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The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), the leading organization for healthcare professionals involved in MS care, announces More About MS This new one-day educational forum specifically designed for those living with and affected by MS will take place Friday, May 31st, 2019, in conjunction with the CMSC Annual Meeting at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.

Collective Genius Mastermind Seminar donation pays for 100% of twin boys’ intensive therapy program in Boston, MA to help them live fuller lives despite cerebral palsy.

Panel discussion hosted by Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, SHARE Cancer Support, and Young Survival Coalition will examine transparency and accountability among healthcare institutions, doctors and patients

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF), the acclaimed national nonprofit organization, has chosen 16 artist fellows for its 2019 Art-Business Accelerator Program. The selected artists will participate next year in CHF's innovative and comprehensive initiative, a yearlong virtual course of business study for visual artists that is designed to impart the necessary business training to succeed as entrepreneurs and make a complete living through the creation of their art.

The American Society for the Positive Care of Children (ASPCC) is a non-profit organization working to prevent child abuse through positive parenting advocacy and education. To this end, they have created a simple, smart resource to help children and families know where to find help when they need it.

The Clark Hulings Fund (CHF), which equips visual artists to be self-sustaining entrepreneurs by providing them with business training and support, is bringing its message of artist empowerment to the Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE) with two presentations on Thursday, November 8 at the historic Biltmore Hotel.

The non-profit college announced today, its partnership with National best-selling author, entrepreneur, restaurateur, dessert expert, reality celebrity Kathy Wakile. Culinary Skills Essentials Diploma students at the Memphis Campus will be the first to experience the new culinary program "Remington College presents Kathy Wakile's Real Culinary Kitchen" as part of the College's Culinary Training Center.

As an emblem of The Clark Hulings Fund (CHF)'s work to enable visual artists to be self-sustaining entrepreneurs by providing them with business training and support, Hulings' classic drawing "Helping to Push" provides inspiration to the fund, their fellows, and other artist beneficiaries of the fund's work. Created by celebrated sculptor Glenna Goodacre as her final work, the piece is now available as a thank you for a major donation. Proceeds benefit CHF and will be used to deliver art-business programming jointly with the Salmagundi Club. Programs will benefit Club members and other visual artists.

For families with children who have cancer or another serious disease, heading back to school can be a stressful time. Between medical bills, treatments, and other expenses, finances for these families can be tight, and they might not be able to afford new clothes for their children. Through car donations in Monmouth County, NJ, American Children's Society, Inc. helps to provide clothing for these young students with their Back to School Program.

Yehuda Gurwitz, CEO of nonprofit fundraising consultancy and crowdfunding platform Charidy, recently returned from a gathering of social impact entrepreneurs, government officials, and prominent philanthropists who gathered for the Global Sustainability Conference in Tivat, Montenegro. The conference is the annual gathering of The Global Sustainability Network, founded by Raza Jafar; the Balkans Chapter which hosted the event is headed by Romy Hawatt. This year it brought together a variety of leaders together to discuss human rights, modern-day slavery, human and organ trafficking, sustainable economic growth and sustainable tourism in the Balkan region. Mr. Gurwitz was among those represented; the conference is just one of many efforts he is taking to make meaningful change.

Over 25 million eyes are on Compassion Can't Wait as celebrities, athletes, musicians, actors, and influencers are flooding their own social media accounts speaking of their mission in their own voices. Their goal is to recruit their own followers to raise money for CompassionCantWait.org (@CompassionCantWait), by posting across their social media platforms. This foundation doesn't give advice; they help financially in 24 hours to pay mortgages, car repairs, insurance, and utility bills when families have run out of all resources or places to turn to. Having been active since 1998, they have quietly given away over 8 million dollars to 13,000 single-parent families in urgent need of financial help.

The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) announced today that it will hold its inaugural Fall Meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 9 a.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel, 4700 Southport Rd., Atlanta, Ga., 30337.

Part tech platform, part fundraising consultancy, part marketing agency, Charidy's unique approach to crowdfunding is disrupting the nonprofit sector and delivering big wins for its clients. To-date, Charidy has helped more than 1500 organizations raise over $500 MIL from hundreds of thousands of donors. While two-thirds of crowdfunding campaigns fail, Charidy's 99% campaign success rate makes them the most successful nonprofit crowdfunding platform on the market.

