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Let's Get One Million Kids Cooking

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
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Linda Novick O'Keefe

Our vision is to be a change agent, industry and thought leader in promoting wellness in the fight against childhood obesity. We have an incredible call list of friends, activators, influencers and doers across the globe ready to join us in making this vision become a reality.

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Sequestration's Damaging Effects on Nonprofits and Needy Families

Erwin de Leon | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Read More: Nonprofits, Head Start, Sequester, Sequestration, Community-Based Organizations, Politics News
Erwin de Leon

Should sequestration be allowed to take effect, human service nonprofits would lose billions of dollars in government funding and might have to make difficult choices, such as laying off much-needed staff, or worse, ending programs and serving far fewer clients.

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Healing The Grandchildren Of Rwandan Genocide

Suzanne Skees | Posted 06.15.2012 | Impact
Read More: Rape, Children, Handcrafts, Grassroots, Artisans, Catapult Design, Clinton Foundation, Ptsd, Catholicism, Kigali, HIV/AIDS, Women's Collective, The Ihangane Project, Nutrition, Genocide, Maternal Care, University of Michigan, Paul Kagame, Gardening, Development, Hotel Rwanda, Solar Power, Healthcare, Community-Based Organizations, Rwanda, Economic Development, Education, Health Ministry, Video, Impact News
Suzanne Skees

Julienne was just four during the 1994 genocide. She is HIV-positive and works as an artisan for this member-owned women's collective through The Ih...

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Spreading Success: The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project

Jodi Grant | Posted 06.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Education News, Philanthropy, Public Schools, Extended Learning Time, School Reform, Expanded Learning Time, Afterschool Programs, Community-Based Organizations, Expanded Learning, Home News
Jodi Grant

We've learned a lot over the years about how our kids learn best. But putting that knowledge to work in our communities and classroom isn't always as easy as it sounds.

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The Proof Behind Expanded Learning

Lucy Friedman | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Expanded Learning, Opportunity, School Reform, Achievement, Community Schools, Extended Learning Time, Expanded Learning Time, Community-Based Organizations, Afterschool Programs, Home News
Lucy Friedman

The Expanding Learning and Afterschool Project is a 50-state initiative that gives educators easy and direct access to research and promising practices that can help them use time beyond the conventional school day most effectively for learning.

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How to Double Learning Time

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.07.2011 | Home
Read More: Blended Learning, The-After-School-Corporation, Community-Based Organizations, Home News
Tom Vander Ark

Most kids in America would benefit from spending twice as much time learning in a positive place.

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Sports for Peace and Development: the Beyond Sports Summit

Tim Jahnigen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: One World Futbol Project, Sports, Julie Foudy, Awards, Peace, Community-Based Organizations, Sports Teams, Sports News
Tim Jahnigen

Project GreenHands (India) has mobilized over one million rural people through sports to plant and nurture 8.2 million trees in a part of India threatened by disaster from global warming.

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