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As White House Announces Launch of Post-9/11 GI Bill on Aug. 3, Excelsior College Augments Longstanding Services to Meet Increased Demand (Popularity:  )
https://www.excelsior.edu
Excelsior College, a national leader in higher education for military members and veterans since the 1970s, has added specially-trained outreach staff and streamlined services to meet anticipated growth in demand for education benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI bill. The bill takes effect Aug. 1, with a White House announcement anticipated on Aug. 3.Thirty-three percent of Excelsior's 32,000 enrolled students are veterans and members of the military, and the College ...
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Easter Seals Unveils Free Disability Awareness Curriculum for Educators (Popularity: )
http://www.friendlys.com
Elementary school educators now have a new, free teaching tool to help their young students learn about children and adults with disabilities. Easter Seals, the country's leading non-profit provider of disability services, just launched an online version of its award-winning disability awareness curriculum, FRIENDS WHO CARE(R)."Easter Seals developed this resource for teachers and parents to educate children about their peers with disabilities and foster greater inclusion in our classrooms and ...
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Narconon of Georgia Saves Lives of Orphaned Children in Honduras (Popularity: )
http://www.drugsno.com
The Narconon of Georgia drug rehabilitation and education program has many outreach activities, but none may be more special than their dedication to saving lives of orphaned children addicted to glue in Honduras.*(Photo Caption: One of the Honduras orphaned children being helped. Credit: Narconon.)Narconon Georgia staff recently made another trip to the troubled area, navigating the third-world country amidst an uprising of protesters, to help deliver treatment to these children ...
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Donate Your Car to the Songs of Love Car Donation Program (Popularity: )
http://www.songsoflove.org
The Songs of Love Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that creates uplifting, personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a life-threatening illness or lifetime disability -- free of charge. Each CD is professionally produced with lyrics containing the child's name and references to all of his or her favorite activities, things, people, and pets. Songs are written and performed in the musical style that the child likes best ...
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BoardSource and Independent Sector Partner on 'Principles' Workbook to Advance Good Governance and Ethical Practice (Popularity: )
http://www.boardsource.org
BoardSource, the nation's leading resource on nonprofit governance, has collaborated with Independent Sector to produce a new tool to help nonprofits, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs examine and improve their governance practices. The Principles Workbook: Steering Your Board toward Good Governance and Ethical Practice is designed to help the nonprofit community meet its commitment to upholding the highest standards of accountability -- and do so in a cost-effective way."Nonprofit and ...
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Two UCLA Neurosurgeons to Be Showcased in Documentary for the First Official National Brain Tumor Awareness Month (Popularity: )
http://www.milesforhope.org
Two of UCLA's neurosurgeons will be featured in the Nation's first official Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Dr. Linda Liau, Professor of neurosurgery and Dr. John Frazee, a cutting-edge neurosurgeon, will show their skills as they perform surgery to save not only a father, but his thirteen year old stepson who was also diagnosed with a brain tumor. Does lightning strike twice in the same spot? In this case it does ...
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Reminder: Top Physician-Scientists Discuss State of Cancer Research at Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Symposium (Popularity: )
http://www.damonrunyon.org
Internationally renowned physician-scientists will discuss the rapidly changing cancer research landscape in the US, plus important recent discoveries in translational cancer research, during the first Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Symposium.The April 27th event, to be held in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences, includes a panel discussion on the evolving partnership between academia and industry in research and drug development.Highlights: * Robert A. Weinberg, PhD, ...
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Porter Novelli Announces Lead Sponsorship of 'Tweet To ReMIND' Social Media Campaign For U.S. Troops (Popularity: )
http://remind.org
Global public relations agency Porter Novelli today announced its lead sponsorship of Memorial Day social media fund-raising and awareness campaign Tweet to ReMIND, and issued a call for high-profile partner sponsors. The innovative project aims to raise $1.65 million for ReMIND.org, a Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) initiative that provides critical localized resources and support for injured U.S. service members returning from war. The goal represents the 1.65 million who have ...
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Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation Donates $15,000 to Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) for Lung Cancer Research (Popularity: )
http://www.lungcancerfoundation.org
ALCMI's founding organization, the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer (BJALCF) has been conducting an ongoing "One in a Million" advertising campaign to raise $20 from one million people in the belief that small donations add up. Generously donated by CBS Outdoor and friends of the Foundation to raise awareness for lung cancer, the ads currently appear on buses and billboards in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco ...
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Butler Salvation Army Scores Big Win from Team Depot - World's Largest Home Improvement Retailer Has a Heart for Kids (Popularity: )
http://www.use.salvationarmy.org
Giving back is a fundamental value of The Home Depot and a passion for its associates. Thanks to that generosity and community spirit, many children from the Butler Salvation Army will reap the benefits. Beginning Wednesday, March 18th and culminating Thursday March 19th, more than 50 volunteers will pick up brushes, hammers, and nails and totally renovate The Salvation Army's After-School program areas.Through Team Depot, The Home Depot's associate-led volunteer ...
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