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  1. Community Service

  2. Law-Related Education (Teens, Crime and the Community)
      Provides training and projects for teens to actively lead in reducing crime. Created by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and Street Law, Inc. (formerly the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law), TCC is a joint initiative currently funded on the national level by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. 07-06

  3. US Business Advisor (Business.gov)
      "Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community."

      "Business.gov is an official site of the U.S. Government." 10-09

  4. World Trek - Odyssey
      The mission is "To educate youth about diverse communities around the world, to empower youth through service learning to change locally and globally, and to actively engage students and teachers in the use of emerging technologies as a tool for education and social action. In service of this mission, the Odyssey will link students via the World Wide Web to a team of volunteers traveling and performing community service throughout the world."

  5. -Email Groups (L-Soft International, Inc. - NetPals)
      Provides LISTSERV services for free to the international school community. You set up an account (free) and then go to a Web page and enter email addresses to create a group. Individuals within the group can then send one message that will go to all members of the group. For example, all teachers in a school could be a group, all teachers of a certain grade level could be a group, or all teachers of a subject could be a group. Perhaps all teachers of a subject and grade level within a city could be a group. Very nice. 9-05

  6. Sanberg, Mory - Hero for the Homeless (MyHero.com)
      "She decided to focus her community service on helping homeless children and teenagers. She felt this was one place she might be able to make a difference. She contacted several organizations that basically ignored her because she was only 14 years old. The staff at The Night Ministry was different. Everyone embraced her enthusiasm and encouraged her to develop a program that would meet the needs of the homeless. They gave Mory the opportunity to develop a plan of her own."

      " Mory began to make hundreds of bag dinners each week during the summer, which were distributed by The Night Ministry to homeless teenagers. The meals, which included a sandwich, fruit, chips and cookies, were assembled in Mory's kitchen with support from her parents and friends." 7-05

  7. Keefe, Brandon - Hero of Books (MyHero.com)
      "He was bored, playing his Game Boy, but half-listening, and so he heard that Hollygrove Home needed a library but didn't have any resources. All they had was an empty space and lots of kids without books."

      "The next day, when Brandon’s teacher asked the students to come up with ideas for a community service project, Brandon recalled his mother's conversation at the Hollygrove Home. There was a problem that needed to be solved. An idea occurred to him at once. What about all the books he had read and outgrown?" 7-05

  8. Leanna, Anthony - Hero of the Heavenly Hats (MyHero.com)
      "Anthony Leanna four years ago at the very young age of 10 started his own community service project called the 'Heavenly Hats Foundation.' "

      "Heavenly Hats donates brand-new hats to cancer patients and other medical patients who lose their hair due to cancer or any other medical condition."

      "Anthony decided to start 'Heavenly Hats' after he spent a lot of time in hospitals when his grandmother had breast cancer. He saw so many of the patients that did not have any hair and wanted to do something to help. 'I wanted to provide comfort, warmth and kindness to people who were going through a very tough time in their life,' said Anthony."

      "As of today's date Anthony and his 'Heavenly Hats' program have donated over 50,000 brand new hats (almost $1,000,000 worth of head wear) to more than 150 hospitals and clinics and thousands more have been sent to individuals in need. " 7-05

  9. Communities Help Iraq War Vets (ABC News)
      "Thanks to Senatore and the people of Wheaton, Ill., who helped her raise the money, one badly injured solider, Sgt. Joel Gomez, will receive a new home free of charge."

      While Senatore is proud of the way her community rallied to support this soldier of misfortune, she says she wonders why the need exists in the first place."

      "The VA is dealing with an increasing number of wounded troops without a commensurate increase in funding from Congress. Nearly 68,000 U.S. service personnel have suffered wounds in Iraq that were serious enough to prevent them from returning to action." "The VA's maximum home-building grant, for example, is $50,000. But Gomez's house — with technology geared to the disabled — costs almost $500,000."

      "John Gonsalves' Massachusetts-based organization, Homes for Our Troops, is also providing homes for badly disabled veterans. They've built five homes so far, but he expects hundreds more will be needed." 8-05

  10. -11-29-05 Evidence Mounts of Assassinations and Torture in Iraq (New York Times)
      "As the American military pushes the largely Shiite Iraqi security services into a larger role in combating the insurgency, evidence has begun to mount suggesting that the Iraqi forces are carrying out executions in predominantly Sunni neighborhoods."

      "The chief suspects, according to Sunni leaders, human rights workers and a well-connected American official here, are current and former members of the Badr Brigade, the Iranian-backed militia controlled by the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a principal part of the current [Iraq] government."

