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A Food Pantry Born From Experience

March 3, 2015

  Gail Womack Murray grew up in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, and enjoyed a ten-year career in accounting with a local bank before…

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Championing One Child at a Time

March 3, 2015

At Feed the Children, we feed 350,000 kids every school day internationally. And on paper, it’s a large number. But in the midst of all…

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Coming to Our Senses in the Concrete Jungle

March 3, 2015

At Spoons Across America, we believe the best approach to nutrition education is to encourage children to lift up their spoons and excite all their…

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Illuminating Intersections: Hunger and Health

March 3, 2015

Looking to learn, share or discuss the intersections of food insecurity, nutrition and health? This illustrative video was developed as a tool to be viewed…

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It’s Not Just the Place, It’s the Community That Makes The Children’s Inn at NIH Special

March 3, 2015

Isaac Barchus is a sociable 10-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska. He has been coming to The Children’s Inn at NIH since he was two, when his…

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National Nutrition Month: Addressing Nutrition-related Issues

March 3, 2015

March is National Nutrition Month, a national campaign that focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.…

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Teaching Tolerance film about Selma march set to premiere amid 50th anniversary celebration

March 2, 2015

The SPLC’s new Teaching Tolerance film about the Selma voting rights march will premiere this week in Montgomery during the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of…

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Project Scientist Girls Learn STEM: From Roller Coasters To Cable Jewelry

February 26, 2015

By Nichie Wilson, Events Manager On January 23, Time Warner Cable partnered with Project Scientist to teach more than 50 young girls about the science…

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Baby Danny Reminds Us That Kicks Really Do Count

February 24, 2015

A message, recently received by First Candle, from the mother of this beautiful baby: “I just wanted to thank you for your awareness campaign for…

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Beads of Courage Helps Tell the Stories of Cardiac ICU Patients

February 24, 2015

Every patient at Children’s National Health System has a story and sometimes they choose to animate them through the Beads of Courage® program. Beads of…

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Company’s Staff Is 80% Employees With Autism, Provides Model For Other Businesses

February 24, 2015

A father-son team launched a car wash to help an underemployed population make a splash on job scene. John and Tom D’Eri recently spoke to…

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HATE IN AMERICA Airs Tonight at 8/7c on Investigation Discovery

February 23, 2015

The murder of James Craig Anderson in Mississippi brings bigger problems into the open when the police find out the motive for his killing. HATE IN…

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