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The Spirit of ‘45 Express Tour is making its way up the West Coast this week as part of the national tour to honor the men and women of America’s Greatest Generation. The Express will make several stops, including a visit to the State Capitol in Salem, before arriving at the Brigadier General James B. Thayer Military Museum in Clackamas on Thursday afternoon.

CARF International announced that Lubbock Lighthouse’s Methadone and Subutex Opioid Treatment Program has been re-accredited for a period of three years for its Lubbock Lighthouse and Subutex programs. The latest accreditation is the second consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that CARF, the international accrediting body, has awarded to Lubbock Lighthouse. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.

The Swiss Youthship Foundation, a non profit charity dedicated to getting youth off the streets, has just launched a fundraiser on Indiegogo. The non profit organisation is aiming to raise enough money to purchase the Salomon, a three-mast-topsail-schooner sailing ship that it has managed since 2008.

One of the latest and most effective ways to promote a cause is selling fundraising cards. Cardholders receive special discounts at participating merchants. Plastic Card City is presenting useful tips on how to use fundraising cards to raise money for charity.

Mississippi non-profit Classic Book Radio is starting a Low Power FM radio station (LPFM) which will broadcast readings from classic works of literature.

Experience an Eckankar Community HU on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Oregon Eckankar Regional Seminar. Participants will sing HU, a love song to God, followed by a short period of quiet contemplation.

Anne Archer Butcher will be the guest speaker at the Oregon Eckankar Regional Seminar to be held on March 7 – 9, 2014. She will also lead a workshop entitled, “Inner Guidance, A Key to Spiritual Freedom.”

Drop in the Bucket, a nonprofit organization that digs wells for schools in Africa, is supplying desperately needed soap to overcrowded refugee camps in South Sudan and Northern Uganda to prevent the spread of dysentery and other deadly diseases.

Everything is Possible Foundation (EIPF) is a 501-C(3) non-profit organization that assists disabled citizens with support and resources to live full and productive lives.

To increase the well-being of wildlife in Africa the Blue Sky Society Trust has launched a crowdfunding project on Indiegogo entitled, ‘One In A Million’. The crowdfunding campaign is poised to raise $10,000 in support of the society’s latest initiative to help wildlife conservation. The monies raised through the project will kick start the ‘One In A Million’ campaign which is designed to bring in $1,000,000 one dollar at a time. This premise makes supporters of the effort a very necessary “One in a Million”.

Giving money to charity is now easier than ever, thanks, primarily, to the many fundraising platforms, such as Just Giving, which are now available online. These sites provide people with an easily accessible platform, which they can use to raise money for a worthy cause, donate to a charity, or to share information about a charity with friends. Charitable platforms, such as Just Giving, make the whole process of raising money for charity and donating to charity, much smoother. These platforms are making it easier for people to get involved in charity work in a number of ways.

Social media has made it easier for charities to get their cause in front of millions of potential donors. This means that more and more charities are increasing their donations, thanks to site like Twitter and Facebook. The reason that social media sites are so useful for charities and charitable organisations, like Just Giving, is that they increase their visibility. Social media is a powerful force on the Internet. If one person sees a charity that they like, they will share the link with others, and some of those people will then share the link again. Essentially, social media sites like Twitter can help to give a charity a great deal of exposure, at little to no cost at all.

Crowdfunding websites, like Fundly and Just Giving are making it easier for charities to highlight their cause. In the past, charities had to spend a great deal of time and money to highlight their cause, and educate others about their mission. Previously, charities had to spend a great deal of money to advertise their cause on television, on the radio, and in newspapers or magazines. However, in an age where the Internet is a part of most people’s day-to-day life, it has become much easier for charities to increase their visibility and get more donations.

There are countless stories on the news and the internet about children constantly battling various illnesses. Sometimes, these illnesses take the lives of beloved children who have fought so hard to survive. Isabella Santos is one of those children. She lost her battle with Neuroblastoma at the age of seven after putting up a five year fight. Every year, around the time of Isabella’s birthday (March 9), the foundation set up in her name hosts a blood drive to benefit Neuroblastoma. This March, The Isabella Santos Foundation is pleased to announce their third annual blood drive in accordance with the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC).