The American Children's Society, Inc., has made it their mission to support children and families of children diagnosed with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. They offer clothing, food educational, and emergency assistance programs that are designed to provide temporary assistance to those in need. They are the best place to donate a car because their special transportation assistance program gives the donated vehicles to underprivileged families.

The National EVV Association (NEVVA), launched in May as the industry resource for Electronic Visit Verification, continues to gain traction as states, managed care organizations and home and community-based health care providers plan their implementation of EVV in advance of the Medicaid federal mandate, now set for January 1, 2020. Today, NEVVA announced that Sandata has signed on as a charter member, joining founding member Tellus, LLC. The professional organization also announced that it is working closely with the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) to help its member states conform with the new regulations.

Build-Pride has been granted tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, making contributions donated to Build-Pride fully tax-deductible. Build-Pride is also now eligible to apply for government and foundation grants, which will further broaden its access to resources. This change in status further strengthens Build-Pride's ability to fulfill its mission of connecting talented people to lucrative and fulfilling career opportunities in the construction industry.

Longnecker & Associates, a strategic compensation and corporate governance consulting firm based in Houston, announced exciting internal growth. The company promoted several of their team members to roles that will continue to position the firm as one of the top consultancies in Texas.

After 15 years of providing Emergency Shelter and Recovery Services to women in Essex County, Real House, Inc. (RHI), under the leadership of Mr. Shawn H. Jennings, CEO, and Mr. Wally A. Choice, CFO, headquartered in Essex County, has secured a multi-million dollar financing deal to upgrade its existing operations, and to acquire the renowned Flynn House in Elizabeth, NJ). The Flynn House was one of the first halfway houses in New Jersey—since 1961—which now provides sober living services to males in Union County.

Since 1978, Casa Youth Shelter has stood as a beacon in the community, at 10911 Reagan Street, Los Alamitos – providing more than just support to youth battling personal challenges. Working to help at-risk youth manage and mitigate crises, Casa Youth Shelter provides a temporary safe home, counseling, outreach, and support services to hundreds of children and their families each year.

Surf Dog Ricochet has reached a milestone this week… Celebrating 10 years since the day she jumped on a surfboard with 15 year old Patrick Ivison, a quadriplegic teen. Ricochet and Patrick reunited for a celebratory surf session this past weekend which included catching waves to commemorate a decade of unmatched triumphs.

Teenagers are known to challenge their parents from time-to-time. Sometimes the challenge is over something small, like negotiating for a later curfew, but for one family in Daytona Beach, Florida, it was a rebellion that threatened to alter the course of their life.

Celerity Educational Group, a nonprofit network of public charter schools in Los Angeles, announced today the launch of a new brand identity. The organization will now be known as ISANA, which means "sun" in Eastern Uganda. Among other changes will include a new logo, social media presence, and a new website domain name (www.isanaacademies.org).

In 2013, BSLA spearheaded its First in the Family Humanist Scholarship initiative which focuses on undocumented, foster care, homeless, LGBTQI, system-involved and secular youth who are underrepresented in the college population. The organization was created to provide resources for non-believers of color and combat stereotypes about atheists not being socially responsible. Responding directly to the school-to-prison pipeline crisis in communities of color, BSLA is the first atheist organization to specifically address college pipelining for youth of color. If current prison pipelining trends persist the Education Trust estimates that only "one of every 20 African American kindergartners will graduate from a four-year California university" in the next decade.

Just a few short weeks ago, Atlantic City welcomed two new casinos, the Hard Rock Casino and Ocean Resort Casino. Ocean Resort has opened up shop inside of the former Revel, which had been closed due to poor economic activity in 2014. However, with AC sports betting and internet gambling steadily on the rise, it was clear that the Ocean Resort Casino wanted a piece of the internet gambling pie.

Fantasy sports giant, FanDuel Group, has announced that it will launch an internet casino in the state of New Jersey in addition to the brick-and-mortar location it recently opened at the Meadowlands Racetrack in NJ to offer sports betting. As a non-profit organization that helps those with a gambling problem get the help they need to recover, the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey sees the potential dangers the new online casino could pose for New Jersey residents and warns gamblers across the state to use caution when gambling online.