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For the Win: Pennies FUR Pets
Posted by on June 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM EDTEleanor Schoenbrun, an 8-year-old from El Paso, Texas, founded Pennies Fur Pets to help rescue animals find homes.
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Exploring Communities of Muslim Women throughout History
Posted by on May 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM EDTThe National Endowment for the Humanities and the Office of Public Engagement host a discussion on places and moments in time when communities of Muslim women began to expand their legal rights.
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A Veterans Path
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:30 AM EDTA soldiers path in life when returning home is not always clear cut and obvious. Cassaundra learned this the hard way when she completed her service as she began going to college full-time, working full-time, and raising two children. She now serves veterans by reaching out to mentor women leaving the armed forces with her organization F7 group.
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Helping Veterans and Businesses Succeed Together
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:10 AM EDTJohn Reynolds and his organization Veterans2Work seek to educate both veterans and companies on the ways to find and utilize each other. By teaching veterans about going on a job search and teaching companies how best to utilize the mission-oriented mindset of a soldier Veterans2Work hopes to lower the unemployment rate of young and disabled veterans.
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Helping Survive the Peace
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDTAs a Vietnam verteran, Bob Curry saw the opportunity to help out a new generation of soldiers when the Afganistan War and War in Iraq began. He began DryHootch, a non-profit organizaiton, with the goal in mind to give veterans a safe, alcohol-free, drug-free environment to deal with the PTS they might be feeling after returning home.
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In Service - Veterans Helping Veterans
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 10:50 AM EDTJeffery Hanson works to give veterans the means to reach recovery on their own terms. His non-profit organization Palmetto State Base Camp provides transitional residential housing for homeless veterans supported by a program designed to return veterans to independent living and self-sufficiency.
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MOMENTUM: Passing the Baton of Service
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 10:30 AM EDTeMerging Entrepreneurs, Inc. and its chairman TJ Breeden have created the opportunities for veterans and their families in North Carolina to meet hiring firms and employers, as well as college recruiters and advanced education counselors. This program, and the programs that will follow in its steps, will be a driving force for economic prosperity, educational advancement, and entrepreneurialism for our soldiers.
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The Joy of Sharing my Pain
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM EDTSamuel Luna is a Vietnam veteran who suffered from PTS until he attended a weekend program to help him understand his Vietnam experience and the role PTS had played and continued to play in his life. Samuel now seeks to spread this treatment to help other veterans.
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Advocacy by a Veteran, for Veterans.
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 10:10 AM EDTJoey Strickland is a veteran who learned a lot about leadership during his service. Now that he's retired, he has dedicated his life to veteran affairs and has come up with a state program that he hopes will enable the nation as a whole to better serve its veterans.
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Feeding the "Book Famine"
Posted by on May 22, 2012 at 5:59 PM EDTShannon McNamara is a young woman working to end the "book famine" in Africa.
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