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The 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…
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Meet 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,…
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Scientist 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…
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CureSearch 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…
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Finding 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…
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Jason Collins to be Honored by Point Foundation
Point will present its Leadership Award to Jason Collins of the Brooklyn Nets. Collins is the first openly gay athlete to play in any of the four major…
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10 Ways to Balance Profit and Principles
There was a time when corporate social responsibility (CSR) was simply shorthand for philanthropy. Times have changed and now responsible business practice is increasingly recognised…
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Digital Data Further Blurs Boundaries Between Sectors
By Lucy Bernholz The White House released its report, Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values, yesterday. The only place the word “nonprofit” appears in the report…
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Federal judge orders extension of settlement agreement addressing abusive conditions at Mississippi youth facility
A federal judge has held Hinds County, Miss., officials in contempt of court for failing to comply with a 2012 settlement agreement addressing abusive conditions…
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OCRF 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…
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Keeping 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…
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