“America’s Top 10 Youth Volunteers”
“America’s Top 10 Youth Volunteers” Selected out of initial pool of 29,000 teens nationwide! They’re tweeting and posting on Facebook and changing the world as they go. From the Middle East and North Africa to Washington DC and Ground Zero, today’s youth are playing a major role in shaping our culture, our economy and our [...]
Marlee Matlin Joins The Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing to Africa
Marlee Matlin Joins The Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing to Africa Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) On March 11, Marlee Matlin, Oscar-winning actress and cast member of this season’s Celebrity Apprentice on NBC, joined the Starkey Hearing Foundation in Kenya (Nairobi) and Uganda (Kampala), to support the Foundation’s 24-day hearing mission to [...]
Why Don’t People Seem To Like Christians Anymore?
Why Don’t People Seem To Like Christians Anymore? Retired Pastor Thinks Faithful Should Talk Less and Do More Kirk Minor remembers a time when working with his church was centered around people, and not rhetoric – and he’s wondering where those days went. “There’s an old axiom that states ‘Those who speak, don’t know, and [...]
Wetlands Education and Outreach 4-H Program
4-H National Headquarters and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Honor Louisiana Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach 4-H Program The 4-H National Headquarters and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service presented the 2011 Connecting Youth with Nature through Natural Resources Conservation Education Award to the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s 4-H Youth Wetlands Program at the 76th [...]
DREW BREES AND STUDENTS FACING OFF IN THE 2011 RICEBOWL CHALLENGE TO TACKLE HUNGER
DREW BREES AND STUDENTS FACING OFF IN THE 2011 RICEBOWL CHALLENGE TO TACKLE HUNGER Super Bowl is Over But the Action Continues The Ricebowl Challenge officially opened yesterday, with New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees and his fans going head to head against students across the country to answer trivia questions which earn grains of [...]
KOHL’S CARES® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
KOHL’S CARES® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 15 TEN NATIONAL WINNERS TO RECEIVE $10,000 EACH Kohl’s is honoring more than 2,100 young volunteers, ages six to 18, who have made a positive impact on their communities with over $415,000 in scholarships and prizes The Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship [...]
Ending Up With Our Faces In The Dirt
In Psalms 7, David said “God, if I have done what they say-betrayed my friends, ripped off my enemies-if my hands are really that dirty, let them get me, walk all over me, leave me flat on my face in the dirt.” Isn’t if funny how in this world we seem to chase after so [...]