23Feb/16

De Blasio defends his nonprofits amid calls for investigation – Capital New York


Capital New York

De Blasio defends his nonprofits amid calls for investigation
Capital New York
Two years after Mayor Bill de Blasio began using outside entities to raise unlimited funds for his pet causes, a non-profit advocacy group called donations to those groups “dark money” and demanded a review by two government bodies. “We’ve asked the
Common Cause says de Blasio may be breaking the law by raising funds through outside political groupsNew York Daily News
De Blasio Says Unlimited Fundraising Is OK—As Long as It’s for a Progressive CauseObserver

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23Feb/16

23rd February 2016 | Skerries Woman Is New Ambassador For Organ Donation – North County Leader Newspaper


North County Leader Newspaper

23rd February 2016 | Skerries Woman Is New Ambassador For Organ Donation
North County Leader Newspaper
Vivienne and Martin Living Kidney donor and RTÉ broadcaster, Vivienne Traynor from Skerries has taken up the voluntary role of ambassador for Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 which will take place from 2nd-9th April. Vivienne is pictured with her …
An aunt’s gift of life – How RTE’s Vivienne Traynor donated a kidney to her nephewIrish Independent

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22Feb/16

Spartanburg churches join forces to increase blood donations – Spartanburg Herald Journal

Spartanburg churches join forces to increase blood donations
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Paul Bixby, donor resources manager with the Blood Connection, said the organization usually does not supply a bus for less than 27 donors/units of blood at any single blood drive. Every donor gives one unit of blood, he said. “Time-wise, it is not a

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22Feb/16

Elected officials use campaign funds for private gain in Mississippi – The Sun Herald


The Sun Herald

Elected officials use campaign funds for private gain in Mississippi
The Sun Herald
“When you have virtual nonreporting, very lax or nonexistent laws about personal use and add to it that some candidates are virtually living off the money, that’s really adding pressure on candidates to listen to the lobbyist donors because it’s not

22Feb/16

Cara McCollum ‘gives the gift of life’ with organ donation – Press of Atlantic City


Press of Atlantic City

Cara McCollum ‘gives the gift of life’ with organ donation
Press of Atlantic City
“I want to dispel the myth that people are untreated because of organ donation,” Glennon said. The New Jersey Sharing Network is a nonprofit, federally funded organization that is responsible for the recovery of organs and tissue in the state

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