American Heart Association and Aramark Launch Innovative Community Health Engagement Program to Improve Diet and Health in Underserved Communities

The American Heart Association and Aramark are launching a new community engagement program in three key cities -- Philadelphia, Chicago and Houston -- as part of their Healthy for Life® 20 By 20 initiative to improve the diet and health of millions of Americans by 20 percent by the year 2020. The pilot program, taking place throughout the spring, will track and measure the impact of attitudes and behaviors of primarily single mothers or single heads of households responsible for food and meal decisions for their families.

Microsoft Announces YouthSpark Grants to 100 Nonprofit Partners in 55 Countries

Sometimes all it takes is a spark: that one class, that one teacher, that one project which makes a difference. It can change the lives of young students who may have had little opportunity to excel, or perhaps even to complete high school, to enable them to become successful engineers, entrepreneurs or computer scientists. This is the inspiration behind our global YouthSpark initiative.

Final Days to Nominate Environmental Volunteers for California’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is seeking nominations for environmental volunteers in Cox’s service areas in Orange County, San Diego and Santa Barbara. Nominations are being accepted at CoxConservesHeroes.com through 5 p.m. on April 27 for volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Celebrates 5,000th Adoption

Years ago, a sibling group of four was placed on the caseload of a very special Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter, and it wasn’t long before she realized they were meant for each other.

Ask the Expert: What’s the Amgen Biotech Experience and How I Can Volunteer?

Learn how you, as an Amgen Scholar, can make a difference in high school biology classrooms.

Earth Week Guest Post: Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators

For the second post in our annual Earth Week guest series, we invited Laurie Davies Adams, the executive director of the Pollinator Partnership to discuss the importance of pollinators.

Volunteering Could Be the Missing Component to Your Workplace Success

Giving back to our communities and to those in need makes our lives more meaningful. Not only do we encourage our kids to do community service while they’re in school, but many people spend weekends doing volunteer work, often through an organized group or a religious institution.

The Power of an Education

When it comes to donating time and financial resources, I've always been most interested in projects that truly have a long-term impact on improving the community where we live and work, reducing future poverty and creating sustainable opportunity. I think it's an approach that many of us in the industry share. Nothing comes closer to that than education.

You Don’t Have to Walk the Journey Alone

Stories like Melissa’s are why it’s more important than ever for LIVESTRONG to continue providing free programs and services to people facing cancer. Your generous support makes it all possible. And, when you make a gift today, your dollars will DOUBLE thanks to a matching gift challenge from the Shine Foundation.

The Doctor Is In: From Menacizing to Medicalizing

Humans have struggled with the nature of mental disorder since at least the beginning of recorded time, and many of the powerful metaphors of such live on with unbelievably deep and strong roots – they just won’t give up their holds on our minds, whether consciously or unconsciously. Many contain truths and helpful ideas, but each also falls short of providing a clear way forward for how to think about this human condition that impacts all of humanity and each of us.

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