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The search for meaning
Source: Chicago Tribune
Retirees seek fulfillment -- and pay -- by pursuing renewed interests by Tanika White When he started at Maryland State College in 1962, Daniel Maddox envisioned a career working with young people, preferably in physical education. But as often happens, life got in the way,…
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The Summer Gap
Source: The Washington Post
Poor children should not return to school already behind. A NEW SCHOOL YEAR is beginning, and students are returning to classrooms with stories of how they spent the summer. Many will talk of taking trips to historic places, having fun at summer camps or learning…
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Letters to the Editor re: "Protect Our Kids from Preschool" (WSJ)
Source: Wall Street Journal
Original Article Source Joint Pre-K Now/Pew letter to the editor, submitted but not yet published Protect our kids from preschool (August 22, 2008) misrepresents decades of research on the lasting benefits of quality pre-k-research that has been accepted by academics and policy makers across the…
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Miami-Dade Voters Give a Great Gift to Children, Say Yes to The Children's Trust
Source: The Children's Trust
Original Source Miami, FL Aug. 27, 2008 Miami-Dade County voters gave a huge thumbs up to children and families by voting Tuesday to reauthorize The Children's Trust. More than 85 percent of voters approved the referendum to permanently establish The Children's Trust as the children's…
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Black Caucus highlights disparages and suggests philanthropic solutions
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…
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Organization That Promotes Public Service by Older People to Break Into Two Groups
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
by Suzanne PerryExperience Corps, a program that recruits older people to mentor and tutor inner-city schoolchildren, is preparing to break away from its parent group, Civic Ventures, and establish itself as an independent charity.Experience Corps, which has grown from a pilot project in 1995 to…
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U.S. Senate Creates Philanthropy Caucus
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
by Suzanne Perry Two U.S. senators have created a Senate Philanthropy Caucus to look at ways to help foundations and charities. Sens. Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, sent a letter to colleagues in late July asking them…
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EAST MEETS WEST CELEBRATES 20-YEAR OPERATION IN VIETNAM
Source: The Vietnam News Agency
Original Source Da Nang, August 15 (VNA) - The East Meets West (EMW) Foundation marked the 20th anniversary of its operation start-up in Vietnam on August 15, announcing it doled out 55 million USD for charity activities during the period. Focusing on education, health care,…
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Racial inequality claims rise 106%
Source: Irish Times
Original Source by CARL O'BRIEN and ELAINE EDWARDS NEW FIGURES showing a marked rise in complaints of racial discrimination in the workplace are evidence of increasing awareness of the issue, Minister of State for Integration Conor Lenihan said yesterday. Figures published by the Equality Tribunal…
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Skilled immigrants forced to take low-paid jobs
Source: Irish Examiner
by Senan Hogan MANY immigrants in Ireland with university degrees are being forced to work as cleaners or in factories, it was claimed yesterday. Nigerian-born member of Ennis Town Council Cllr Taiwo Matthew called for a better system for recognising overseas educational qualifications here. The…
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