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Christian Appalachian Project provides shopping opportunity for those in need
Seeing Christmas decorations in stores well before Halloween is still a burr under my saddle. It is the commercialism of that holiday season creeping earlier…
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After shutdown, CFCs seek to make up for lost time
Source: Federal Times The Defense Department and other federal agencies hustled Thursday to restart Combined Federal Campaign activities as organizers voiced hope that the 16-day…
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Employee Engagement And The Social Bottom Line: Sands Shifting Again?
By Tom Watson, Contributor, Forbes Last week in Virginia, we were 90 percent through a terrific panel discussion on the changing nature of charity, corporate…
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Develop Minds & Deliver Dreams
Read about TMCF’s 27th Awards Gala: Developing Minds and Delivering Dreams By Empowering High-Achieving Students to Overcome Barriers. Click here. Opportunity for companies or government agencies…
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Federal Shutdown Causing Immediate and Lasting Damage to US Public Health, Science
Prevention (CDC) sidelined by the US government shutdown, pediatricians and other physicians are going without essential information about outbreaks of influenza, pertussis, and other infectious…
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Happy National Coming Out Day, From HRC
Source: HRC Blogby Maureen McCarty, HRC Senior Digital Strategist Today we celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Coming Out Day. NCOD began on the anniversary…
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USPS to Honor LGBT Civil Rights Hero Harvey Milk with New Stamp
The United States Postal Service has confirmed that LGBT civil rights hero Harvey Milk will be commemorated on a 2014 U.S. postage stamp. Milk, the…
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Teaming Up: Nationals Announce Higher Achievement Partnership
The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy announced today that the organization has partnered with Higher Achievement and its DC Metro affiliate to create and implement…
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What Happens to Nutrition Programs During a Government Shutdown?
The country is still figuring out the implications of the recent government shutdown. We took a look at nutrition programs and how they will be…
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Clinical Trials Continue, but Only at a Crawl
The federal government has continued to enroll critically ill people in clinical trials at the National Institutes of Health since the government shutdown began last…
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How Teach for America Founder, Wendy Kopp, Is Going Global
One Thursday evening last August at an Alpine castle in Salzburg, Austria, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp met Tatjana Oppitz, the head of IBM…
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Innovation Often Starts With the Words ‘What If?’
With government beset by perennial budget battles that make sufficient public funding for new social programs less likely, innovation to increase the reach and effectiveness…
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