Category: NonProfit and Charities
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Pandemic Pushes L.A. Arts Nonprofit, Dream A World Education, from Classroom to Television
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dream A World Education, an LAUSD and Hawthorne School District provider of arts and social-emotional education working in areas of extreme poverty, has turned school closures into an opportunity to move their artists from classrooms to television and virtual recyclable programming.
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Mira and the National Foundation for Cancer Research to expand COVID Care and tackle health disparities
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Mira, a healthcare company based in NYC, is partnering with the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) to provide COVID Care to cancer patients and caregivers, bringing healthcare closer to those who need it the most.
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‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Star, Jawan Jackson, Hits a High Note with Students During Pandemic
FREDERICK, Md. — Phenomenology, Inc., an innovative production model in the performing arts, is teaming up with Jawan Jackson, star of the hit Broadway musical “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” to encourage high school musical theater students in Frederick, Maryland.
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Beyond Benign Receives Grant to Support Green Chemistry Education at Universities
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign has received a grant from life science company MilliporeSigma to develop laboratory resources for universities. The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.
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Generous Bequests Help Strengthen Komen Dallas Co. Mission
DALLAS, Texas — Susan G. Komen Dallas County (Komen Dallas County) today said it has received bequests from the Estate of Edith Beutell and the Estate of Dr. Glenn Dodwell, which combined total more than $199,000. The gifts will further the organization’s ability to assess the state of breast health in Dallas County and create…
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Lyme Disease Biobank Expands Into San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., announces the opening of the San Diego collection site of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s Lyme Disease Biobank, which is the first program to provide researchers with blood and urine samples from people with early Lyme disease…
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Team Rio National and Sports U announce merger to create Team Rio University
COLTS NECK, N.J. — Team Rio National and Sports U are proud to announce a collaboration and combination of NJ’s most successful grassroots basketball programs over the last decade with the creation of Team Rio University (Rio U).
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Twenty-Two States Proclaim March 2020 SUDC Awareness Month for Unexplained Childhood Deaths
ROSELAND, N.J. — The Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Foundation thanks Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia for making statewide proclamations declaring March 2020 SUDC Awareness Month.
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$675 Billion Reasons to ‘Declare Your Share!’ with Upcoming 2020 Decennial Census
BURTONSVILLE, Md. — U.S. Census Bureau, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker and AARP Maryland State President Jim Campbell Join Forces to promote senior participation in upcoming 2020 Decennial Census.