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Twelve Days of Holiday Safety From the American Red Cross (Popularity:  )
http://www.redcross.org
With last-minute gifts to buy, social events to attend and family and friends to visit while the weather outside is frightful, the American Red Cross has 12 days of health and safety tips to make the holiday season safe, happy and bright.1. Prepare your vehicle for traveling to grandmother's house. Make an emergency kit and include items such as blankets or sleeping bags, jumper cables, fire extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C ...
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Holiday Cards Are on Their Way to Nation's Heroes (Popularity: )
http://www.redcross.org
The American public has answered the invitation from the Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. to "send a touch of home" to service members and veterans with hundreds of thousands of holiday cards.Today is the last day to postmark and send cards to the Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign, which is jointly sponsored by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, and mail is still arriving at a rapid clip."The ...
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Verizon Wireless and The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation Partner to Increase Graduation Rate in St. Louis Schools (Popularity: )
http://www.mattiecstewart.org
Verizon Wireless has announced its sponsorship of putting the InsideOut documentary in every St. Louis public school, enabling all area students to learn more about the importance of remaining in school and graduating. The company made the announcement this week to more than 160 St. Louis educators, community leaders, parents and students gathered at the Carr Lane VPA Middle School. Through a partnership with The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation, Verizon ...
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Red Cross Making Preparations as Tropical Storm Ida Heads Toward Gulf Coast (Popularity: )
http://www.redcross.org
The American Red Cross is preparing for Tropical Storm Ida to make landfall along the Gulf Coast, opening shelters in four states.The Red Cross is opening shelters in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. Residents in those states should heed the warnings of local officials, especially if evacuation orders are issued.Although recently downgraded from a hurricane, Tropical Storm Ida is packing 70 mph winds and heavy rain and is expected to ...
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LIVESTRONG(R) Receives $211,306 Donation from Eagle Golf (Popularity: )
http://www.eaglegolf.com
Today LIVESTRONG announced a donation of $211,306 from Eagle Golf, the Dallas-based golf course management corporation, at a celebratory luncheon at the Golf Club at Castle Hills in Lewisville, Texas. From Sept. 1-Oct. 3, all of Eagle Golf's 75 golf courses participated in "Take a Swing at Cancer" to raise awareness and funds for the global fight against cancer."LIVESTRONG is grateful to Eagle Golf and its patrons for supporting our ...
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AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Popularity: )
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the European Medicines Agency has granted Orphan Drug Designation to AMT's gene therapy product AMT-080 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) entitles AMT to ten year market exclusivity in Europe following marketing approval for AMT-080 if this product candidate is the first new drug with ...
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Non-Profit Tracks Pressures of NYC's Economic Crisis on Housing and Home Ownership in the City (Popularity: )
http://www.cnycn.org
According to the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Inc. (CNYCN), data collected over a 13-month period reveals that of 4,652 homeowners who sought free mortgage counseling through the CNYCN network, 2,103 (45%), cited loss of income as the main reason for their mortgage delinquency. In addition, of the 1,429 requests for a loan modification by homeowners, only 330 (23%) were completed within the reporting period, July 2008 through August ...
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SEIU Local 721 Calls for Attorney General to Investigate Self-Dealing and $22 Million in Extra Costs at Tarzana Treatment Center (Popularity: )
http://www.seiu721.org
SEIU Local 721 submitted an investigative report to the office of Attorney General Jerry Brown today providing evidence that executives at the Tarzana Treatment Center may have diverted, or allowed the diversion of, up to $22 million in assets that could been used to help thousands of people overcome substance abuse, mental health issues, and HIV/AIDS.The report, by the Center for Public Accountability at SEIU Local 721, found what appears ...
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Sensory Research Center Benefit Concert Yields Scholarships for Autistic Children (Popularity: )
http://www.sensoryresearchcenter.org
The Sensory Research Center (SRC) held its first benefit, dessert and silent auction concert featuring LA Collaboration last week. SRC Founder, Jennifer Hoffiz, said, "The concert was well attended and the talent of the performers was absolutely amazing. The concert and the silent auction allow SRC to offer 3 or 4 scholarships for children, whose parents/grandparents simply can not afford the neurosensory program, to receive this much needed therapy." One ...
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Soldiers' Angels Receives $10,000 Grant from KBR (Popularity: )
http://www.soldiersangels.org
Defense contractor KBR has stepped up to support the troops with a $10,000 grant to nonprofit Soldiers' Angels, awarded through their Corporate Giving Program. The money will help fund Soldiers' Angels activities in support of military personnel and their families in KBR's home state of Texas, through projects such as First Response Backpacks for the wounded, Hero Flights, Living Legends, Tank Support, Valour-IT, and more."KBR has a great track record ...
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