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Videos
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Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities in low-income areas throughout the country. At the 2009 Kickoff to Rebuild in Tampa Bay, a coalition of neighbors, corporations, and NFL players like Adrian Jones and Duke Preston joined together to repair 22 homes of deserving community members.
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VietMOMS: Maternal Outreach Management System
This project helps plan and develop culturally appropriate health care coordination, education and access to community services for low income Vietnamese mothers and babies in Orange County. For more information on projects funded by The California Endowment visit us on the web at www.calendow.org.
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The NBA helps to Rebuild New Orleans
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. For the NBA All-Star Day of Service, players like Steve Nash, LeBron James, Deron Williams, Jason Kidd, and Dirk Norwisky joined with Rebuilding Together to rebuild homes in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans.
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The NBA helps to Rebuild Phoenix
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. On the eve of the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, players like LeBron James, Joe Johnson, and Rashard Lewis joined with Rebuilding Together to repair homes of deserving residents in Phoenix. For the NBA All-Star Day of Service, players like Steve Nash, LeBron James, Deron Williams, Jason Kidd, and Dirk Norwisky joined with Rebuilding Together to rebuild homes in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans.
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Causecast featured organization Rebuilding Together works to rebuild and repair homes in low-income areas, preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing communities. Each April, thousands of volunteers come out for National Rebuilding Day to help repair homes of neighbors in need.
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Christina Gutierrez from Rebuilding Together - Volunteer Spotlight
Causecast featured organization Rebuilding together spotlights volunteer Christina Gutierrez. Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. Their network of over 200 affiliates provides rehabilitation and critical repairs to the homes of low-income Americans at no-cost to the homeowner.
Articles
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Gates Grants Aim to Help Low-Income Students Finish College
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced nearly $70 million in grants as part of an ambitious initiative: to double the number of low-income students.
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UN World Food Day Sees Food Crisis on Horizon
Kenya marks World Food Day as gas prices drive up the price of food.
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Fighting HIV in Rwanda with (RED)
Since the beginning of the (RED) campaign, the Global Fund has wired more than $22 million of (RED) money to Rwanda.
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Long Lines, Empty Shelves Are Signs Of Times At Food Banks
Long lines, empty shelves and Thanksgiving chickens are just a few symptoms of the economic downturn's effect on food banks.
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Holiday Volunteering - We made the research easy for you!
Are you looking for a way to get involved this holiday season? Check out these opportunities in the city nearest you.
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College may become unaffordable for most in U.S.
The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans.
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Artists and arts organisations are hoping for greater support than they received from President Bush when President-elect Barack Obama takes up office.
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Provide Primary Health Care, Save Money
Community health centers provide quality primary care at a significant savings for millions of Americans, but 60 million Americans still lack meaningful access.
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Do Contraceptives Stimulate the Economy?
Republicans are attacking a provision in the stimulus bill that would allow states to cover family planning services for low income women.
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Child Poverty 'Billions Needed'
An extra £4.2bn a year will have to be spent on tax credits if the government is to meet its target of halving child poverty, a report warns.
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Hidden Homeless: U.S. Families Living In Motel Rooms
The Hayworths and their three children represent a new face of homelessness in America: formerly middle income, living week to week in a cramped motel room.
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From The Whitehouse: Recovery in Action - Green Jobs Edition
Today the President is hosting an event focused on "Investing in Our Clean Energy Future," with experts from inside and outside government.
Events
- National Rebuilding Day Location: Nationwide
- Cause on the Rocks: Supporting Rebuilding Together Location: House of Shields 39 New Montgomery Street San Francisco CA Phone: 415.975.8651
- Rebuilding Together's "United We Serve" Day of Service Location: Washington, DC, Metro
- Ventura Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Opportunity Location: ReStore Building Material Thrift Store, 167 Lambert St, Oxnard, CA 93036
- AIDS Project LA Food Bank Volunteer Opportunity Location: NOLP Food Pantry 1741 East 120th Street Los Angeles, CA 90059
- Everybody Wins! LA Volunteer Opportunity Location: Everybody Wins! Los Angeles 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 232 Los Angeles, CA 90045
- Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Opportunity Location: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles 17700 S. Figueroa Street Gardena, CA 90248
- Generation Rescue Volunteer Opportunity Location: 13636 Ventura Blvd. #259, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
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Blog posts
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Written by Felipe Tewes It is not every high school graduation that each and every keynote speaker breaks into tears at the podium. The ceremony for the Harvey Milk High School class of 2008 was...
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National Rebuilding Day is the annual signature event of Rebuilding Together, the leading national nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership by bringing volunteers and communities toge...
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A Very Moving Letter from Shae Popovich about Her Recent Trip to Gaza with CodePink.
Gaza -" Our Second Home" Shae Popovich, Associate Director, Office of the Americas July 2009 I traveled to Gaza last month and I have been forever changed. I am not a politician. I am no...
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There Is No Free Parking, by Stuart Donavan and David Seymour http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/There+free+parking/1747249/story.html I found this article on free parking very fascinat...
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Argentine Government Plans To Run Free Satellite TV
The President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed a new law that, authorizes the state media company to start a satellite tv system that will broadcast news and cultural show to comp...
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Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced it will award a $50,000 grant to recognize Aaryn Pratt and her work with Marin Advocates for Children (MAC) as part of Gap Inc.’s annual Founders’ Award. This a...
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2009 thru 2012 Gift Of Giving Toy Drive
We need you to help support the 2009 through 2012 Gift Of Giving Toy Drive. The Gift Of Giving New Toys For Needy Children is a seasonal project implemented to provide needy children in the state o...
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Lost in the fog... Can you hear the Fog horn... Ships adrift will they find each other again?
Can you imagine? Seven states in 20 years... Husband having seven different jobs...Him having two heart attacks at 38... owning your own business... a son with autism on the low functioning non-ve...
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Our Dysfunctional Health Care System In The United States
The following are facts that are believed to exist regarding the present U.S. Health Care System. This may be why about 80 percent of U.S. citizens understandably want our health care system overha...
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Learn on Penny stock Investing
Penny stock Investing is defined as an item of value purchased for income or capital appreciation. In reference to stocks, traders who label themselves "investors" usually play stocks from the Big ...
