Read MoreLawmakers Look To Improve Care For Kids With Complex Needs
Finding care for children with medically complex or rare conditions can force parents to tap into networks of highly specialized physicians and hospitals scattered around the country. This is especially challenging when the children are covered by Medicaid, because each state-run program has a different benefit package, payment structure and provider network. Conflicting regulations and…
Read MoreBecause of My Disability, Not In Spite of It
I took a deep breath and tried to wrap my mind around what I had just heard, in a moment that was both surreal and wonderful. “Could you say that again?” I asked my coach through the phone. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t just a young teenager who was dreaming. “I just got…
Read MoreResearchers Help Horses Stay a Hoof Ahead of Disease
Treating disease in horses is never an easy task. They are large and often headstrong animals with a complicated physiology to match. Although advancements in equine health have made large strides in recent decades, still, no treatment plan is more effective—or less expensive—than preventing disease from happening in the first place. That’s why several recent…
Read MoreChildren Sue South Carolina to End Longstanding Dangers in Foster Care
(Charleston, S.C.) — Citing dangerous deficiencies in South Carolina’s child welfare system – including a drastic shortage of foster homes, excessive caseloads and a failure to provide children with basic health care – national advocacy organization Children’s Rights, the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center and Matthew T. Richardson, partner at the South Carolina law…
Read MoreStudy Finds Reading to Children of All Ages Grooms Them to Read More on Their Own
Cue the hand-wringing about digital distraction: Fewer children are reading books frequently for fun, according to a new report released Thursday by Scholastic, the children’s book publisher. In a 2014 survey of just over 1,000 children ages 6 to 17, only 31 percent said they read a book for fun almost daily, down from 37 percent four…
Read MoreStudy Shows Misuse of Prescribed Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Just like a diligent scout, a food allergy family’s motto is to “be prepared.” What happens, though, if you have what you need, but don’t know how to use it correctly? In the case of life-saving medication that is used to treat anaphylaxis, knowing how to properly administer an epinephrine auto-injector is critical. According to…
Read MoreAlisa Gets Wish & Brings Battling Spirit to Marines
Alisa is used to things going wrong. From being diagnosed with a brain tumor to hearing she had two months to live to re-learning how to walk and talk … she is all too familiar with challenges. She has overcome every obstacle just to stand in front of the Marines at Camp Pendleton. Connecting to…
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