Children & Families
How to Teach Children The Value of Giving -- (NUI) In today's materialistic culture, teaching a child the value of giving during the holidays is not always easy. Passing on values like generosity and care for your neighbor can be a challenge, especially with the pressure of holiday expectations. But, it can be done.
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Hollywood Star Returns a Favor for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America -- (ARA) “Put this card in the hands of a child and you will change that child’s life -- it worked for me.” When actor Denzel Washington delivers that message to kids across the country through a newly released public service announcement, he’s not just reading from a script, he’s speaking from the heart. Washington credits the Boys & Girls Clubs of America with putting him on “the right path” -- one of continued success.
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Rwanda's Children Emerge From Shadows of War -- (NUI) It's been over 10 years now. Still, Rwanda's 100-day war casts a long shadow across the lives of its children. It is estimated that more than 1 million Rwandans were murdered during the 1994 war - most at the hands of machete-wielding neighbors, friends and fellow churchgoers - in a genocide rivaling the horrors of the Jewish holocaust and Cambodia's killing fields.
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Corn Maze Raises Money For Hospitalized Children -- (NUI) When Phil Guarno's daughter Melissa was 3 years old, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a form of cancer that attacks the sympathetic nervous system; - he was devastated. Six years later, Melissa is now happy, healthy and cancer-free.
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'Tis the Season: Families face homelessness in the summer months, too -- (ARA) For many, the image of homelessness is one of a solitary man, perhaps mentally ill, wandering the streets in the cold of winter. But in reality, a significant percentage of the homeless population consists of families with children who are turned out onto the streets in the summer.
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Christmas: a Time for Giving Back to Others -- (NUI) More than any other time of year, the holiday season serves as a time when people are reminded to give to those less fortunate, especially children in need of good cheer. Beyond donating money to worthy causes, many people offer their time or even shop for special gifts for a local giving tree.
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Couple Welcomes 400 Foster Children, Receives Top Catholic Honor -- (NUI) "Everyone has a right to be respected," said Evelyn Messuri while fondly sifting through photos of more than 400 children, most with special needs, whom she and husband, Tony, have fostered over four decades.
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Additional Article from FoodAndDrink.PreferredConsumer.com:
Coffee Kids -- No, this is not an article about caffeinating our younger generations! Heaven knows, they get enough of a jolt from the sodas they drink! This is a piece about a fascinating nonprofit called Coffee Kids.
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