CALENDAR for the week of Jan. 28, 2010
The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir will be performing a free community concert in Milpitas beginning at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 7 at Calvary Assembly of God, 130 Piedmont Road. Admission is free.

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Havre grad flies Haiti freighters
HAVRE — A captain in the 62nd Air Force support squadron, Havre High 1996 graduate Bert King, has spent the last three years transporting needed military supplies to help in our country’s military efforts.

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25th International Week going where no week has gone before
Simon Yackulic , News Staff With an appropriately diverse array of global topics and presentations, it may be hard to pinpoint just one single theme running through this year’s International Week, which takes place across the University of Alberta campus from February 1–5. read more

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Gates Chili seventh-grader makes difference for school in Mali
Abby Farnham helped raise more than $1,600 for the Build a School in Africa program.

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Kiwanis Selects Three Finalists for Worldwide Service Project
INDIANAPOLIS, February 1 /PRNewswire/ — – Proposed projects will combat global diseases Kiwanis International is searching for its next global cause, and its International Board of Trustees has selected three Worldwide Service Project finalists: Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases for their Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) proposal; Malaria No More and the Canadian Red Cross for …

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A quick look at what Earthwatch supports and how you can help.

Poverty, homelessness, massive polution, genocide,torture of prisoners, religious persecution, corporate war profiteering,

While all of this is going on in the world you’re sitting here answering irelivant questions.

Do you volunteer your time or donate services or money towards combating these atrocities on the human species & our world?
BTW, I’m about to head out to an educational fundraiser.
I’m a regular donor to :Save darfur, ACLU, planned parenthood & I use my time to campaign for equal rights under the law for homosexuals
(I may be straight, but I’m not narrow)
BTW, I’m about to head out to an educational fundraiser.
I’m a regular donor to :Save darfur, ACLU, planned parenthood & I use my time to campaign for equal rights under the law for homosexuals
(I may be straight, but I’m not narrow)

Many people tithe, something like 6% of evangelical Christians in the US. But many millions more tithe and/or give money to no-profits and/or volunteer, contribute to food banks, etc. The Hindu and Muslim peoples also care for those in need. I’m trying to determine a round number or percentage of US and/or global population that would be a fair assessment of the people who give in these ways. Please advise and provide some sources, if possible. I believe this is a very important number for us to know in regarding the civility and spirituality of peoples in their core beliefs and actions both at home and abroad. Thank you, William Superluminal

From a recession to a measured resurgence, Telluride endures
If we learned anything about ourselves and about Telluride in 2009, it’s that we, and this town, endure. This last year was defined in simple economic terms for us, and we learned a lesson: Even our sno-globe town isn’t invincible. Our region made difficult financial decisions as revenues that once flowed ebbed. We braced against a recession and swallowed the passings of our friends. But for all …

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Civil Air Patrol beginning
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is forming a new squadron at the Wickenburg Municipal Airport. Youth ages 12 to 18 may join as cadets and work their way up to the top ranks, earning greater responsibility and self-confidence. Many cadets go on to careers in aviation, space, and the military.

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Free skiing isn’t actually free
Once winter settles into the region, miles of Nordic trails can be found unspooling across the flanks of mountains, through low meadows and even in the park.

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Historic Gardens, seniors get federal cash
By Lawrence Powell Spectator NovaNewsNow.com Much-needed infrastructure repairs at Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal are now possible thanks to a $38,760 infusion of funds from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, West Nova MP Greg Kerr said January 25. The MP announced the funding to the Historic Gardens Society on behalf of Keith Ashford, ACOA minister. The society also received an $18 …

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Mission team to world: Please help Haiti
By Margaret Whitmer Reporter One member of a Methodist mission team that recently returned from Haiti admits she was glad there were no televisions to show her the devastation that followed the massive earthquake in that nation’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. read more

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- Involving the medical field or involving volunteering in a hospital.
- Not a christian mission trip.
- Something that’s possible to save up for within a year. Less than 3,500(All expenses including airfare) preferred.
- Not in the Americas, but Asia, Africa, or Oceania.
- For teenagers at least 15

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