Category Archives: Information
5 Ways Volunteering Can Help You Get A Job
There are a lot of obvious benefits to volunteering for your favorite charity — a sense of accomplishment, giving back to others, gaining perspective and meeting new people. You can also find business benefits, and ways your efforts can help … Continue reading
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“60 Minutes” Homeless Kids Report Hits Homes
(CBS News) Millions of Americans tuned in to Sunday’s “60 Minutes” and were moved by a piece called “Homeless Children: the Hard Times Generation” by Correspondent Scott Pelley. He looked at the crisis of homelessness in the Orlando area, specifically … Continue reading
Flu Is Widespread in 11 States
January 19, 2011 — Don’t put off your flu shot any longer: The winter flu season has arrived. While only four states have high levels of flu activity, the seasonal illness is widespread across 11 states. And there’s evidence of … Continue reading
Health News: Pasta Salad Recall
A Corona company is recalling more than 7,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because the cilantro in the salad may be contaminated with salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service says APPA Fine Foods … Continue reading
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Pro Bono Work + the Homeless
Large, international law firms with offices in San Francisco – O’Melveny & Myers and Morrison & Foerster are two of the most active – often tout their efforts to give back to the community by providing free legal aid to … Continue reading
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Homeless Families Still on the Rise
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For a few hours at the mall here this month, Nick Griffith, his wife, Lacey Lennon, and their two young children got to feel like a regular family again. Never mind that they were just killing time … Continue reading
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