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Himss Dubai Executive Summit Focuses on Ai 
HIMSS Dubai Executive Summit focuses on AIDr. Tamara Sunbul, chair of HIMSS Middle East Community and a digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor, discusses HIMSS Executive Sumit...more
HIMSS Dubai Executive Summit focuses on AIDr. Tamara Sunbul, chair of HIMSS Middle East Community and a digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor, discusses HIMSS Executive Sumit...more
Festival Showcases Academic and Creative Excellence At Emu 
Festival showcases academic and creative excellence at EMU - EMU News Ralph Hostetter Natural History Museum became a reality thanks to recent renovations and improvements by a group of EMU...more
Festival showcases academic and creative excellence at EMU - EMU News Ralph Hostetter Natural History Museum became a reality thanks to recent renovations and improvements by a group of EMU...more
New Public Art Commissions Awarded, Completed in Vermont 
Vermont artist Noa Younse of Richmond has been selected as the artist to develop a public art design for the Windsor Superior Courthouse in White River Junction.The courthouse building is currently...more
Vermont artist Noa Younse of Richmond has been selected as the artist to develop a public art design for the Windsor Superior Courthouse in White River Junction.The courthouse building is currently...more
Tisch Drama Reimagines Ibsen: A Conversation With the Creative Team of "The Duck" 
The Duck was directed by Sebastian Calderon Bentin with dramaturgy by Una Chaudhuri and a text by Shonni Enelow.The Duck became more than a play it became a space for students to engage with urgent...more
The Duck was directed by Sebastian Calderon Bentin with dramaturgy by Una Chaudhuri and a text by Shonni Enelow.The Duck became more than a play it became a space for students to engage with urgent...more
Foundation Donates $11 Million to Establish Shelter Medicine Program At Lyon College ... 
Foundation donates $11 million to establish shelter medicine program at Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine.The program is named for the late Katharine Reese, co-founder of the Arkansas Animal...more
Foundation donates $11 million to establish shelter medicine program at Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine.The program is named for the late Katharine Reese, co-founder of the Arkansas Animal...more
Three Forks Students Build Outdoor Kitchen For Innovative Learning Project 
The outdoor kitchen project is part of a larger initiative to convert five courtyards created during a $25 million school remodel.The largest courtyard will become a community space called "the mall"...more
The outdoor kitchen project is part of a larger initiative to convert five courtyards created during a $25 million school remodel.The largest courtyard will become a community space called "the mall"...more
How Can the Nonprofit Sector Reverse the Donor Decline? 
Donors' backgrounds, passions, tastes and preferences influence their giving.Young donors often give directly to individuals and causes, bypassing nonprofits.Donors stop giving for a variety of...more
Donors' backgrounds, passions, tastes and preferences influence their giving.Young donors often give directly to individuals and causes, bypassing nonprofits.Donors stop giving for a variety of...more
Sos Meals on Wheels 
SOS Meals on Wheels is a 501(c)3 nonprofit committed to fostering the independence and dignity of older adults by reducing food insecurity and isolation.The Director of Operations is responsible for...more
SOS Meals on Wheels is a 501(c)3 nonprofit committed to fostering the independence and dignity of older adults by reducing food insecurity and isolation.The Director of Operations is responsible for...more
Growing Green Spaces: How Berry Good Food Cultivates Resilience
Foundation: San Diego Foundation
The San Diego Foundation awarded $838,704 in Opening the Outdoors grants to 24 nonprofit organizations.The grantees will help address inequities and enhance access to the outdoors throughout San...more
Foundation: San Diego Foundation
The San Diego Foundation awarded $838,704 in Opening the Outdoors grants to 24 nonprofit organizations.The grantees will help address inequities and enhance access to the outdoors throughout San...more
Fundraising Good Times Building Family Philanthropy Part Two of A Two Part Series 
Building fundraising into your family reunion builds a family legacy of giving.Consider creating two funds: one to meet the needs of family members, and another for community giving.This could be a...more
Building fundraising into your family reunion builds a family legacy of giving.Consider creating two funds: one to meet the needs of family members, and another for community giving.This could be a...more
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Social Enterprise Is Re-Housing Unwanted Furniture
Weston Mill-based social enterprise Surplus Rescue CIC (Community Interest Company) recycles and finds homes for unwanted furniture. To date, it has received “extensive amounts” of quality second-hand furniture including desks, pedestals, cupboards and office chairs from a former local authority office equipment – and wants to find them a good home.