Willow Shanks owns the Inspired Life Health Club in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Out of her participation in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Shanks created “Run for Their Lives”, a team treadmill competition wherein four local teams compete to raise money for local charities. The Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper, which had a team in the event, [...]

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In 2002 Penny Beatty had an idea to create a resource fair that specifically addressed the needs and interests of women. 5 years and 25 events later, this project is still going strong. From: Suburban Woman North Shore The spirit of community was a key factor for many of us who decided to be part [...]

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Special Spectators was a project created in 2002 by Blake Rockwell while he was a participant in the Landmark Self Expression and Leadership Program. Blake is a huge sports fan and got the idea to give seriously ill children a chance to attend College Sporting Events. In the 5 years since the project began, Special [...]

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Group offering help to mothers Volunteers assist by tackling tasks From: Sun Sentinal South Florida By Laura Burdick-Sherman Mothers need as much help they can get as far as Joelle Smith is concerned. And that’s her vision for a newly created organization, Mothers For Mothers. “Every mother needs assistance with watching their kids; either they [...]

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Kids Hit the Books to Build A Kitchen From WCAV- Alexandria Virginia Elementary school students at Greer and Stony Point are hitting the books to help poor students in rural Mexico build a kitchen at their school. The second graders have read 2,000 books. They hope people and businesses will donate $5 for each book [...]

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Mother’s Day Bowling Event to Raise Money to Purchase Bednets From: Canadian Broadcasting Company More needs to be done to fight malaria, one of the biggest killers of children in Africa, advocates said Wednesday in support of a bed-net fundraising campaign. For several years, African governments have marked April 25 as Africa Malaria Day, to [...]

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Limbs For Life From 9NEWS NOW Washington D.C. If there was ever a pitch for a cause, Jessica Rogers knows how to hit it. “Some kids that don’t have legs and arms, they’re gonna get money for them to get fake legs and arms.” “How important is that?” asks 9NEWS NOW reporter Emily Schmidt. “That’s [...]

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Bringing joy to the world … From the The Star Canterbury, New Zealand 14.03.2007 By AMANDA LEGGE Les and Bridgette Richards no longer have concerns about an empty future without children. The Bromley couple, who had been trying to conceive since they married in 1999, will not only have their own child next month – [...]

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Learning center for cancer patients’ children teaches new frames of reference Seattle Times March 1, 2007 By Alan Berner Staff Photographer Through My Eyes, Photography taught to kids at Hutch Cancer Research Center Hutch School A camera company used to advertise, “You push the button, we do the rest” — as if good photography comes [...]

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Sophia Niarchos created a project to use Karoke to lift the spirits of people in a rehab center.  Here is a story that was published in Greek News, a Greek American newspaper.   Glen Cove, N.Y. — They couldn’t go out for New Year’s Eve revelry or even stay in their comfortable homes just to [...]

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