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Tennessee plan to insure poor residents an example for other Southern states
The proposal by Tennessee’s governor to use Affordable Care Act money to pay for private insurance for low-income residents is a step in the right…
How to help someone suffering from the cold & in need of shelter
By Dana Hedgpeth Winter temperatures hitting the D.C. area early this season, and the cold weather can be dangerous for anyone who lacks a warm place…
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…
Poverty is at its most deadly when it becomes normal
By Ally Fogg When is poverty at its most dangerous? It is not, as you might think, when we begin to notice the frequency with…
Help Good Neighbors Provide Light to 25 homes in Nueva Oasis Through Project BrightLights
Imagine going home every day to darkness. The residents of Nueva Oasis, a village in La Fragua, Guatemala are day laborers, working on farms and fields,…
Texas No Kid Hungry Receives $38,000 Grant From Tom Thumb/Randalls To Fight Childhood Hunger
The Texas No Kid Hungry Campaign has received a $38,000 grant from Hunger Is to help solve childhood hunger. Texas No Kid Hungry, a statewide…
Provide Safe and Stable Housing for #GivingTuesday with Rebuilding Together Alexandria
Children learn better, families achieve more, and everyone is healthier in safe and stable housing. But many of our neighbors are living on the brink…
Connect Kids with Meals by Supporting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign on #GivingTuesday
By supporting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, you can play a huge part in making No Kid Hungry a reality. Â On #GivingTuesday, every…
Attend Good Neighbors’ Holiday Crafts Party & Photobooth on Giving Tuesday
Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian NGO committed to child education, community development, and emergency relief projects in more than 30 countries. On Giving Tuesday,…
Parents, children bond by volunteering together at Washington-area nonprofits
By Caitlin Gibson The family of four took more than a week to fashion turkey centerpieces out of cinnamon-scented pine cones and colorful construction paper, to…
How Lockheed Martin Provides Ongoing Support to the Military and Veteran Communities
Lockheed Martin sites across the United States are commemorating Veterans Day, honoring their veteran employees, and celebrating the nation’s veterans as well as those still…
Hold a Clothing Drive to Support Dress for Success
Donation drives are coordinated campaigns to collect business-appropriate attire for Dress for Success. If your office, professional organization, child’s school, place of worship or other…