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Fred Jordan Mission's 64th Annual Skid Row Christmas Toy Party With Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse, and 50,000 Free Brand New Toys for Over 10,000 Impoverished Children and Families (Popularity:  )
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For the 64TH year, Fred Jordan Mission has invited underprivileged children and their families to come "Home" for Christmas this Sunday, December 16 from 10:00 am to 3:00. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will greet the children, and then Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will lead more than 10,000 children and moms to the Giveaway tables where more than 50,000 new toys and new, warm children's clothing will be distributed, ...
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Give Kids the Gift of Safety for Christmas, Says Telum Associates, LL.C. (Popularity: )
"This Christmas let's present our young citizens with the gift of safety in the schools," says right to self defense advocate John M. Snyder, Manager of Telum Associates, LL.C. Snyder conveys the message on a custom designed Christmas card featuring an image of Santa Claus brandishing a handgun as he protects frightened school children from a crazed gunman about to enter their classroom. A copy of the image is available ...
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MINI USA and RIDEMAKERZ Team Up To Debut Smallest MINI Ever (Popularity: )
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MINI USA and RIDEMAKERZ have teamed up to create the smallest MINI ever -- the RIDEMAKERZ MINI -- a 12- inch, completely customizable toy replica of the iconic MINI Cooper S -- and have guaranteed a holiday donation of 2,000 of the new toy MINIs to Toys for Tots -- the companies jointly announced today at an event celebrating the launch of the new MINI RIDE. Joined by "tween" sensation ...
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Holiday Reveling Starts Now with the Lighting of The Magnificent Mile! (Popularity: )
http://themagnificentmile.com
The 16th annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival presented by Harris officially kicks off the holiday season on November 17 with a day of all-star entertainment followed by a magical evening procession led by Mickey Mouse and his Disney friends. This is the Lights Festival's best year yet with a star-studded list of entertainers. The Harris Stage, near the Chicago River on The Magnificent Mile, will host such big names as ...
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First 5 LA Kicks Off Child Literacy Month (Popularity: )
http://www.first5la.org
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, every year, 35 percent of American children start kindergarten without the language skills they need to learn to read. Child development experts have found that reading aloud to children before they start school better prepares them for success and helps cultivate a love of reading, a vital foundation for lifelong learning. To promote early literacy among Los Angeles County children ages 5 and ...
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Microsoft Hosts Educators Worldwide to Discuss 21st Century Learning Challenges (Popularity: )
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Nearly 500 teachers, school administrators and education policymakers from more than 50 countries are gathered in Helsinki, Finland, this week for the third-annual worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF) and School of the Future (SOF) World Summit, two global events hosted by Microsoft Corp. Both events are focused on the future of education and will feature discussions and demonstrations about how technology can help address some of the challenges educators around ...
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'1-2-3 Magic,' a Book on Effectively Disciplining Children 2-12, Marks Million-Copy Milestone (Popularity: )
http://www.parentmagic.com
As of mid-September, more than one million copies of "1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12" by Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D. have been sold! This book by Dr. Phelan, a registered clinical psychologist, has beaten the odds in the same way that the tortoise beat the hare-slowly and steadily. From 1984 when the first "1-2-3 Magic" seminar was given until now, Phelan's no-fuss, gimmick-free approach to parenting has appealed to ...
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Special Olympics Announces Launch of New Global Football Initiative (Popularity: )
http://www.specialolympics.org
Special Olympics today announced the launch of a new global initiative to expand football opportunities for players with intellectual disabilities. This was presented at a press conference prior to the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 in Shanghai. Special Olympics is the world's largest sports programme for people with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competition for more than 2.5 million athletes in 165 countries. Football is ...
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Moms Share Great Tips to Help Each Other Out on FamilyZip.Org (Popularity: )
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Moms helping Moms -- it's a natural phenomenon. For ages, Moms have been sharing ideas on everything from treating stains to soothing a teething toddler to a great place to take Dad for "date-night." "Today's working parents don't always have time to swap ideas in the driveway or over coffee, so it's no wonder that Moms have been active in the FamilyZip.Org community where real people exchange tips and ideas ...
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Wide Horizons for Children Appoints Dr. Tsegaye Berhe as Director for African Programs (Popularity: )
http://www.whfc.org
Wide Horizons For Children (WHFC), a leading non-profit adoption and child welfare agency, has appointed Dr. Tsegaye Berhe as Director for African Programs. In this new role Dr. Tsegaye will explore, develop and implement adoption and related humanitarian child welfare services throughout Africa. Dr. Tsegaye has been overseeing WHFC's adoption and humanitarian aid work in Ethiopia since the program's beginning in 2003. He established two private transitional homes in Addis ...
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