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Helping Children Succeed in School with “SchoolTools”

March 14, 2014

Source: Charities@Work By Natasha Hjelm, Global Impact For children everywhere, education is the best hope for breaking free from poverty. Yet even school supplies are…

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How to Engage Employees in Workplace Philanthropy

March 14, 2014

What examples of effective tactics do businesses employ to engage employees in giving? Should companies pick charities, or leave it open to employees? What kinds…

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Study Finds Hormone Problems in Group of Retired NFL Players

March 12, 2014

Source: Los Angeles Times By Nathan Fenno Repeated head injuries among professional football players can lead to hormonal dysfunction and decreased quality of life, according…

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Register Now! Fairfax CASA 4th Annual Run for the Children 8K Race & 3K Run/Walk

March 11, 2014

What:  4th Annual Fairfax CASA Run for the Children 8K Race & 3K Run/Walk Where:  In historic Fairfax City, starting and ending at the Fairfax…

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3M Employee Engagement Program Touches Local Nonprofits across the Country

March 11, 2014

Source: Good360 ​By Tara Laskowski With more than 80,000 employees around the world, 3M’s culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies…

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Why Millennials Are Not Interested in Your Corporate Service Program

March 11, 2014

Source: Charities@Work By Derrick Feldmann When a Millennial employee swipes their card to gain access to the company’s building, their interests, networks, and personal passions…

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Living for the Future: National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 11, 2014

By Olamide Lyanda In 2012, during my junior year of college, word leaked that two female students had contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the same…

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Growing Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Patients

March 10, 2014

Source: The Washington Post By Laura Hambleton Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, mostly found in people of African, Hispanic,…

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Participate in the ‘I Love My HBCU’ Video Contest March 6th – April 4th

March 10, 2014

Source: HBCUlifestyle.com The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has declared March as “I LOVE MY HBCU month” in honor of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This…

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She Doesn’t Look Hungry to Me

March 10, 2014

Source: Feeding America Through my time at Feeding America, it’s become clear to me that many Americans have a misconception of what it means to…

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The Death Penalty is Just the Tip of an Iceberg of Injustice

March 10, 2014

Source: Amnesty International USA By Steven Hawkins For much of my working, adult life, I have been witness to the consequences of our country’s addiction…

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Second Annual Be Cruelty-Free Week

March 10, 2014

Source: The Humane Society of the United States The global Be Cruelty-Free campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics launches its second annual Be Cruelty-Free Week with…

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