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Survey Shows Importance of No Alcohol Message to Teens
Source: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) New data from a national MADD/Nationwide survey of high school students shows that teens who receive a message from their parents that underage drinking is completely unacceptable are more than 80 percent less likely to drink than teens who receive any other message. The data was released in conjunction with…
Read MoreAmnesty International Releases Annual Report on Death Penalty
Source: Amnesty International USA Amnesty International recently released its annual report on the Death Penalty, “Death Sentences and Executions 2013.” 2013 was marked by some challenging setbacks on the journey to abolition of the death penalty. Four countries – Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Viet Nam – resumed executions and there was a significant rise in the…
Read MoreAmerica’s Charities Members AHC, DoSomething.org and HRC Named 2014 Best Nonprofits to Work For by The NonProfitTimes
Source: The NonProfitTimes Ask almost anyone who works at a nonprofit to tell you the best part about working there and the answer generally will be: the mission. And, that’s great. But loving the mission doesn’t pay the electric bill. Employees of nonprofit organizations likely understand that concept. Things such as salary aren’t going to…
Read MoreEngaged Giving: American Express’s 20 Years of Philanthropic and Volunteer Support of JA New York
April is Youth Financial Literacy Month. So it’s only fitting that we feature a partnership between world-renowned financial industry leader, American Express and a nonprofit leading the youth financial literacy movement – Junior Achievement of New York (JA New York). Junior Achievement (JA) of New York’s relationship with American Express spans nearly two decades of…
Read MoreBecause So Little Had Changed This Breast Cancer Advocate Stepped Up
When Gloria Wakefield was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, the experience was familiar. Not just because she had been diagnosed once before, 22 years earlier, but because so little had changed in how breast cancer was diagnosed and treated since her first diagnosis. “We’ve been led to believe that there have been many improvements…
Read MoreMeasuring The Inn’s Effectiveness
The Children’s Inn at NIH has provided “A Place Like Home” for the more than 12,000 children and families who have stayed at The Inn since it opened in 1990. Â In order to see if they were meeting the needs of families and ensure that resources are applied in the most optimal way, The Inn…
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Future Therapies On The Horizon For Advanced Melanoma
Source: Healio.com At the American Academy of Dematology annual meeting, Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD, FAAD discussed current therapies and future therapies for advanced melanoma. In an interview with Healio.com, Lee, a professor of immunology at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., said “There are a lot of current therapies for [patients with] advanced melanoma who…
Read MoreInmates Volunteer With Canine Partners for Life to Train Puppies to Help People Who Have Physical Disabilities
Source: Observer-Reporter.com The puppies arrived early Wednesday afternoon at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. The five, yellow Labrador retrievers were brought to the maximum security prison to begin their training, not to become guard dogs but to become dogs capable of assisting people in the community who have physical disabilities. With the puppies’ arrival,…
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