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Canine Partners for Life Invites You to Party Your Paws Off at Unleashed & Uncorked!
Join Canine Partners for Life and party your paws off on Saturday, May 10th from 7 pm to 11 pm at Heartwood Farm, the home of Esther and Paul…
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Give Kids The World “Extreme Village Makeover” is Complete. Take a Look!
After 4,000 gallons of paint, 3,000 electrical outlets and light switches, and 100,000 sq. ft. of flooring material, and much, much more, the Give Kids…
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HRC Black History Month Series: Coming Out as Black and Queer
Source: Human Right Campaign The following excerpt from Romeo Jackson is part of HRC’s month-long Black History Month series, lifting up the voices of LGBT African…
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How Shepherd’s Hope is Helping Thousands of Medically Underserved Central Florida Families
Joey is your typical little boy— energetic, challenging and inquisitive. But now he’s afraid and worried. His mom has been coughing for a long time…
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Junior Achievement Volunteer Shares Story of Surviving Tornado
Source: Junior Achievement On May 20, 2013, the city of Moore, Okla., was changed forever when an EF5 tornado ripped through the town, killing 24…
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$3,854,107 Granted By RMHC to Improve Health and Wellbeing of Children Through Innovative Train-the-trainer Project
Source: Ronald McDonald House Charities In December, RMHC granted $3,854,107 to nine organizations focused on directly improving the health and wellbeing of children through innovative…
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Marfan Awareness Month: What Marfan Syndrome Is And 5 Things You Can Do This February
President Abraham Lincoln’s health has been a topic of debate among scholars and physicians. One of the more enduring theories about his health arose in…
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Interview With New Feed The Children CEO, Kevin Hagan
Source: The Christian Post Feed the Children, ranked as No. 15 among the 50 largest U.S. charities by Forbes magazine, took a hit in 2009…
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What’s a Pack of Smokes Cost? Your Teeth
Source: NPR By Rob Stein When it comes to persuading teenagers not to smoke, you have to think short-term, the Food and Drug Administration says.…
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What the New Farm Bill Compromise Means
Source: Share Our Strength Washington, DC – House and Senate leaders this week announced they finally had resolution on a five-year Farm Bill. The legislation…
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Income Gap Widens In D.C., Maryland, Virginia Reading Scores
Source: WAMU 88.5 Maryland and Virginia are two of eight states, along with the District, where there are gaps of 34 percentage points or more…
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Spinal Cord Injury Research: Epidural Stimulation Research Progressing
Source: Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation By Sam Maddox We reported last summer that several more young men with spinal cord injuries have been surgically…
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