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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…
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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 itsÌý2013 Annual Impact Report. The infographic-style report showcases the people and…
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Include ‘Giving Circles’ to Engage Employees in Workplace Giving
By Charisse Browner The “Giving Circles Popular With Minorities and Younger Donors” article in this week’s Chronicle of Philanthropy gained my attention because the study…
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Impacting Social Issues by Supporting the Healthy Development of Children and Families
Ìý Child abuse and neglect affects over 1 million children every year. Child abuse and neglect costs our nation $220 million every day. Fortunately, organizations…
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A Bill for the One Percent – of Sport and Trophy Hunters
By Wayne Pacelle Just a few days ago, it was the 50thÌýanniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act. The act was the goal of the…
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Miriam’s Kitchen broadens reach to housing
By Jeff Clabaugh Miriam’s KitchenÌýis now administering a program under a contract with the Department of Human Services to get more of D.C.’s homeless permanently…
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Serious Nattitude at RMHC DC
Last week, Kevin Frandsen visited the DC Ronald McDonald Family Room to see some very excited kidsÌýon the Hematology/Oncology floor at Children’s National Medical Center.Ìý…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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