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The Inn Launches Partnership with NASA
Performing everyday tasks like shaving and brushing one’s teeth poses a number of challenges in zero gravity. At a recent visit from NASA Astronaut Mike…
VolunteerMatch Releases 2013 Annual Impact Report Showing Almost $1 Billion in Volunteer Service across Multiple Sectors
July 8, 2014 /3BL Media/ – VolunteerMatch, the Web’s largest volunteer engagement network, released its 2013 Annual Impact Report. The infographic-style report showcases the people and…
A Bill for the One Percent – of Sport and Trophy Hunters
By Wayne Pacelle Just a few days ago, it was the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act. The act was the goal of the…
Miriam’s Kitchen broadens reach to housing
By Jeff Clabaugh Miriam’s Kitchen is now administering a program under a contract with the Department of Human Services to get more of D.C.’s homeless permanently…
Serious Nattitude at RMHC DC
Last week, Kevin Frandsen visited the DC Ronald McDonald Family Room to see some very excited kids on the Hematology/Oncology floor at Children’s National Medical Center. …
Schoolhouse lessons confront small-town racism
Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white. When…
Family from Uganda finds respite at Children’s Inn
Recently a Ugandan family, with three teenagers affected by a seizure disorder called Nodding syndrome, stayed at The Children’s Inn. The disorder strikes at about…
Move it Monsters!
Things that creep and crawl, shadows lurking on the wall, scary thoughts running through your head or even monsters under your bed can all be…
The Truth About Skin Cancer
Fifteen years ago, Heather Haux, a high school teacher in Long Island, New York, noticed what appeared to be a scrape on her arm. When…
Yoga For a Cure to Breast Cancer
On February 13, 2014, Maggie DiNome, MD, Director of the newly developed High-Risk Clinic at the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Margie Petersen Breast Center…
How MADD and Nationwide are Working Together to Save Lives
One in three people in this country will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is working…
Reflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor
By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was…