Goodwill San Antonio Opens 20th New Store and Donation Station in Walzem Road …Business Wire (press release)Together with the support of our generous community, partners and employers, Goodwill provides employment and related services to more than 50…
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Valley’s O-negative blood supply drops below 9 percent, donations needed
Fresno Bee Ongoing trauma and emergency room use up and down the Valley, and several weather-related accidents caused the demand for blood to spike, the Blood Center said. Trauma center patients used almost all the Valley supply of O-negative blood, which has … |
HISD board to consider rolling back ethics rulesHouston ChronicleThe city of Houston caps donations from individuals at $5,000 but does not require council members to abstain from related votes. Judicial candidates have limits ranging from $1,000 to $5…
WiscNewsThe Watermark opens in downtown Beaver DamWiscNewsJulie Piltz showing visitor Paul King around the finished Watermark building located at 209 S. Center St. Evonne Boettge, community activities and services administrator said her department is s…
Miami Herald |
Banking on a loan that fell through led to Frost museum’s cash woes
Miami Herald Borrowing money to build is a common approach for cultural groups that depend on donations because very often promised money doesn’t come in until years later — when, for instance, a donor who has left the museum the money in a will dies. Very often … |
Raw Story |
Rick Scott scuttled Florida child health standards to protect hospital chain …
Raw Story Rick Scott’s (R) administration was accused of eliminating health standards related to childrens’ heart surgery only after a hospital chain failing to meet them donated $200,000 to state Republicans. “The coincidence is just a little too much … |
Science /AAAS |
Pump new billions into disease outbreaks—or else
Science /AAAS “The World Bank, bilateral, and other multilateral donors should declare that funding related to health system strengthening will be conditional upon a country’s participation in the external assessment process,” one recommendation states. By mid-2017 … |
Kansas City Star |
Major violations found in Missouri men’s basketball program, one-year …
Kansas City Star The second donor was banned from representing Mizzou for two years. The former coach was banned from off-campus recruiting for three months during the review. Anderson declined to comment Wednesday whether the NCAA investigation was related to … MU announces basketball punishments for 5 NCAA violationsKOMU-TV |
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Event Advisory – A World on Fire: Strengthening Humanitarian Response
Oxfam America (press release) (blog) … May will give the global community – including public and private donors, assistance professionals, and national and local leaders in affected areas – a chance to address and respond to the growing number of conflict-related and other humanitarian … |
BBC News |
Sperm donor ‘finds clients on Facebook’
BBC News Simon Watson, 41, has been an unlicensed sperm donor for 16 years, donating once a week. He has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme he thinks he has fathered 800 children. He explains that he meets most of his clients on Facebook – they then have a … |