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Women's Perspective will host a teleconference to introduce its Economic Empowerment Training Program on Thursday, March 31, at 2PM EST. This opportunity is offered as a follow-up to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women(UNCSW) Parallel Event entitled, Sustainable Development: The Power Tool for Women and Girls. This training is based on the manual Economic Empowerment for Women written by Rosemary Williams for Women's Perspective. The manual was distributed as a gift at the Parallel Event at the UNCSW on March 16th, 2016.

Goody Tickets President Heather Goodman recently organized a diaper drive for non-profit Happy Bottoms to raise diapers for low-income families in Kansas City. The Happy Bottoms Diaper Bank diaper drive fundraiser concluded in February and more than 1700. diapers were raised by Goodman.

Netcom PaySystem, a well-known provider in the merchant payment service industry, recently unveiled their latest Non –Profit Rebate Program that gives organizations the ability to accept payments at a reduced rate according to their industry specific SIC coding. In addition to saving up to 20% on daily processing fees, Netcom PaySystem will rebate 5% of the monthly residuals back to the non-profit.

Womensperspective.org ~ Women's Perspective co-sponsors a Parallel Event with AWE Anglican Women's Empowerment on March 16th at 4:30pm at the Salvation Army Auditorium during the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). The UNCSW is meeting in New York City from March 14 to March 24. It is attended by women from almost every country in the world. As the principal global policy-making body addressing the advancement and equality of women, the UNCSW assesses global progress towards the achievement of the Millennial Development Goals.

Universal Models for Peace Inc. (UMP), a New York City based 501(c)3 Non-Profit is awarded the Defender of Democracy Award during the Cumbre Latino Americana event in Miami, Thursday Feb. 25th . The founder of UMP, Michael William-Paul, was in attendance to accept the Defender of Democracy Award.

The Super Bowl is one of the most highly-anticipated events of the year, and is also its largest betting event. This past Super Bowl weekend, it is estimated that $4.2 billion was wagered (legally and illegally) on the event's outcome. Often, betting on the Super Bowl is socially acceptable and legal, but the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey cautions that for problem gamblers and their loved ones, the Super Bowl can actually have devastating consequences.

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. The National Council on Problem Gambling takes this time to encourage an open dialogue about problem gambling, recognizing it as a compulsive behavior in need of treatment, not shame or silence. Concurrently, March is also the peak of college basketball season, when millions of bets are placed on the outcome of tournament brackets. For many, "March Madness" is a bit of strategic fun, but for those who struggle with problem gambling, the betting frenzy can lead to devastating financial losses. The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey offers support, treatment, and hope for problem gamblers during this time.

Women continue to fall behind men in nearly every category related to finances - from investment practices, to savings, to salaries. Women's Money® Week 2016 (#WMW16) aims to close these gaps by encouraging women and men to raise awareness for important money-related issues impacting women and their families. This fifth annual Women's Money® Week takes place next week, March 7th - 11th, 2016, and coincides with International Women's Day.

Heather Thomson, founder of Yummie, Inc. and former Real Housewife of New York City will be the guest speaker at The Emily Stillman Foundation event, Spring Sensation taking place Tuesday, April 19th at Tam O' Shanter Country Club 5051 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323. Boutiques will open at 11am followed by lunch and program at 12pm.

For the past eight years, the Isabella Santos Foundation, a non-profit in Charlotte, NC, has held its Annual 5K/10K for Kids Cancer in memory of Isabella Santos, a young girl who battled Neuroblastoma for most of her life. Each year, participation in the event has grown exponentially, raising more money and awareness in service of eliminating childhood cancer once and for all. The Isabella Santos Foundation has just announced the date of its 9th Annual 5K/10K for Kids Cancer, slated to be the biggest event yet.

Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary is pleased to have received a grant from Best Friends Animal Society for its Fix Feline Families program to help Colorado Springs humanely manage the area's community cats.

