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British charities brace for 2009 fundraising shortfall, possibly 2.3 billion pounds less
AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) _ The British Red Cross has canceled its winter fundraising ball — and that's just the tip of the iceberg. British charities are expecting a fundraising shortfall next year as corporations donate less, investments fall in value and...Tags: Charity, Mortgages
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Nonprofits in a faltering economy
I am a social worker, not an economist, and what I know is this: The stock market is in free fall, financial organizations are being bailed out and the Detroit automakers may yet get financial help from Washington. But what about those of us in the...Tags: Bankruptcy, State Budgets, Government, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Nuys
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LI agencies that help families need your help
michael.amon@newsday.com; bart.jones@newsday.comLiz McDermott of the Education and Assistance Corp. arrived at her desk one day last week, checked her voice mail and listened in shock. "I had 400 voice messages about HEAP," said McDermott, director of programs for the Hempstead nonprofit. She was...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Religious Festivals, Homelessness, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Society
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Coming up short
Angelo Boer is disturbed by what he sees happening. As the ranks of the jobless have swollen, more and more people are running out of food and money to pay bills. An emergency fund for utility cutoffs and evictions that was supposed to last the winter has...Tags: Halloween, Church and State Relations, Government, Jesus Christ, Society
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Author Jon Katz finds peace in hospice work with therapy dog
Associated PressWEST HEBRON, N.Y.—Jon Katz and companion Izzy, both wearing the photo IDs of hospice volunteers, are greeted brightly as they enter the dining room at Pleasant Valley Infirmary. While Katz chats and jokes with caretakers and residents seated around...Tags: Depression, Farms, Diseases, Columbia University, Alzheimer's Disease
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Prevent the next tragedy
On Nov. 17, Veronica Williams, 28, entered a Baltimore City District Court in an effort to break a cycle of domestic violence at the hands of her spouse. She secured a restraining order and exited the courthouse. A few moments later, her husband...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Business Enterprises, Prosecution, Court Administration, Society
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Teen In Need Finds An Open Heart, And Home
Jennifer Morse always knew she'd adopt. The Manchester mom was adopted as an infant herself and as a social worker for The Village for Families and Children, she knows firsthand how many children are in need of homes. But while many people yearn to adopt...Tags: Teen-agers, Breast Cancer, People
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Social services school still helps 100 years later
Tribune reporterA hot-button buzzword of the recent presidential election—"community organizer"—has roots tracing to a South Side institution founded 100 years ago. The term itself came later. In 1908, even those involved lacked a vocabulary for what they...Tags: Labor Legislation, University of Chicago, Juvenile Delinquency, Colleges and Universities, Jane Addams
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With increased need comes increased giving, area charities report
Tribune reporterAs lines outside of food banks and shelters grow longer than many charity workers have ever seen, people from around the Chicago area have lent a hand in unusually high numbers, donating extra money or time in an effort to help, the leaders of several...Tags: Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Thanksgiving, Lake Zurich, Islam, Little Village
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Lakeview body shop owner donates 2,200 turkeys to needy
sid.cassese@newsday.comThe thrill is not gone for Robert Jesberger, the Lakeview auto body shop owner who yesterday added 2,200 birds to more than a decade of Thanksgiving giving to the needy. "We work to get, but we give to help somebody else. And I gotta tell you, this...Tags: Uniondale, Thanksgiving, Garden City (Garden City, New York), Defense, Vehicles
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Listen To A Voice Of Gratitude
It's a good thing Maw Lay got a ride Wednesday from his job at Catholic Charities in downtown Hartford to his other job at Dunkin' Donuts in the South End. He was carrying two small turkeys for today's dinner, and that would have been a tough trick on a...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Game Playing, Demographics, Jesus Christ, People
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Shocked Britons ask how system missed man who raped daughters for years, fathering 9 children
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ A man who fathered nine children with his two daughters had attracted official suspicion but avoided detection for decades by moving his family frequently and intimidating his victims into silence, British prosecutors say. Authorities...Tags: Prisons, Medical Specialization, Punishment, Society, Defendants
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