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California Safe Schools Celebrates 22nd Anniversary and Earth Day
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — March 30, 2020 marked the 22nd anniversary of California Safe Schools (CSS) a celebrated children’s environmental health and justice coalition founded by Robina Suwol in 1998 after grade school students, including Robina’s two sons, were sprayed with the herbicide Princep, as they headed to class….
Moving from COVID Pandemic to Kitten Crisis: The Sacramento SPCA Braces for an Overwhelming Kitten Season
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento SPCA announced today that, since April 1, it has seen a 500% increase in the number of underage kittens (younger than six weeks) come in to the shelter at 6201 Florin Perkins Rd in Sacramento versus the same time period last year….
WIC is Serving Families in Need
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is considered an essential service. WIC staff in California are serving families during the COVID-19 pandemic, including families who never before received benefits, but are now in need of assistance….
Matt Adams Foundation for Opioid Recovery Receives $79,000 Cigna Foundation Grant
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Matt Adams Foundation (MAF), a non-profit bringing innovative change in the field of harm reduction and recovery initiatives in Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is pleased to announce they are the recipients of a $79,000 grant endowed by The Cigna Foundation….
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….
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….
‘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….
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….
FormFree Expands Partnership with American Red Cross of Northeast Georgia in Celebration of 2020 Red Cross Month
ATHENS, Ga. — FormFree® today announced it is celebrating Red Cross Month by expanding its long-held partnership with the American Red Cross of Northeast Georgia. FormFree will support the Northeast Georgia chapter’s mission of alleviating human suffering in the face of emergencies by giving fiscal contributions and engaging in monthly acts of service throughout 2020….
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 plans of action to reduce breast cancer mortality disparities in the community….