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Ten Simple Ways To Help Children and Their Families in 2014

January 13, 2014

Source: Feed The Children The numbers are overwhelming. One in five American households with children were unable to put adequate food on the table at…

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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. BrightFocus Shares Prevention Tips & Resources.

January 13, 2014

Source: BrightFocus Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that leads to damage of the optic nerve (the bundle of nerve fibers that carries information…

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At Miriam’s Kitchen, Advocate Encourages Outdoor ‘Campers’ to Come in From Frigid Cold

January 9, 2014

By Brigid Schulte Bob Glennon eyed the front door to Miriam’s Kitchen with trepidation. As the daily breakfast service for the homeless was about to…

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Girl Traveled Over 7,000 Miles to Tell Her Story, Only 5 Members of Congress Showed Up

November 7, 2013

It was just after midnight on the East Coast when the first news story came out. I’d been sitting on another edge of another bed…

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Workplace giving is more important, more vital than ever.

September 16, 2013

The economy has put a squeeze on charitable giving and volunteering. Many charities are losing government funds. Foundations are more selective in grant-making. As a…

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The way we think about charity is dead wrong

March 11, 2013

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for…

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Charity choice should be preserved; not condemned.

January 30, 2012

Not only has tax season arrived, but we’re also in the midst of a fiery political battle between GOP candidates contending for the position of…

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Putting a Helping Hand on Black Friday

November 28, 2011

Shopping is not the only thing at the top of our lists this season.  Black Friday put on a helping hand at Macy’s and many…

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Dealing with that Thanksgiving “after the feast food coma”

November 22, 2011

Ah Thanksgiving!  For some, the “feasting” starts with a workplace potluck; for others the feasting is a never-ending event as you drive house-to-house, trying to…

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Celebrate Giving…the CFC Way, the American Way!

October 19, 2011

The Combined Federal Campaign celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Since the first campaign was authorized by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, more than…

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Don’t Dismiss Federal Employees, the Nation’s Most Charitable Workforce

February 14, 2011

My dad was a career civil servant who spent more than 40 years in the federal government. He was highly educated, dedicated, and hard working.…

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