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Little Kids Rock, the nation's leading nonprofit provider of music instruction, instruments and curricula announced new leadership of its Board of Directors earlier this month. California-based singer/songwriter Chris Donohoe will assume the role this month from former Chairman of the Board, Mark Lipson of Bessemer Trust. Donohoe has been a Director on Little Kids Rock's National Board since 2015 and previously served as Chair of the organization's San Francisco Area Advisory Board.

This Saturday, dozens of public school teachers from the Fontana area will gather to expand their music education background and rock out with their peers. To ensure all of their students have an opportunity to have music programs that are as diverse as they are, the educators are training on a new and innovative music program. The training is provided by Little Kids Rock, a leading provider of free instruments and music instruction to U.S. public schools.

Ronald Tintin and the project Ronning Against Cancer will participate at the World Cancer Day 2017 on Saturday, February 4 with the theme "We Can I can" through an online campaign on their website (www.ronningagainstcancer.xyz / social media 'Twitter: twitter.com/R_AgainstCancer - Facebook: www.facebook.com/RonningAgainstCancer). "We Can I can" take action against the world's most deadly disease (8.2 million people die from cancer worldwide every year).

A quality education is the bedrock of any society, and "a healthy nation is a wealthy nation". Without these two, education and health, it will be difficult to have a productive society.

After a year filled with hard work and fundraising events, the Isabella Santos Foundation has raised a great deal of money to donate to various children's charities and hospitals. In 2016, this children's cancer foundation donated over $541,000 to specific pediatric cancer and Neuroblastoma programs at the following organizations: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Children's Oncology Group, NMTRC, Levine Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Make-A-Wish of Central and Western NC.

Founded on the working principle that good things happen when people have jobs, the If I Can Dream Foundation (IICDF) announces its expansion. Now providing a warm welcome to those often forgotten, the foundation will increase job placement, vocational rehabilitation, and resources for those with disabilities throughout Florida. A Fort Myers non-profit, the foundation is also slated to expand its service areas to the southeastern portion of the United States in 2017.

The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) enjoyed a successful year in 2016 of helping people in the area express their concerns and seek help for their disordered gambling, whether in the form of buying lottery tickets or illegal betting for sports events online in Monmouth, NJ, homes.

On the heels of his performance as the 2016 "Humanitarian of the Year" at the annual Little Kids Rock Benefit in New York City, Kenny Loggins will be giving students at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Glendale more than a million reasons to make beautiful music. On January 26, Loggins will make a special appearance to collaborate and perform with the students, and deliver brand new instruments to support the school's music education program. This is all part of Little Kids Rock's mission of transforming lives by restoring, expanding and innovating music education in public schools.

Community-based ballet school and youth dance company, Ballet On Wheels Dance School and Company and the Memphis Public Library & Information Center (MPLIC) are collaborating to host a Black History event celebrating and honoring the history of African-American ballerinas called "Groundbreakers: African-American Ballerina Stories of Triumph and Struggles."

The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) spreads awareness about disordered gambling, and helps hundreds of people find the assistance they need in regards to their gambling addictions such as off-track wagering at establishments like Favorites. To close out a successful 2016, this non-profit organization recently recapped the 10 most important topics they discussed in the form of a year in review.

A team of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members is working with Habitat for Humanity of Teller County (HFHT) doing a variety of tasks including landscaping, construction and roofing. The group of 10 young adults arrived on January 6th and will be serving here through February 17th.

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Vinny the Pug Enterprises has launched a global membership drive signaling the beginning of a ten-year quest to move towards universal NO-KILL. Every year over one-million healthy pets in shelters around the world are killed because there is never enough money.

Cavod Dance Company presents an afternoon and evening of new choreographic works, along with the original production; Almost Home

The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) is a non-profit organization devoted to helping individuals find assistance for problem gambling such as illegal betting for sports in Atlantic City. Recently, the CCGNJ warned of the risk that stress poses to those struggling with or in recovery for addiction during the holiday season.

On January 5, 2017, A Just Cause posted a letter (bit.ly/2hYhKvW) to President Obama's Facebook account on behalf of wrongly-convicted IRP6 defendant David Banks who wrote to President Obama concerning clemency petitions for him and his codefendants (Kendrick Barnes, Clinton A. Stewart, Demetrius K. Harper, Gary L. Walker and David A. Zirpolo), which have been pending for 2 years. On January 10th, A Just Cause posted another letter to Obama from David Banks (bit.ly/2iDKZSA), in addition to letters from other IRP6 codefendants, Harper (bit.ly/2jBEioc), Zirpolo (bit.ly/2jsZc4M), and Stewart (bit.ly/2j6NvBF). In November 2015, former federal appeals judge H. Lee Sarokin (U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals), who exhaustively reviewed the case, sent a letter to President Obama, stating he felt a "grave injustice" had been done to the men and that there are a "series of events that cries out for clemency," which included a gross 5th Amendment violation where the trial judge forced the PRO SE defendants to testify against their will after threatening to terminate their defense (www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-h-lee-sarokin/the-case-of-the-missing-t_1_b_5340397.html). The transcript of the judicial coercion mysteriously disappeared and was unavailable for appeal and the men were sent to prison in violation of the law. Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) have sent letters to Obama concerning the IRP6's clemency. Within the last 6 months, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) initiated an investigation into the IRP6 case through the Inspector General's office after receiving information from A Just Cause.

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF) is honored to receive a $1 million grant from the William and Sue Gross Family Foundation in support of the Pensinger Photography Fund, an arm of the noted national nonprofit. CHF is challenging its supporters to match this generous gift and plans to raise significant complementary funding by the end of 2017.

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'

Each December, Riverton High School experiences 'a shift' in atmosphere. This shift is not due to the changing weather in Utah nor is it because of the jolly holiday season. But rather this amazing shift in focus is founded in Riverton High Schools month-long charity drive; it's called 'Silver Rush.'