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CPL’s Prisoners and Pups Program Gives Inmates Opportunity to Make a Positive Impact
GREENE COUNTY, Pa. — Inmates at State Correctional Institution Greene, a state maximum-security prison in Greene County, are getting a chance to give back to the…
Teaching Tolerance recognizes 104 schools for ‘Mix It Up at Lunch Day’ efforts
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project today named 104 schools as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among students and…
Sloan Kettering CEO Craig Thompson on the revolution under way in cancer prevention and treatment
By CRAIG B. THOMPSON Decades into the declared modern war on cancer, scientists and clinicians are excited by what we are learning. Yet patients and…
“I am Jesse Owens” Mural Created by Students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
By Eric Althoff A tribute to Olympic hero Jesse Owens now is proudly on display at the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center in Northwest thanks…
DoSomething.org Campaign Pushes for Change Regarding Stories of Unfair School Punishment
Suspended For WHAT? A third grader was suspended when she shaved her head in support of a long-term friend and cancer patient. A 14-year-old boy…
S.C. State Chooses Honors Student at Crucial Time
During the beginning of Tamekia Daniels’ senior year of high school, her grandomther (who raised her) became seriously ill and hospitalized. So in selecting which…
For Boys Town Family-Teaching Couple, Changing Children’s Lives Is the Ultimate Reward
Abby and Rob Fehr have always had a passion for teaching children. That’s why they earned their college degrees and became schoolteachers. But when they…
KINDness Spreads One Bite At A Time
Every morning when I watch the news, I wonder who decided I need to know about every shooting, every hit-and-run, every barn fire that kills…
Canine Partners for Life Celebrates 25 Years of Changing Lives
Newark, Del. resident Sarah Vible was diagnosed with epilepsy during her sophomore year at the University of Delaware. Her family reached out to Canine Partners for…
PwC Announces a $30 Million Extension to Earn Your Future
New York, April 6, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Today, as part of National Financial Capability Month, PwC US and the PwC Charitable Foundation Inc. announced a $30 million…
Innovators Improve Consumer Confidence in the Financial Solutions Lab
Low-income American families spend the same share of their yearly income on interest and fees as the average American household spends yearly on food. Worse…
Junior Achievement of New York Announces New Funding for Third Quarter of the 2014-15 School Year
[NEW YORK, NY] – Junior Achievement of New York – the leading provider of “real world” education for K-12 students in NYC and Long Island,…