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Cancer and Christmas Both Begin with C

We can even use holidays to enrich the soul and strengthen it for harder times, so that when those times come, as they will...
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Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes

Today was an interesting day. The phone had rang last night and told me where to go. The program was teaching disabled children how to...
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A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work

Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
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Michigan CEO Splits $128Mil Among Employees

Workers in Belleville, Michigan will never forget hometown businessman Bob Thompson, who sold his successful asphalt paving business for $422 million. He paid the taxes...
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Toastmasters Reforms Inmates While They Are in Prison

A Letter From A Louisiana Judge According to criminal justice sources, 95 percent of crime is committed by criminals who have already been to prison....
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The United Arab Emirates Focus on 2000

Two thousand prisoners and their families will receive assistance, 2,000 more orphans around the world will be helped, 2,000 poor people will receive clothes,...
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All the Good Things About You

He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear...

17 Year-Old Out To Prove That Guys Are Not Idiots!

Rob Sowell, 17, has always loved children. Even when he was in elementary school, he gave up recesses to watch the smaller kids while...
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Operation Smile Turning Disfigured Faces into Smiling Faces

In 16 years, Operation Smile has treated over 45,000 children and young adults with deformities in the U.S. and abroad, offering hope and changing...
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Basketball Player Dikembe Mutombo Gives $2 Million to Congo Hospital

Atlanta Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo has announced that he will donate $2 million toward the building of a planned $44 million hospital and medical...

Nursing Homes: Transforming Homes for the Dying into Homes for the Living …the Eden Alternative

When Bill Thomas graduated from Harvard Medical School he had no intention of working in a nursing home -- too depressing. “I went out...
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United Colors of Benetton Offers The Hopeful Picture of Life between Palestinians and Israelis

The fashion industry is not usually associated with social or political conscience... Benetton is an exception. Benetton is known for its innovative advertising, where “issues...
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A Brain Tumor, the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...
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Today’s Students Choose Social Causes Over Surfboards During Spring Break

Spring break may mean beaches, bikinis and beer for some, but students participating in Break Away, a national nonprofit group that steers people to...
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Corporations Mimic Rainforest Efficiency While Creating Profits

In natural systems like rainforests, one creature's waste is another's food, and virtually nothing is lost forever. Contrast this highly efficient natural system with...
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Firefighters Welcome Gang Members

In a Los Angeles neighborhood full of gang activity, where bullets sometimes fly, Fire Station No. 68 serves the community of central Los Angeles,...
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Help Others and Recycle at the Same Time

Here are some ways you can recycle worn out items instead of sending them to the landfill -- items like shoes, glasses, greeting cards,...
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Traditional Medicine Looks to Alternatives

Americans spend tens of billions of dollars on alternative therapies, usually out-of-pocket. But now, Oxford Health Plans, the nation's ninth largest managed care company,...