      "The alarm in the Sunni community is so great the Um al-Qura Mosque, one of the largest temples in Baghdad, has begun documenting cases of allegations of executions and abductions. Mazan Taha, who is overseeing the project, said he has compiled the names of some 700 Sunni men who have disappeared or been killed in the past four months." 11-05

  11. -06-17-08 Study: Social Relationships Correlate With Health (MSNBC News)
      "For individuals, the take-home message is that they may be able to improve their health by developing closer relationships with others in their community, said Takeo Fujiwara, who led the research and is chief of the behavioral science section at the National Institute of Public Health in Japan."

      " 'This is very good news because we can say "community" can contribute to physical health, no matter what kind of gene they have, or how they were raised when they were young,' Fujiwara said."

      "McGonigal said one way people can increase their feelings of social support is through community service, such as helping at a church or food bank."

      " 'Service puts you in a role where people trust you, and you interact with other people who are serving the community,' she said. 'These direct experiences can over time profoundly change whether you view your world as friendly or hostile.' " 06-08

  12. -08-22-10 Help the People of Pakistan (Avaaz.org)
      "A humanitarian catastrophe of terrifying proportions is unfolding in Pakistan, with a fifth of the country under water, and millions of people homeless and desperately needing assistance."

      "Some relief efforts are underway, but the international response to the mega-disaster has been irresponsibly slow and weak -- the UN has urgently appealed for $460 million of vital aid, but just 60% has been committed. Relief workers warn that without an immediate increase in aid the death toll could sky-rocket."

      "With the expert advice of leading humanitarian NGOs on the ground, we'll offer donations to trusted local organizations, including: Hirrak Development Centre (HDC) and Participatory Welfare Services (PWS). With these partners on the ground our community will help provide much needed humanitarian aid. 100% of the funds raised will go directly to helping Pakistanis cope with this disaster and strengthen their local systems." Visitors sometimes misspell as Packistan, Pakestan, or Packestan. 09-08

  13. Desert Locusts: Monitoring Swarms (Columbia.edu)
      "The Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS) from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) collaborates with the National Locust Units to collate, summarize and analyze field data (e.g., vegetation, rainfall, locust and control information) in order to assess the current situation and forecast the scale, timing and location of locust breeding and migration (more information). The warnings, assessments and forecasts produced by DLIS are used by affected countries to plan survey and control operations and by the international donor community to target assistance, especially during emergencies."

  14. -08-29-12 The Lance Armstrong Scandal (CNN News)
      "Armstrong announced Thursday that he would no longer fight the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's charges, not admitting wrongdoing but rather saying he's tired of having to prove his professed innocence for years without any lasting success."

      "The USADA responded Friday that it was giving him a lifetime ban and disqualifying him from all events since August 1998. Still at issue is whether the USADA has the power to strip him of his victories; more about that in a bit."

      " 'Lance has stated his innocence and has been unwavering on this position. Nike plans to continue to support Lance and the Lance Armstrong Foundation,' Nike's statement said."

      "Lance Armstrong Foundation Vice Chairman Jeffrey Garvey said he supported Armstrong's decision."

      "Lance’s legacy in the cancer community is unparalleled. Lance could have left cancer behind him and never looked back. Instead, before ever winning the Tour de France, he established a foundation that today has served 2.5 million cancer survivors with its free patient navigation services. ... Lance has unfailingly stood by the cancer community and we will always stand by him." 08-12

  15. Biomass Energy Resource Center (BiomassCenter.org)
      "The Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) is an independent, national nonprofit organization located in Montpelier, Vermont with a Midwest office in Madison, Wisconsin. BERC assists communities, colleges and universities, state and local governments, businesses, utilities, schools, and others in making the most of their local biomass energy resources."

      "Serving a national client base, BERC works with colleges and universities, community housing projects, hospitals, businesses, utilities, government agencies, and schools. Offering a full spectrum of technical services, we assist clients considering biomass systems in determining economic and site feasibility, design, vendors, funding sources, and project implementation and management. BERC also conducts regional biomass supply assessments and demonstration testing of emerging technologies such as gasification." 12-12

  16. Melbourne Australia (CitySearch)
      Provides "inside information," chat areas, professional services information, arts and entertainment, eat and sleep, community information, news, and more.

  17. Austin (CitySearch)
      Provides "inside information," chat areas, professional services information, arts and entertainment, eat and sleep, community information, news, and more.

  18. Salt Lake City (CitySearch)
      Provides "inside information," chat areas, professional services information, arts and entertainment, eat and sleep, community information, news, and more.

  19. San Francisco (CitySearch)
      Provides "inside information," chat areas, professional services information, arts and entertainment, eat and sleep, community information, news, and more.

  20. Nashville (CitySearch)
      Provides "inside information," chat areas, professional services information, arts and entertainment, eat and sleep, community information, news, and more.

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