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February is Marfan Awareness Month! So What is Marfan Syndrome?
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds all the body’s cells, organs and tissue together, and itÌýalso…
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What DO You Say? Responses to Students’ Difficult Questions
What does gay mean? How can she be your mom? She looks like a boy! Responding to questions about LGBT topics Most of the things…
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The Right Fight for Education
LDF Senior Education Policy CounselÌýJanel George, along with Joseph Bishop and Dwanna NicoleÌý, writes in a Huffington Post blog why it is imperative for Congress…
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How 90-year-young Don McClanen Followed God’s Calling to Help Found FCA
It started with some old magazine clippings crammed in a dresser drawer and an invitation to speak about his job. Humble beginnings, for sure. Of…
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Alabama judge’s grandstanding over same-sex marriage is pure demagoguery
ByÌýRichard Cohen This morning,Ìýwe filed an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy MooreÌýover his public statements urging the governor and state judges to defy…
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Which comes first—the volunteering or the donations? Great Study from Fidelity
Citing a new report that’s well worth your time, Fidelity Charitable provides us with a peek into the motivations and demographics of donors who also…
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Court Orders IRS to Release Computer-Readable Charity Tax Forms
By Suzanne Perry A federal judge today handed open-records activist Carl Malamud a victoryÌýin his battleÌýto get the Internal Revenue Service to release Form 990…
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Should Charity Board Members Get Paid?
For the board of directors to properly guide a publicly-soliciting charity, provide oversight and assist in the decision-making process, its voting members should be focused…
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The Business Case for Private-Sector Engagement in Youth Mentoring
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 29 /CSRwire/ –ÌýEY and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) together released a report “Mentoring: at the crossroads of education, business and…
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Nonprofit Coach: The Overhead Myth w/ Art Taylor, Jacob Harold and Ken Berger
He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking,ÌýTed HartÌýand his guests…
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Be Part of Rachael Ray’s 9 Million Meals Challenge to Support Feeding ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ and No Kid Hungry
Be part of Rachael Ray’sÌý9 MillionÌýMeals challenge to support Feeding ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ and No Kid Hungry.ÌýEvery $1 you donate = 10 meals! Now that’s what we…
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As older volunteers leave, who will replace them?
Dorothy Johnson has been a bedrock volunteer in rural Braham, Minn., since she retired from finance in 1997. She helped raise money for the new…
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