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Investing in Healthy Child Development and Prevention of Child Abuse
All children deserve great childhoods because our children are our future. The fact is, when we invest in healthy child development, we are investing in…
Access to Clean Water is a Global Nutrition Issue
783 million (1 in 9) people do not have access to clean water, and it is projected that two thirds of humanity will live in water-stressed…
SPLC: Working Towards a Day When Equal Justice & Equal Opportunity Become Reality
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.…
Let’s Make Elderly Nutrition a National Priority
In the United States of America, no senior citizen should go hungry. Unfortunately, hunger among our elderly population is a growing crisis—hunger rates have more…
National Nutrition Month: Addressing Nutrition-related Issues
March is National Nutrition Month, a national campaign that focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.…
CVS Health Foundation Commits $5 Million to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Feb. 05 /CSRwire/ – The CVS Health Foundation today announced a $5 million five-year commitment to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to launch its new “Making the…
How Millennials are Using Digital to Take a Stand on Issues They Care About
Millennials are the first generation of true digital natives. They were just babies during the advent of Apple’s first laptop and teens when the Nokia 3210 mobile phone launched…
How MADD is Promoting a Safer Holiday Season Through Its ‘Tie One On for Safety’ Campaign
Tie One On For Safety®: Started in 1986, Tie One On For Safety® is Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s (MADD) longest running and most visible public…
Protect the Rights of the American Deaf & Hard of Hearing on #GivingTuesday with NAD
Established in 1880, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of…
Six-In-10 Americans Believe Social Media Is An Effective Form Of Activism, According To New Cone Communications Research
BOSTON, November 12, 2014 /3BL Media/ – A “like” can go a long way, according to the newly released 2014 Cone Communications Digital Activism Study. Nearly two-thirds…
‘Hope for Baby Easton’ meet a 12-year old with the same skin disease
By Michael Benny Many of you have been following the story of Easton Friedel of Weedsport since he was born two summers ago. Easton lives with a rare,…
The Way to Fight Breast Cancer Is With a Vaccine — Not Another Pink Product
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But there is more to fighting breast cancer than selling pink products or wearing pink. Fran Visco, President of…