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RMHC of Greater Washington, D.C. to Host 30th Anniversary Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington D.C. is hosting the 30th Anniversary Pro-Am Golf Tournament on Monday, June 23rd, 2014 at Woodmont Country Club in…
Read ArticleWorld Ovarian Cancer Day is May 8th
We all have women in our lives who we love and cherish: our mothers, our daughters, our sisters, our friends. Every woman in the world…
Read ArticleThe Children’s Inn at NIH’s Play Park Receives Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
The Children’s Inn at NIH can now say it features a Play Park designed by an award-winning design firm! Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA), the design…
Read ArticleMeet the Children: Ashley & Samantha Housel
Life was hectic yet wonderful for the Housel family when identical twins Ashley and Samantha arrived in 2010. It became even more hectic when, shockingly,…
Read ArticleScientist to Study Resilience in Adolescent and Young Adults During & After Cancer Treatment
Evidence suggests that people who undergo cancer treatment as teenagers and young adults have more trouble adjusting to life off treatment than their younger and…
Read ArticleCureSearch for Children’s Cancer Shares Their Impact in New Report
After 25 years of leadership in the field, CureSearch for Children’s Cancer transformed itself in 2013 to maximize its impact in fighting childhood cancer. They…
Read ArticleFinding Connections to Help Heal a Broken Heart
Mona Santoya woke in the middle of the night to hear her little daughter Genevieve gasping for air. After rushing her to the ER, tests…
Read ArticleKeeping Families Safe this Mother’s Day
For mothers, nothing is more important than keeping their families safe. That’s why just in time for Mother’s Day, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is…
Read ArticleHelping Reduce Child Mortality Rates in Lwala, Kenya
J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez, president and CEO of RMHC, traveled to Kenya to see first-hand how grants invested in the Lwala Community Alliance through the RMHC Global…
Read ArticleNational Breast Cancer Coalition Set a Deadline for Breast Cancer
Founded in 1991, the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s (NBCC) mission is to end breast cancer through the power of action and advocacy. In 2010, NBCC…
Read ArticleOCRF Research Shows How Ovarian Tumors Elude Immune System
Tumors use numerous mechanisms to escape detection and killing by the immune system. Results from OCRF-funded research, reported May 4, 2014 in the prestigious journal Nature…
Read ArticleHow to Celebrate Food Allergy Action Month This May With FARE
This year FARE is expanding Food Allergy Awareness Week by declaring the entire month of May as Food Allergy Action Month – a time to…
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