Wayne Elsey's latest book for schools, churches and nonprofits is a practical fundraising guide to inform philanthropic leaders on how to dominate when raising money.

The Atlanta, GA based organization Rise Up & Care is pleased to announce the awards of expansion grants to six local organizations in the marginalized communities (favelas) of Rio de Janeiro. Rise Up & Care expansion grants allow each organization to further their successful work with young people. All these organizations have been engaged for more than a decade in activities that use performance to inspire youth.

Jasmine Jones, a resident of NW DC, will represent the District of Columbia at the 2016 Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant. Proving that beauty queens are more than a pretty face, Miss Jones holds a Bachelor's Degree with Dean's List honors from Trinity University School of Business. She also works in real estate development and plans to pursue her Masters in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.

Bradshaw House proudly announces the opening of their new, affordable, not for profit alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility in Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia. This facility features an experienced team offering 12 step based treatment plans, with intensive treatment programs running 28 days. In addition, the facility employs relapse prevention experts to ensure program attendees continue to make progress once the initial treatment phase is complete. Located in the unique surroundings of beautiful Halls Gap, Victoria, the facility helps those who cannot help themselves overcome a powerful addiction.

Resources and Outreach for Liberia (ROL) has been very active in the last five months; collecting over fifteen thousand books, starting a global social change initiative to empower girls through literacy and the arts, and being featured on ABC2 News' InFocus segment. All of these activities are for the sake of one powerful initiative, Project READ (Restoration Education And Development). The goal of Project READ is to open a drop-in center in Liberia for girls, so ROL is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 to start this initiative.

Also regarded as 'not-for-profit organizations,' a non-profit organization (NPO) is an organization that is dedicated towards the pursuit of a particular public goal. This implies that they are not formed for profit making and distribution; any profit made is ploughed back towards the furtherance of their objectives.

Oklevueha Native American Church of Ayahuasca Healings will be a one of its kind Legal Ayahuasca Retreat that will offer masses, irrespective of color and origins the spiritual healing and transformational powers of Ayahuasca ceremonies through the guidance of Mother Ayahuasca. The First Oklevueha Native American Church (ONAC) Retreat which opened its door in Washington is one of the 30 Ayahuasca Retreat Centers and "Fifth Dimensional Villages" that have been envisioned to bring about a revolution of spiritual healing in North America.

On December 7, 2015--Pearl Harbor Day--the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics released its somewhat overdue national survey on veterans in prison and jail. The last national survey was conducted in 2004 and was released in 2007.

Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence (RMPEx), a 501C(3) organization serving as the regional organization for the Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, has named four organizations as 2015 recipients of performance excellence awards Three organizations were recognized at the Peak level, the highest level award for RMPEx. One organization was recognized at the Foothills level for effective approaches to basic performance excellence processes.

Nonprofit management leader and U.S. Army Reserve veteran Velma Hart announced today the upcoming launch of Velma Hart & Associates. Leveraging her 25-year career dedicated to helping nonprofits thrive, Hart's firm aims to deliver deep industry expertise to produce high impact solutions that help small to midsized organizations achieve greater success.

The New Texas Symphony Orchestra, the premier community orchestra of Dallas, performs "ALL IN! At the Ballet" at the Latino Cultural Center with the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra:

Observant Jews across the Las Vegas Valley often struggle with buying kosher food as just one of many challenges in making ends meet, a challenge so many people face today.

Leading crowdfunding marketing and analytics platform Krowdster has launched the world's largest searchable database of backers and super backers on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

Fishing is one of the most popular pastimes in Canada, thanks to its plentiful fish and beautiful great lakes. Lake Erie is home to some of the best bass fishing in the world, and MacDonald Turkey Point Marina is the largest freshwater marina in Canada, located on its edge. Every year they host a charity live release bass fishing tournament, and is this year celebrating its 16th tournament, in support of the London Health Sciences Centre Children's Hospital.