Sally Kellerman joins the Love Can Initiative, supporting American children living in poverty. Leading lady and character actress, Kellerman possesses an assertive, forthright presence that can convey both easy earnestness and prominent paranoia. Although she made her film debut in a bit role in "Reform School Girl" (1957), she first conquered TV in the mid-1960s with performances on shows including "The Outer Limits" and "Star Trek". She came to prominence in film in the 1970s, notably as Major 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), for which she received an Oscar® nomination as Best Supporting Actress. She has entertained audiences with off-beat roles in "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1972), "Welcome to L.A." (1976), "A Little Romance" (1979), "Back to School" (1986) and "Happily Ever After" (1990), among others.

The Universal Life Church World Headquarters continues its celebration of African American History Month here in February by announcing it has summoned Bishop Tom Nyembo Mushinge, OSM of Solwezi, Zambia Western Province, Africa to come to the USA. Bishop Tom has accepted the invitation and details are being worked out to bring Bishop Tom to the USA.

Digital Processing Solutions, developer of the Digital Donations™ fundraising and marketing software, announced today the addition of Kevin Harrington to advise the company as it expands its reach into the direct response industry. Mr. Harrington is a pioneer and principal architect of the infomercial industry over the last 30 years. He will act as a liaison between the company’s non-profit clients and the direct response industry.

The American Holistic Nurses Association elected Marci Resnicoff as a Board Member–at-Large for the 2014-2016 term. She will be installed at the organization's 34th Annual Conference to be held in Portland, Oregon in June, 2014.

Joelle O’Reilly-Hyland, the founder of Ounavarra Foundation sponsors another room at Mariposa DR’s Mariposa Center in the Dominican Republic. Joelle with has supported girl causes around the world though the Ounavarra Foundation. Now it has sponsored another room that helps benefit girls in the Dominican Republic.

The International Dark Sky Association (IDA) announced today that it has provisionally named Eifel National Park as the first International Dark Sky Park in Germany. The western German park now counts dark-sky status as a tourist draw alongside its untamed wilderness and storied history.

Understanding the way people in different countries live and think has never been more important to the future of the next generation. For most children, this global understanding starts at a very early age; it begins in the local classroom. Through the eyes of teachers, students learn to interact with their world, and it is through the teacher’s ability to model curiosity and a desire to explore the world that global awareness occurs. Hopefully, this increased internationalism will create better leaders, teachers, business people and world citizens. However, to achieve this objective, it is crucial that teachers learn of the world that surrounds them. Certainly, books, videos and films help them do this, but nothing works so well as summer travel for teachers at geeo.org that allows educators to bring their own experiences back into the classroom.

The Silicon Valley Health Institute / Smart Life Forum, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation whose primary mission is to provide credible health education to the public with an emphasis on optimal wellness, anti-aging medicine, and longevity will be bring renown epidemiologist and author, Dr. Devra Davis as part of its Smart Life Forum on Thursday, February 20th, 2014. Dr. Davis will headline a discussion called, “Disconnect: An Inconvenient Truth about Cell Phones”. The program is open to both members (discounted rate) and non-members at a cost of $10 at the door. The talk will begin at 7:00 PM PT at the Cubberley Community Center Room H1 – 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA.

Goodwill Home Medical Equipment is now offering refurbished hospital beds at their Ewing, New Jersey location. All fully electric home hospital beds are restored to like-new condition and come with side rails and a new mattress. These units are perfect for bedridden patients who require home care, but can also be used to equip nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and outpatient clinics. Anyone looking to buy hospital beds in South Jersey can find what they are looking for at Goodwill Home Medical Equipment.

Empowered By You, a purveyor of high-quality Designer Lingerie, has incorporated a humanitarian goal into its business model, whereby a percentage of its proceeds from sales will go to the benefit of underprivileged women around the world.

MayaGold Belize, a UK-based non-profit organisation, announced the launch of its Indiegogo campaign to raise $800,000 for a unique social development programme in the Central American country of Belize.