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Stories from the field: SPLC legislation helps Louisiana youth receive second chance at school

October 21, 2014

By Eden Heilman Jessica* was a 10th-grader in a small school district outside of New Orleans when she withdrew from school because she was pregnant.…

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Who Rescues the Injured Wildlife of Southern California?

October 21, 2014

The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center—operated by The Fund for Animals in partnership with The HSUS—is an oasis in Ramona, Calif., where orphaned and other…

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Choosing to Have a Child

October 21, 2014

Two years ago, Martha Alanoca and her husband were trying unsuccessfully to start a family. In Bolivia, where Martha lives, the prohibitively high cost of…

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Help Create a Tobacco-Free Generation by Shopping Tobacco-Free

October 21, 2014

Tobacco use is the nation’s number one preventable cause of death, killing 480,000 Americans and costing the nation $289 billion in health care bills and…

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Is Your Company Running a “Healthy” Food Drive?

October 20, 2014

Each year, millions of food drives are run to support more than 50,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other organizations in the United States. …

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What’s the Best Way to Market Your Charitable Giving?

October 20, 2014

By David Hagenbuch From the red Dell laptops for AIDS awareness to pink Nike high-tops for breast cancer research, more companies are embracing social causes…

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Changing Children’s Lives by Teaching Financial Literacy

October 20, 2014

Young students from a suburban Chicago elementary school drew pictures of their morning with a special classroom visitor. On each page they commented on the…

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Pro Bono Week: A Time For Skills to Shine

October 20, 2014

By Ryan Scott What’s so special about pro bono? According to Taproot, the leading national advocate for pro bono service, pro bono has been a quiet…

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A Treasure of Not Only Black History, But American History as a Whole

October 20, 2014

By Demetria Irwin Black History Month was always an exciting time for me when I was in elementary school. As the child and grandchild of…

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The Children’s Inn At NIH CEO, Kathy Russell, Featured in People Magazine

October 17, 2014

By Tara Fowler When Kathy Russell was a young hospital administrator, she saw something she didn’t like.  “Every day I’d come up on the elevator…

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GuideStar Unveils Online Tool to Gauge Nonprofits’ Diversity

October 17, 2014

By Alex Daniels Charities can rate their diversity efforts with a new yardstick being offered by GuideStar, an organization that compiles data on nonprofits. Using…

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Food Pantry Helps Family Get Through Tough Time Dealing With Cancer

October 16, 2014

I spent my youth in the Navy, and when I got out I began working as a chef. I knew nothing and so I taught…

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