Friday, September 19, 2008

Andre Muran - Pregnancy Center Volunteers Receive Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Pregnancy Center Volunteers Receive Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
More than 150 pregnancy center volunteers and 56 pregnancy center organizations from across the country received Presidential Volunteer Service Awards on Friday at a ceremony hosted by Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Joxel Garcia, MD, M.B.A. and the White House USA Freedom Corps. The President's Volunteer Service Award is given to Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and ...

Hospitals Must Take Up Challenge To Tackle Clots - Charity Welcomes Publication Of Department Of Health Tool, UK (Medical News Today)
A new tool to help hospital doctors screen for Britain's most dangerous hospital killer is being rolled out across the country and has the potential to save many of the 25,000 lives lost to the condition, but only if the measures are taken up by hospital managers, say Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity.

Warnock to referee charity match (BBC News)
Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has pledged his support to the Rob Hughes charity match at Bromley FC on Sunday.

Charity Garage Sale in Horseheads (WENY-TV)
HORSEHEADS -- There are lots of garage sales around the twin tiers this time of year, and one local sale is raising money for a good cause. The folks at Prudential’s Ambrose and Shoemaker in Horseheads are holding their third charity yard sale this weekend.

And the ‘wiener’ is — local charity (Bossier Press-Tribune)
The area’s top dachshunds recently competed for charity in the 14th Annual Super Derby Wiener Dog Races. The track may have been a bit sloppy, but it was no obstacle for Andouille, who was the days “top” dog. Andouille, is owned by Megan Gardner of Haughton, Louisiana.

Greenwich-Post.com • News • Charity event to help region’s needy (Greenwich Post)
Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of GE, is the corporate committee chairman for The Inner-City Foundation For Charity and Education’s 17th annual Benefit Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich.

Volunteer group out of Arab's animal shelter over funding dispute (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
A WAFF 48 News update to a story we've followed all summer. The city of Arab has taken back control of its animal shelter from a volunteer group that had been running it for months.