News + Views From The Nonprofit World
Articles About Children and Family
Charity
It’s Not Just the Place, It’s the Community That Makes The Children’s Inn at NIH Special
Isaac Barchus is a sociable 10-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska. He has been coming to The Children’s Inn at NIH since he was two, when his…
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.…
This Weekend, Participate in The DRI Walk for Diabetes & Family Fun Day
This weekend, join Diabetes Research Institute Foundation for The DRI Walk for Diabetes & Family Fun Day presented by Walgreens at two locations – our new…
Hunger in Our Schools
By Kristen Bell, No Kid Hungry Supporter As the mother of two little girls, I think a lot about what their lives will be like,…
A Food Pantry Born From Experience
 Gail Womack Murray grew up in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, and enjoyed a ten-year career in accounting with a local bank before…
Championing One Child at a Time
At Feed the Children, we feed 350,000 kids every school day internationally. And on paper, it’s a large number. But in the midst of all…
Teaching Tolerance film about Selma march set to premiere amid 50th anniversary celebration
The SPLC’s new Teaching Tolerance film about the Selma voting rights march will premiere this week in Montgomery during the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of…
Project Scientist Girls Learn STEM: From Roller Coasters To Cable Jewelry
By Nichie Wilson, Events Manager On January 23, Time Warner Cable partnered with Project Scientist to teach more than 50 young girls about the science…
Baby Danny Reminds Us That Kicks Really Do Count
A message, recently received by First Candle, from the mother of this beautiful baby: “I just wanted to thank you for your awareness campaign for…
Beads of Courage Helps Tell the Stories of Cardiac ICU Patients
Every patient at Children’s National Health System has a story and sometimes they choose to animate them through the Beads of Courage® program. Beads of…
Company’s Staff Is 80% Employees With Autism, Provides Model For Other Businesses
A father-son team launched a car wash to help an underemployed population make a splash on job scene. John and Tom D’Eri recently spoke to…
HATE IN AMERICA Airs Tonight at 8/7c on Investigation Discovery
The murder of James Craig Anderson in Mississippi brings bigger problems into the open when the police find out the motive for his killing. HATE IN…