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The 27th Annual Tommy Apostolos Fund Dinner Dance will be on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Roseville Sports Center (1545 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Roseville) from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are just $40 each or $75 per couple.

Piazza Subaru of Limerick has announced that they now work with several nonprofit organizations to promote the Subaru Love Promise. One of the most trustworthy and dedicated car dealerships in Berks County, Piazza Subaru is committed to being unlike any other car company. The Subaru Love Promise is the promise to do right for the many communities through nonprofit partnering, and do what is good and right, just for the sake of doing it.

civ.works, the privacy-protected social network for civic engagement, in partnership with Activism Engine, has launched an innovative mechanism to provide personalized opportunities for civic engagement for the civ.works community. This powerful new feature will place time-sensitive and important local, regional, state and national actions directly into a subscriber's activity feed based upon their issue affinity and their location.

All gathered costs will be used for help to those residents of Ukraine who suffered because of military operations and which are below the poverty line.

Keeping in mind the heart breaking situations in Somalia, somali-aid.org, a non profit organization based in Kenya, works ceaselessly for the people of Somalia. "Somalia is struggling to rise to the current living standards of the world. It would be a failure of humanity if we fail to help the Somalis. Somali-aid.org aims to provide the very basic needs of man to the Somalis. We aim to educate them of their basic human rights," a representative of the non profit organization said.

A "Cell Phones and Health" advisory was just released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) via a California Superior Court order. The document states, "health officials are concerned about possible health effects from cell phone EMFs because some recent studies suggest that long-term cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer and other health problems." For three years, the CDPH refused to release the document to Dr. Joel Moskowitz, a Berkeley Professor, arguing that such advice would cause "undue panic." Guidance on cell phones was first issued in the United States a decade ago, in 2007, when the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute issued the first US medical warnings about cell phones to the public and even sent a memo to the Cancer Institute's 3,000 faculty and staff.

Harlem Girls Cheer, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to enhance the 360-degree development of minority girls and young women, ages 8-18, through cheerleading, celebrates its one-year anniversary today.

Transforming science education and nurturing scientific research, Science Connected, a comparatively new name in online publishing, is working with scientists and educators to provide children with the scientific knowledge that will help employ them and help them become the citizens, leaders, and innovators of tomorrow. Kate Stone established a nonprofit publisher named Science Connected for science nonfiction for a general audience and resources for science teachers. Over the past few months, the Science Connected team has been working on a plan to expand their reach and move into the next phase of freely accessible science distribution.

The Cyprus Minister of Education and Culture issued a Decree on January 31, 2017, marked "urgent" to all Directors of Kindergartens and Primary Schools, with specific measures to eliminate and minimize wireless radiation exposure to children in schools. "We have taken the decision to have the wireless network Wi-Fi disabled in all Public kindergartens in Cyprus," reads the Decree. Wireless is to be removed from all Cyprus kindergartens, and wireless installations have been halted in elementary schools and limited to administrative offices.

The Assertive Kids Foundation has posted a page on GoFundMe in order to raise awareness of their non-profit, and to raise the funds to start.

Boys & Girls Club ™ of Fauquier, a local 501c(3) working to better the lives and futures of children in the community, today announces the appointment of Fauquier County Sheriff Robert Mosier to its Board of Directors. This is the second new appointment to come after the Board's recent call for a renewal and expansion of leadership. Sheriff Mosier's appointment to the Board is effective immediately.

Associated Grant Makers (AGM), a nonprofit membership-based organization, hosted Bill Cox and Ethan Brown of Cox Capital Management (CCM) for a presentation titled "Intro to Evaluating Investments". AGM is committed to creating networking, skill-building, and learning opportunities for members of the nonprofit community. Bill and Ethan presented to over 20 organizations on the topics of setting up investment committees, writing investment policy statements, evaluating investment fees, and determining how to evaluate different types of investments. Diana Esposito and Michael Underhill, both of AGM, coordinated the event. Bill shared his experiences of working on the investment side of the nonprofit community for 20 years with clients ranging from major university endowments to small, local charities. The presentation lasted 90 minutes, with Bill and Ethan taking questions during and after the event.

Erin Santos, the mother of Isabella Santos and one of the founders of the Isabella Santos Foundation, has recently been named a February FACE of Charlotte by the women's magazine StyleBlueprint. This courageous woman was selected as a FACE of Charlotte because she was able to take the heartbreaking loss of her daughter and turn it into something positive, by creating a foundation for children with cancer, to help other children with the disease.

Scientists from 10 nations evaluated the latest peer reviewed body of evidence linking adverse health effects to wireless radiation at an expert forum that was held in late January at Hebrew University. The scientists call for policy actions to reduce exposure were recommended, such as legislation that significantly and more protectively reduces human exposure to RF, minimization of wireless in schools and public places, and national campaigns about screen time and children's health.

A new Australian study that will inform cancer research has found that 25 per cent of women have carried their smartphone tucked into their bra, with 15 per cent having done so in the last week. This is despite phone manufacturers warning customers not to store smartphones against the body or in clothing.

Super Professeur and the project Ronning Against Cancer will participate at the International Childhood Cancer Day 2017 on Wednesday, February 15 with the theme "Better Access to Care for Chlidren & Adolescents with Cancer Everywhere" (Each year, more than 150,000 children are diagnosed with cancer) through an online campaign on their website.

The increasing importance of digital solutions in population health was highlighted at a conference today in Washington.

The Society for Nonprofits has announced the retirement of its Founder and CEO, Katie Burnham Laverty. The Society was founded in 1983 when few resources existed for small and midsize nonprofit organizations. Before then, the idea of creating an umbrella organization to advance and support all nonprofits, whatever their size or mission, existed only as Katie's dream. A truly charismatic and visionary leader, she has worked tirelessly for all nonprofits for 35 years, pioneering many innovative advancements and keeping the Society ahead of the many changes that swept through the world during those turbulent decades.

In recent months, the Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier™ has worked to expand and restructure its Board of Directors, as well as its business administration. This comes in the wake of administrative and financial challenges for the Club that called for a renewal of leadership, management and organizational vigor.

Philanthropy From The Heart Inc, a non-profit organization has offered a wide range of services including the initiative of distributing free food on 1st and 4th Tuesdays of every month for the benefit of the less fortunate in the community.

American Children's Society, Inc, a non-profit organization based in New Jersey, facilitates car, boat, and RV donations to raise money for various children's charities. Their 501(c)(3) offers free towing, including same day services. Their goal is to contribute to ailing children by providing a convenient service to people that have vehicles that they no longer need.

A leading hypnotherapy, counselling and psychotherapy training academy is offering tailored courses to help students learn and develop their professional counselling careers.

This year marks the 65th Anniversary of the beloved movie musical, Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor, often considered the finest musical of all time!

A – Z Printing, one of the nations leading producer of custom printed raffle tickets through www.raffleticket.com is announcing the 2017 "Impact a Life" College Scholarship. The 2017 scholarship offers three separate cash grants for eligible students.

The Gifts & Gifted Foundation, with founder Anthony Vandarakis, is presenting NYC public, charter and parochial schools the tools to embrace global competencies and 21st century requirements with the hope of producing an educational paradigm shift.