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Feed The Children Joins Charitable Effort to Help Syrian Refugees
Feed The Children has joined a group of 18 concerned non-governmental organizations to provide food and supplies to 12,000 Syrians fleeing from a brutal civil…
Diabetes-Fighting Dogs: A New Breed of Help
Some individuals with diabetes are lucky enough to have a very attentive dog to keep them company. These pets provide much more than love and…
Study Finds Spinal Cord Injury Causes Progressive Damage in the Chronic Phase
A paper was published this week from the Gregoire Courtine lab in Switzerland. Courtine, who we have discussed here in recent months, studies activity and…
Horticulture Teaches More than Just How to Care for Plants; Helps Special-Needs Students
Since 1999, Ann Curcio, vocational specialist with the Bridgeport Board of Education, has changed lives through her work with the most challenged special-needs students in…
Always Essential for Animals
Three days into the government shutdown, there is no clear signal that the political impasse will be broken imminently. Meanwhile, many public services are unavailable…
Three Things You Need To Know About The Government Shutdown
As the clock struck midnight in Washington earlier this week, the bitterly divided Congress officially failed to pass a budget and the United States government…
Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
When the clock struck midnight earlier this week, much of the federal government was expected to shut its doors, and the impact on the economy…
The Real Hunger Games
Waiting lists for food aid have been growing for years—now almost 15 percent of the nation’s elderly don’t have enough to eat. Eva Perdue, her…
Believe It Or Not, There Actually Is Some Good News (and some bad of course)
The Federal government shutdown has been the talk of the town all week. And we all want to know: how will this impact our guests?…
Meals on Wheels Advocate Worried Over Shutdown
Meals on Wheels programs have been struggling to meet increasing demand for their services after years of funding cuts at the federal, state and local…