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Wish Experience Makes the World Huge Again
Sometimes, sitting in my bed for hours on end, I felt quite diminutive and trapped; hidden away from the world like a prisoner in a…
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Laurie and Reneshia Share Inspiring Story of How House of Ruth Gave Them a Safe Home and Life Free of Domestic Abuse
Laurie and Reneshia Gaskins talked about their experience at House of Ruth at A Night for the Children, a gala fundraiser held to benefit House…
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The Great American Milk Drive
Feeding America has teamed up with dairy farmers and milk companies to launch The Great American Milk Drive, the first-ever national program to help deliver…
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Stories from the field: Teaching Experience Highlights Inequality in Florida School System
By Amir Whitaker My Monday morning routine begins as a group of rambunctious 11th-graders shuffle into their desks at one of Miami’s largest high schools.…
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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Global Youth Education, Community Development, and Emergency Relief
Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian non-profit focusing on children’s education, community development, and emergency relief in more than 30 countries around the world.…
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How Linda Goler Blount is Improving Health Disparities & Health Equity as President & CEO of Black Women’s Health Imperative
The Black Women’s Health Imperative (Imperative) is the only organization devoted solely to advancing the health and wellness of America’s 20 million Black women and…
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CMN Hospitals Funds Pay for 7 Week-old Jackson’s Open-heart Surgery
Two days after Jackson was born, an on-call pediatrician noticed his heart didn’t sound normal. Follow-ups with cardiologists confirmed he had ventricular septal defect (VSD),…
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How Not to Train a Dragon
I like to think that I am a patient man, but sometimes my patience gets pushed to its limit. That is the situation when it…
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Rebuilding Together Alexandria: Southern Charm
Alice* is a D.C.-native who moved to Alexandria in the 1970s for a job. She and her husband built a life in this “sleepy, southern…
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Asthma Crisis in the Classroom
His teacher thought he was being silly – falling out of his chair, closing his eyes and dropping his head down. In a classroom full…
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Summer Safety & Year-round Precautions to Reduce the Risk of SIDS
Now that the weather’s getting warmer, it’s a good time to talk (again!) about the dangers of overheating your baby. Babies are sensitive to extremes…
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Get Naked! You Just Might Save Your Life
Did you know that nearly 80,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma this year? That’s the equivalent of the entire population of Somerville, Massachusetts. Or…
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