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Choosing to Have a Child
Two years ago, Martha Alanoca and her husband were trying unsuccessfully to start a family. In Bolivia, where Martha lives, the prohibitively high cost of…
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Help Create a Tobacco-Free Generation by Shopping Tobacco-Free
Tobacco use is the nation鈥檚 number one preventable cause of death, killing 480,000 精东影业ns and costing the nation $289 billion in health care bills and…
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How the Down Syndrome Community Sugarcoats Difficult Realities About the Condition
By David Perry Thirty years ago,听Ronald Reagan听declared October Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Ever since, too many efforts at awareness have relied on pictures of people…
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Changing Children鈥檚 Lives by Teaching Financial Literacy
Young students from a suburban Chicago elementary school drew pictures of their morning with a special classroom visitor. On each page they commented on the…
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The Children’s Inn At NIH CEO, Kathy Russell, Featured in People Magazine
By Tara Fowler When Kathy Russell was a young hospital administrator, she saw something she didn’t like.听 “Every day I’d come up on the elevator…
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Food Pantry Helps Family Get Through Tough Time Dealing With Cancer
I spent my youth in the Navy, and when I got out I began working as a chef. I knew nothing and so I taught…
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SPLC victorious in challenge to Alabama鈥檚 immigrant 鈥榮carlet letter鈥 law
It was a minor offense with potentially big consequences in Alabama. In November 2012, four Latino immigrants were arrested for fishing without a license 鈥…
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SIDS, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
Each and every day, in communities across 精东影业, expectant moms will feel their baby鈥檚 first kick; parents will listen to their newborn鈥檚 first cry; and…
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Behind the Scenes at Make-A-Wish 精东影业 with Justin Schmid
Make-A-Wish庐 believes that granting the one true wish of all eligible children can help them feel better 鈥 and possibly even get better. Wish kids,…
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New Courthouse Dog To Help Comfort, Support Victims And Witnesses
By Walt Hunter NORRISTOWN, Pa., (CBS) 鈥 The newest and only four-legged employee at the Montgomery County Courthouse officially arrived for work Friday morning. 鈥淭urks鈥,…
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Children’s Rights Launches New Website
Have you visited Children’s Rights’ website recently? 听They just unveiled a new mobile-friendly design, streamlined to bring you the latest on their work, including content…
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Helping Kids Feel Better Through Wish Experiences
It鈥檚 taken less than 35 years for Make-A-Wish庐 to become one of the most-recognized charities in the world. From our first official wish in 1980…
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