20Feb/15

Pope’s visit fuels fundraising for World Meeting of Families – Crux: Covering all things Catholic

Pope’s visit fuels fundraising for World Meeting of Families
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Organizers say the funds will cover extensive operational costs, including security, transportation and infrastructure enhancements. They say they’ll calculate costs related to Francis’ visit once they receive a formal itinerary from the Vatican

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20Feb/15

Alan Cumming Challenges Gay Men to A Year Without Sex In … – Marketing Land


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Alan Cumming Challenges Gay Men to A Year Without Sex In
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Today, GLAAD and Gay Men’s Health Crisis launched a new PSA and social media campaign featuring Alan Cumming aimed at raising awareness about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men.
Alan Cumming Puts A Cheeky Spin On Gay Blood Donor Policy For ‘Celibacy Huffington Post
Gay, Male and Hoping to Donate Blood? Try Alan Cumming’s Celibacy ChallengeCreativity
Alan Cumming Stars In New PSA About FDA’s Blood Donor PolicyLook To The Stars
People Magazine –LGBT Weekly –Slate Magazine (blog)
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20Feb/15

Texas boy Matthew Parker will get kidney from teacher Lindsey Painter – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Texas boy Matthew Parker will get kidney from teacher Lindsey Painter
Daily Mail
Doctors performed 16,896 kidney transplants in 2013, but only 5,733 of those came from living donors, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Only 639 of those donations came from people who were not related to the person who needed the kidney.
Texas teacher a ‘perfect match’ to donate kidney to studentKXAN.com

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20Feb/15

New Helvetia develops IPA to celebrate proposed Sacramento farmers market … – Sacramento Bee


Sacramento Bee

New Helvetia develops IPA to celebrate proposed Sacramento farmers market
Sacramento Bee
Plans for the 70,000-square-foot Bright Underbelly mural that two local artists want to install above the Sunday farmers market are well underway, now with support from one of Sacramento’s popular craft breweries. New Helvetia Brewing Company, located

20Feb/15

Chris Christie is the Khal Drogo of the 2016 Republican field – Washington Post (blog)


Washington Post (blog)

Chris Christie is the Khal Drogo of the 2016 Republican field
Washington Post (blog)
Here’s a headline from the New York Times today: “Some Chris Christie Supporters Now Turn Their Backs.” And here’s one from WaPo: “Chris Christie losing home-state donors as Jeb Bush makes inroads.” The gist of both stories is the same: Christie is …

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20Feb/15

William Baker ’16 Becomes Stonehill’s Fourth Be The Match Donor – Stonehill College Athletics


Stonehill College Athletics

William Baker ’16 Becomes Stonehill’s Fourth Be The Match Donor
Stonehill College Athletics
Every year, more than 12,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia or lymphoma for which a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor may be their best or only hope of a cure. About 70 …

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20Feb/15

Did Chris Christie Miss His Chance to Be President? – New York Magazine


New York Magazine

Did Chris Christie Miss His Chance to Be President?
New York Magazine
In the past year, Christie faced various Bridgegate-related investigations, publicly fought with a nurse over Ebola, and sparked a controversy over vaccinations, but according to the New York Times, that’s not what’s driving donors away. Some former …

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20Feb/15

Blood donors – the unsung heroes who walk among us – Asheville Citizen-Times


Asheville Citizen-Times

Blood donors – the unsung heroes who walk among us
Asheville Citizen-Times
February is National Heart Awareness Month and becoming a blood donor is a wonderful way to share the generosity and compassion residing within your heart with others in need. Sharing a piece of your heart now can save the heart of someone else — a …
Kentucky Blood Center needs donations; 50 mobile blood drives cancelled Lexington Herald Leader
WKRBC seeks blood donorsmessenger-inquirer
The Big Chill Affects Ky. Blood SupplyLEX18 Lexington KY News
14 News WFIE Evansville
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