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SheSpeaks Up About Charity: Water
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SheSpeaks has teamed up with a non-profit organization called Charity: Water and begun our own campaign to raise $5,000 in order to provide resources to drill and build a well for clean drinking water. Just one of these wells will provide clean and safe drinking water for 250 people or more for up to 20 years.
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Bloggers Unite
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There is one organization that understands how far reaching people's words can be on the web. Back in 2007 Collis and Cyan Ta'eed had the idea to create an event called Blog Action Day where bloggers from all different countries would write about the same topic, the environment, on the same day.
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A Little Of Your Time For A Big Cause
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The organization is participating in something called a 10,000 in 10-Day Research Challenge that is sponsored by Hershey. If Soaringwords can get 10,000 people to donate just 15 minutes of their time by completing a survey, Hershey's has agreed to give a $35,000 grant to the organization.
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A Heartbroken Mother Changes The Rules
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A few months after her son's death, Wiant started lobbying for a bill so that people could be informed of a loved one's death in the proper way. The Money-Burge Act (also known as "Next Of Kin" Bill), in memory of David Money and Steve Burge, allows people to add an emergency contact?s information right onto their driver's license.
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Women Give Big
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Patrick Rooney, director of research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, believes that higher rates of philanthropic women may not just be coincidence. Rooney reports, "Given that the behavior appears to be independent of income, it's difficult to ignore the argument that altruism is more highly developed in women than in men."
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Foreclosed Homes For The Homeless
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Once a family passes the screening process the group will help them move into the foreclosed house, set up utilities, change the locks while absorbing most of the initial expenses. Though removing squatters used to be a top priority for local law enforcement, it is being reported that sheriffs are often turning their heads.
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Tragedy On The Slopes
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The high profile, tragic death of Ms. Richardson has left some to question if laws should be put in place to force people to wear helmets when skiing. It was just 11 years ago that both singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy were killed in skiing accidents. Both were not wearing helmets.
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White House Makes History In Time For National Women's History Month
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"The purpose of this Council is to ensure that American women and girls are treated fairly in all matters of public policy," said President Obama. Although this Executive Order only affects Federal agencies, one hopes it will set a positive example for private corporations, local and state governments and education sectors follow.
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Violent Video Game Gets The Boot
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The disturbing Japanese game called Rapelay is said to depict mothers and their daughters being stalked, assaulted, and raped. Fox News recently reported on Amazon and eBay dropping the game from their sites. An Amazon spokeswoman told Fox News, "We determined that we did not want to be selling this particular item."
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
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One organization that offers a great alternative to shopping at your local department store is Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C). The SU2C website reminds us that cancer takes one life every single minute and that 1500 people in America die every day from this disease.
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