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Manny, the Famous Frenchie, Joins the Fight Against Pet Cancer
It’s not every day you bring a new puppy into your home—let alone one that becomes famous. That’s exactly what happened to Jon and Amber Huang after they added Manny, a French Bulldog, to their family. The Huangs have been dog lovers their entire lives, but it wasn’t until their Rottweiler-Beagle mix, Roscoe, developed cancer that…
Read MoreA Pride Month Promise – The Trans Military Ban’s Days are Numbered
By Ian S. Thompson By all accounts, Landon Wilson served with honor in the U.S. Navy during a short, but distinguished military career. He was trained as a cryptologic technician, at great expense to the military, and eventually served in Afghanistan where he assisted with Special Operations missions. The reason Landon’s military career was cut short was not…
Read MoreA Wife Speaks: 10 Years in Prison and 1,000 Lashes for a Blog
By Ensaf Haidar, Wife of Imprisoned Saudi Arabian Activist Raif Badawi I still pursue that mirage…two years have passed and I am still faced with a scorchingemptiness and a series of agonizing questions. When will he be back, and in what condition? What will I put on, and how will I react? Should I hug him,…
Read MoreChanging Centers – A View of the LIVESTRONG Symposium
By Iram Leon Iram is many things to many people: proud father, amazing cancer survivor, and runner extraordinaire. Recently he attended and spoke on a panel at the LIVESTRONG Patient Centered Cancer Care Symposium. Here’s a cross-post of his experience – you can read all of his musings at his personal blog, “Picking Up a Hitchhiker.…
Read MoreSometimes Students Become Our Role Models: Lessons from Lily
I handed out the benchmark test results in April. Lily looked at hers, the 48% glaring back at her. This wasn’t the grade she was hoping for and honestly, it wasn’t the grade she deserved. If I ask Lily to write a sentence, she writes a paragraph. If I ask her to do homework on…
Read MoreTeen Capitalists Demand Congressional Attention, Supply Dessert
By Warren Rojas Junior Achievement USA’s latest crop of budding entrepreneurs are looking to bend pols’ ears with prospective start-up plans on Tuesday. And the aspiring businesspeople are fully prepared to sweeten the deal by dishing out free ice cream. JA’s annual “trade fair” is scheduled to take place Tuesday from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30…
Read MoreWe Know How to Change Foster Care
By Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza In 2010 I got a call from the founder of a nonprofit called the Possibility Project, requesting a meeting — they wanted to make a movie that would empower a group of foster care youth to tell their stories. Originally I thought the film might be more of a hybrid…
Read MoreNARF, CILS, and ACLU defend students’ rights to wear eagle feathers at graduation
NARF has long defended the right of Native American students to wear eagle feathers at graduation. Earlier this month, NARF, California Indian Legal Services (CILS), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California advocated on behalf of Native students in Lemoore, California, who wanted to wear eagle feathers at their graduation ceremony. The…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Aquatic Exercise and MS
Walking was always something that I took for granted until that one day that I couldn’t do it anymore. Then, as I watched the world walk by me, I yearned to be up on my feet ambling about. The problem was that no matter how strong my mind and determination were, my legs would simply…
Read MoreIncreased social network can have big payoff for nonprofits, study shows
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charitable fundraising once depended primarily upon a charity’s size, efficiency and longstanding reputation. That was before Razoo, Kickstarter, Facebook and Twitter came to town. In the first academic study to look at what determines charitable giving on social-media sites, researchers found that those media have created a more level playing field…
Read MoreA Bolder Effort by Big Tobacco on E-Cigarettes
By Matt Richtel Electronic cigarettes, promoted as a healthier alternative to tobacco, are getting powerful new backers with an unhealthy reputation: big tobacco companies. The development points to ways Big Tobacco is moving to turn the young e-cigarette market to its advantage. E-cigarettes have become an overnight sensation, with $2.5 billion in sales, though that…
Read MoreGoodwill Assistance Dog Academy graduates second class
By Ashley Hopkins The second class of fully trained Goodwill Industries assistance dogs graduated from training last week, and they are now the working companions of area residents in need. Topper, Murphy and Danny, the three dogs that just finished training, took part in the Goodwill Assistance Dog Academy ceremony, which was held Friday evening…
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