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Mercy House Announces 100th Family to Enter Family Redirection Program - Spares Homeless Families with Young Children from the Risks of Staying in Emergency Shelters

2009-04-07 | Program prevents families with children under the age of five-years-old from having to stay at the National Guard Armories that are used as emergency shelters for the Orange County Cold Weather Armory Program.


Donations to Be Made by Tampa Orthodontist

2009-04-05 | Tampa Orthodontist Dr. Michael Hess will donate about $1,000 to several local schools and non-profit organizations.


G.A.P Adventures Celebrates Earth Month 2009

2009-04-05 | G.A.P Adventures, the world's leading adventure travel company, is spearheading a number of initiatives for Earth Month 2009 to raise awareness of the importance of minimizing environmental impact and travelling in a low impact and sustainable manner.


Southern Cross Building Products Makes Ongoing Contribution to Save A Forest

2009-04-05 | Southern Cross Building Products announced today that it will provide an ongoing donation program to Save A Forest, a registered 501(C)3 Charitable Corporation. Save A Forest uses donations to preserve old growth forest and to facilitate reforestation.


Local Youth Are Making Safe, Affordable Housing A Priority During Habitat For Humanity's Act! Speak! Build! Week

2009-03-30 | Nationwide Program Empowers Young People to Raise Awareness through Advocacy & Fundraising


G.A.P Adventures to Appear on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

2009-03-26 | G.A.P Adventures, the world's leading adventure travel company is pleased to announce that it will appear in an upcoming episode of ABC Television Network's Emmy winning hit show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.


Charities Use Credit Cards Creatively To Keep Funds Flowing In

2009-03-21 | ThinkingMoney.org can report that charities must be more creative to generate income; 30% of charities are suffering from falling income as from the credit crunch, 52% of charities found February to be financially tougher than 5 months earlier, GBP4m raised by the WWF charity credit card


Nonprofit Furnishing Our Neighbors Founder Mandi Thompson Outfits The Offices Of District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro With Necessary Items Vital To Daily Operations And Service To Orleans Parish

2009-03-21 | Furnishing Our Neighbors founder Mandi Thompson, a post Katrina New Orleans resident and nonprofit founder, outfits the New Orleans District Attorney's office through the "Redefine 8/29" furnishings campaign; to date assisting thousands of Gulf neighbors and business returning and re establishing.


Intrepid Taps Into Voluntourism Trend With Discount

2009-03-20 | In a survey conducted by Intrepid Travel of its passengers globally, 68.6 per cent of respondents expressed an interest to volunteer


NYC Outward Bound School Network Celebrates Two Posse Scholars

2009-03-17 | Baldwin's McKenzie & Humanities Prep's Smith Join 2009 "Class" of 419 in Posse 6-State Network


Green Is The New Pink At 5th Annual "Power Women, Power Tools" Build Event

2009-03-16 | Hundreds of Women will Frame Homes for Local Habitat for Humanity "Green Neighborhood"


Creative Citizens Soften Impact of Tough Economy with New Network

2009-03-12 | Debra Berg, director of the National Institute for Civic Enterprise (NICE) interviewed recently by Sky Radio for American Airlines, reports how Americans aren't waiting for the government to rescue the needy in this tough economy. NICE launches a new forum and web site to support citizen efforts.


Complimentary Marketing Webinar Offered To Nonprofit Professionals Across North America

2009-03-11 | Complimentary Webinar, "Keeping Customers: How Nonprofits Can Build Customer Loyalty," on Tuesday, March 17 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT, with professional speaker and nonprofit marketing guru, Elaine Fogel, is open to all nonprofit professionals.


The U.S. Green Building Council Awards Leed Silver Certification For Green Homebuilding To Habitat For Humanity's Vermont Village

2009-03-10 | Fourteen Habitat for Humanity homes in South Los Angeles certified affordable, efficient & environmentally sound by USGBC.


Miles For Hope To Break Guinness World Record For Brain Tumor Awareness

2009-03-06 | Miles for Hope, a non-profit organization, dedicated to finding a cure for brain cancer, has partnered with the Dunedin Blue Jays and AirTran Airways to bring you a Guinness World Record Breaking event "Together In Hope" candlelight vigil. All proceeds benefit brain cancer research.


Experience Central America's Rich Coast with i-to-i

2009-03-06 | i-to-i launch brand new projects in Central America's most peaceful and beautiful land; Costa Rica, hike through tropical rainforests, dive into the rapids and help to conserve the amazing scenery!


Mercy House Announces 5th Annual Fundraising Gala, Living With Heart - The Organization Will Recognize President and CEO of the Orange County Business Council Lucy Dunn as Community Honoree, and Western Digital as Corporate Honoree

2009-03-05 | Mercy House, one of Southern California's premier advocates of the homeless, today announced that its fifth annual fundraising gala, Living with Heart, will be held at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.


Head Lice In The Senate Has Readers Scratching For More!

2009-02-24 | A fictitious outbreak of head lice in the Senate reveals a humorous yet shining example of the misconceptions and problems faced by families dealing with this dreaded parasite.


Stars From Music, Television And Film Donate Autographed Hardhats To Support Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Los Angeles

2009-02-23 | Online Auction Begins Today Featuring Hardhats Signed by U2, Green Day, Ricky Martin, Linkin Park, Stevie Wonder, Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus & More.


Firethorne Resident Spearheads PTA Fundraising Campaign to Build Permanent Shade Structure at Elementary School in Katy/Fulshear

2009-02-22 | Firethorne resident Beverly Tucker helped raise $28,500 to build a permanent shade structure to cover the entire playground of WoodCreek Elementary School in Katy ISD. The dedication of the shade structure took place Friday.