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Santa Ride To Benefit Children’s Inn Hits Bethesda Wednesday
Santa and members of his police escort will make their annual ride through Bethesda on Wednesday. Montgomery County Police motor officers will lead a motorcycle-riding…
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Holiday Cooking & Food Allergies
Holiday cooking and baking can be a hectic activity, as well as confusing! So when in doubt, and as family and friends fill your home…
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Giving a Pet As a Gift: How to Make Sure Everyone Wins
Has someone you love been talking about adding a pet to the family? It ispossible to give a pet as a gift — if the circumstances…
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How Spoons Across America is Influencing Eating Habits of Children and Families
Our programs educate children and families about healthy eating In 2014, Spoons Across America reached over 5,000 children through our food and nutrition-based educational programs.…
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US Federal Employees Donate to Charities Through CFC
By Mariama Diallo Whether it is donating to help homeless children or improve senior care or treatments for autism, American federal workers can give…
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Make-A-Wish and Macy’s Grant 50 Wishes Across America on National Believe Day
This Friday, Dec. 12, is National Believe Day and to celebrate Make-A-Wish®, with the help of Macy’s, will grant more than 50 Wishes Across America…
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Feed the Children and PepsiCo Unite to Fight Childhood Hunger in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Longtime partners Feed the Children and PepsiCo, helped out Phoenix families with food and daily essentials today. Eight hundred families visited the Salvation…
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Settlement reached in SPLC’s pre-kindergarten discrimination lawsuit
A Florida pre-kindergarten program will take steps to ensure it does not discriminate against children with diabetes as part of a settlement agreement announced today to resolve…
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Typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines
Another Typhoon has landed in the Central Philippines where thousands of families were displaced by Super Typhoon Haiyan last November. Before the typhoon made landfall, some…
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Jared’s Premature Birth Success Story
My son was born in April of 1998, 14 weeks premature, weighing just 1 pound, 3 ounces. My wife had developed complications early on during…
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Macy’s Believe Campaign Benefitting Make-A-Wish® Aims to Break Guinness World Record
This holiday season, Macy’s is asking America to “wish big.” The 7th annual Macy’s Believe campaign benefitting Make-A-Wish® asks believers of all ages to write letters…
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Kick Butts Day Webinar Series Announced: Mini-grants, Activities and Action
Join the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 from 3-4 p.m. EST for their first webinar about Kick Butts Day 2015 and the launch of…
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