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Job One for America: Put Young People to Work
By Hillary Rodham Clinton A few weeks ago, I met an impressive young man named Oscar during a visit to the Intertech Plastics manufacturing factory…
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Chief Seattle Council Venturing Crew 310 Embarks on Denali Expedition
By Patrice Eulin On June 12, Venturing Crew 310, chartered by Cascade Leadership Challenge (CLC) in Seattle, Wash., began an expedition to climb Denali, the highest peak…
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Team USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard: Comfortable in His Own Skin
By John Strubel Tim Howard is hard to miss. After all, he’s a 6-3, 210-pound goalkeeper who became the face of the U.S. men’s national…
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How CSR Natives Can Help You Drive Impact & Stimulate Innovation
By Craig Bida (From the CSRwire Talkback Blog Series) Ask any CEO: It’s a corporate social responsibility (CSR) jungle out there. C-suite leaders know just…
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Why We Need Boys Town
Why do we need Boys Town? Hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. lose their childhood to poverty, gangs, homelessness and abuse, through no…
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Remembering Vincent Chin: The Passion and Agony of a Community
I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let…
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Reflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor
By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was…
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“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care
In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in…
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Mowing for Memories
By Adrianne Philion Sitting in the waiting room, a familiar place he has been before, Jonah watches as children just like him go through the…
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Register Now! July 9, 2014: High Performing Charities Webinar Part 2
America’s Charities’ High Performing Charities Initiative (HPC) is a new program designed to empower your organization to thrive by aspiring to higher levels of accountability,…
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Feed the Children & FNS Team Up Through Summer Food & Education Program
As one of the largest international charities based in the United States, Feed the Children’s mission is to provide hope and resources for those without…
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Canine Partners for Life’s Prison Puppy Raising Program is Healing Inmates’ Hearts and Spirits, Using Man’s Best Friend
By Sue Ann Rybak One look into a 8-week-old Labrador Retriever’s big brown eyes, and even the hardest criminals heart will melt. Canine Partners for…
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