Studying the chill factor
No doubt, cold weather can be hard on your health, but there may be a silver lining or two.

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Young ‘HEROES’ Address Childhood Obesity Epidemic, Support First Lady Michelle Obama’s ”Let’s Move” Initiative
WASHINGTON—-With First Lady Michelle Obama’s announcement of a major initiative against childhood obesity, “Let’s Move,” hundreds of schools and organizations across the United States have launched youth-led service-learning initiatives focused on the growing epidemic.

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Nonprofit News
As our community continues to face a tight economy and shrinking budgets, the Daily Record has established this page that will each week chronicle the efforts of local nonprofit organizations.

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Community assessment seeks residents’ opinions
Churchill County residents will have more than a dozen opportunities this week to share their opinions about the community, its challenges and assets and future projects they would like to see. A Community Needs Assessment consists of about 17 “listening sessions” held around Fallon Monday through Thursday. Each listening session will pose the same three questions to residents: * What are the …

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I have volunteered and worked with community organizers for 10 years helping provide after school programs to children in coal mining towns in WV. I am aghast and INSULTED by the way conservatives have derided what we do.

Kashona shares with us why she volunteered with zalguya in the Community for Fairmount Park Day.

Montvale, Park Ridge ask NJ Transit to review operations because of delays for emergency vehicles
Park Ridge Mayor Donald Ruschman hopes to talk to train officials about the possibility of changing where trains stop so that Park or Madison Avenue remains open to emergency vehicles.

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Library kicks off ‘Be a Sport’ initiative
BULLHEAD CITY – It’s an unusual marriage – sports and the public library – but it makes perfect sense to Emilie Lengrand. “This is a Mohave County Library District thing,” said Lengrand, library assistant for the Bullhead City branch. “We do community-based things.

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Montvale, Park Ridge ask NJ Transit for help on gates
Officials in Park Ridge and Montvale plan to ask NJ Transit to review its operations in Park Ridge and Montvale to make it easier for emergency vehicles to cross the tracks to respond to emergencies when a train is in the station.

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Walk the walk
For the third year, the city of Plano is looking to build its corps of volunteers committed to making Plano greener.

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Leeds: Fruitful way to aid community
For years the tiles proclaiming “we endeavour to please you” were hidden under layers of paint.

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I want to hear a little more about community development from people to have been a PCV
Region B, I was told, includes Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi….maybe one other

The Leeds & Grenville Volunteer Bureau kicked off volunteer week with the Community Mayor’s Walk to raise money for a number of non-profit organizations