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Placer Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its Youth Development Program and priority will be given to projects that serve economically disadvantaged youth, and whose proposals demonstrate the anticipated positive impact on youth, leverage resources and/or demonstrate sustainability, and include a reasonable project scope and budget.
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Sean Carney and Jake Friel play the Gun Room at the Lafayette Hotel (101 Front Street) Friday.The show is part of the Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz, and Folk Music (BJFM) Society's Cobbler Coffeehouse...more
Eight honored with 2024 Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards.University of New Mexico researchers in fields ranging from music to data science are the 2024...more
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Red Iron Group Announces Strategic Investment in Charter Impact to Drive Accelerated Growth and Enhancements to Service Offerings.Charter Impact is a leading provider of business management and...more
The study is part of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's ongoing series The Giving Environment.Rates of secular charitable giving experienced a sharper decline from pre-pandemic levels than did...more
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Students, Skateboarding and Social Enterprise
To address the ongoing issue of student dropouts, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) teacher Craig Morrison started a school-business program called the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) to help keep teens stay in school.