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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 - EMU News Ralph Hostetter Natural History Museum became a reality thanks to recent renovations and improvements by a group of EMU...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
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 School of Veterinary Medicine.The program is named for the late Katharine Reese, co-founder of the Arkansas Animal...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
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 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
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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
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.