Med Student Uses Dancing Talent to Raise Money for Children's HospitalJohnny Tackett loves to dance. He's also deeply committed to leadership, philanthropy and musical theater.
Above all, the dancers remembered the kids - the young American Family Children's Hospital patients they pledged to support. The students stayed on their feet all night after each of them had raised at least $125 for the "For Bucky's Kids!" marathon. The 2011 event brought in $65,375.
http://www.med.wisc.edu/quarterly/news/med-student-uses-dancing-talent-to-raise-money-for-childrens-hospital/31507West Milford area to raise money for cancer victimThe little lady with the big smile and bigger heart who has been battling breast, throat and blood cancer for the better part of the past three years, was declared cancer-free in April – on Good Friday. That was her personal "resurrection" and glimpse of a "second chance."
On Sunday, June 12, friends who so appreciate all she has done for so many, many others are holding a benefit, "Just for Judy," at the Passport Café at Greenwood Lake Airport, 126 Airport Road, West Milford from 3 to 7 p.m., in the hope of raising funds to offset the tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/122637174_Benefit_to_help_cancer_survivor_cope_with_bills_.html 5/3 employees raise $10K for foodbank http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110525/NEWS01/105260317/5-3-employees-raise-10K-foodbank?odyssey=nav|head
Relay for Life raises $70,000http://www.edenmagnet.com.au/news/local/news/general/relay-for-life-raises-70000/2175966.aspxRunners help raise funds for Home BaseMore than $2.6 million was raised for the program, which provides clinical care and support services to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are affected by combat stress or a traumatic brain injury.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110522&content_id=19423432&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb The “Donut Man” reaches out to the city’s homeless with pastries, caring http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/mt-airychestnut-hill-/item/20328-the-donut-man-reaches-out-to-the-citys-homeless Tent Cities Growing in Brooklyn and Queens http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/152902/20110526/new-york-homeless-albany-rent-tent-city-cuomoville.htmWhat it's like to be a young mother, homeless and looking for helphttp://www.minnpost.com/communitysketchbook/2011/05/26/28036/what_its_like_to_be_a_young_mother_homeless_and_looking_for_helpOhio schools cut jobs anticipating funding cutshttp://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/26/business-us-school-job-cuts-ohio_8486183.htmlMI Senate approves K-12 budget cutshttp://www.petoskeynews.com/news/pnr-senate-approves-k12-budget-cuts-20110526,0,4213904.storyUS lawmakers pass $690 billion Pentagon bill http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/27/us-lawmakers-pass-690-billion-pentagon-bill.htmlBig Bank Bailouts Tied To Previous Lobbying Efforts, Study Suggestshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/bailouts-lobbying-big-banks_n_866850.html
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