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The City Wide Council of Presidents of the New York City Housing Authorities’ Residents Pledges $1.5 Million Toward Securing the AMBER Ready Program for 30,000 Families in NYC Public Housing

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Reginald H. Bowman, President, The City Wide Council of Presidents of the New York City Housing Authorities’ Residents, which represents the 178,000 families that live in the Public Housing of the New York City Housing Authority, announced today that the organization has made a commitment to invest $1.5 million in the AMBER Ready program on [...]

Career Coaches on 40 City Empowerment Tour Gain and Share Insight Into Career Crisis in America

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Now in its fourth week, the Career Stimulus Package Empowerment Tour, presented by eLearners.com, has provided hundreds of people with one-on-one career coaching from Denver to Atlanta. The 40-city RV trek across the country is helping adult Americans face up to the crisis of undereducation and underemployment. The Career Stimulus Package Empowerment Tour RV (www.careerstimuluspackage.com) [...]

Wayne County Community College District’s Downtown Campus Presents the 2nd Annual Summer Safety Fair

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The Wayne County Community College District’s (WCCCD) Continuing Education Division presents the 2nd Annual Summer Safety Fair. This event will be held on Friday, June 26, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., at the WCCCD Downtown Campus, located at 1001 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI. 48226.
Nearly 6,000 children are killed and 14 million, or [...]

Global-Health Expert Michele Barry Arrives at Stanford Medical School to Head Up New Initiatives

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The United States and other nations need to invest in global health research to stop infectious diseases at their source and help avert future public health emergencies such as the outbreaks of the H1N1 flu, said global health expert Michele Barry, MD, who arrived May 1 to assume the new position of senior associate dean [...]

As Application Deadline Approaches, Wal-Mart Urges Students to Apply for Scholarship

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With the February 18 application deadline fast approaching, Wal-Mart is encouraging high school students to submit applications for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)/Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. High School Scholarship. Links to the HSF/Wal-Mart scholarship application, along with additional educational resources and information, can be found on Wal-Mart’s Web site, AhorraMasViveMejor.com.
The HSF/Wal-Mart high school scholarship program is [...]

2009 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Film (SB&F) Prizes, Sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc., Help Promote Science Literacy

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Children’s science books exploring sibling relationships in the animal world, global climate change, and neuroscience earned top honors in the 2009 AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Film (SB&F) competition, sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.
The 2009 prizes, intended to promote science literacy by drawing attention to the importance of good science writing and illustration, honored 10 [...]

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta Helps Record Number of People in 2008

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More than one-half million Americans turned to Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta (CCCS of Greater Atlanta) last year to avoid foreclosure, pay down credit card debt and determine if they should file for bankruptcy.
The 509,718 individuals who received credit counseling or attended educational classes in 2008 represented a 26% increase from the 403,763 [...]

Industrys Smallest Thin Client to Be Used at American Council on Education (ACE) Meeting and Exposition

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Attendees at the 91st American Council on Education (ACE) Annual Meeting who use a cyber cafe to check email or browse the Internet will experience firsthand the world’s smallest thin client, the TC2 from Devon IT, a leading alternative desktop solution company. The company announced it will be a sponsor of the annual event [...]

YWCAs to Promote National Days of Service, January 17-19

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The YWCA USA is a founding partner of the January 17-19 Days of Service sponsored Presidential Inauguration Committee and many of its nearly 300 local associations will host community service projects and discussion sessions to increase racial tolerance.
Some YWCAs will combine traditional service activities with the discussion sessions by charging “admission” in the form of [...]

Thousands of DaVita Teammates Raise Over $100,000 for CKD Programs

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In an effort to raise money for The Kidney TRUST(TM) — a nonprofit organization aimed at prevention and awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) — DaVita Inc., the nation’s largest independent provider of kidney care, announced today that the 3rd annual “Kidney Awareness Time(TM)” Walk-a-thon (The KAT Walk(TM)) reached more than 250,000 people, and raised [...]

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