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Haiti Relief

American Jewish World Service

CARE’s Emergency Response in Haiti

CARE Report: I Am Powerful (PPT)

CARE: Scout’s Honor Story

CARE: Haiti - Through the Lens (Video)

Better Beginnings

Child Trends: New Report Compares Child Care Quality Rating Systems

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Coalition for Early Education to be Formed

Public Service Announcement (Video)

Pathways / Education

Six Tips for Making Recess More Fun

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Georgia must win "Race to the Top"

CBS News: Obama unveils Race to the Top contest

Washington Post: Education reform's moon shot

AJC: Data systems key to stimulus

eSchool News: $5 billion carrot for schools overhaul

AJC: Ex-shelter Teen is Bound for Boston University

Parade: Coaching students to stay in school

AJC: Carver’s success inspires Atlanta to shrink schools

AJC: Student rolls don’t add up


Children and Families

AJC: From diapers to diplomas

Gaylord Herald Times: Enrollment drive begins for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

WJBF: 1 in 6 GA children hungry

GPB programming: The Road Beyond Abuse

New Georgia initiative to improve child health

CBS video: Teach a healthy body, get a healthy mind

New federal loan plans unveiled to help homeowners

Inspiring Spaces

$1 million EPA grant will green BeltLine brownfields

Jimmy Carter’s Plains homes may become national park

Atlanta school leaders re-negotiating BeltLine investment

What will the BeltLine look like?

3-hour tours share BeltLine vision

State teen birth rate rises for second year in a row

Report faults Atlanta for lack of park space

Atlanta believes in Beltline

Art of Change

CNN: Blacks in orchestras (This video takes a closer look at the ASO's Talent Development Program.)

Atlanta Arts Fund launches recovery initiative

Time Magazine: The recession and the arts

Mountain Sky Guest Ranch Fund

Montana Early Care Initiative - Strategic Investments for Early Childhood Development

Bozeman trail dedicated

Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation

Obesity Prevention Works Best in the Under-5 Crowd

Success of community interventions for childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group

Falcons focused on youth fitness

Public Television feature on HOPSports

Falcons Fitness Zone grant partner wins national award

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Event to Promote Increased Access to Healthy Foods in Schools and Neighborhoods

Enliven Atlanta Magazine: Moved In the Spirit (PDF)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia youths some of heaviest in U.S.

Falcons Help Over 6,500 Kids Stay Fit with Fitnessgram® Assessment Tool

Washington Post: First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Reclaiming our agrarian heritage

Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation Announces $214,500 in Grants to Improve Youth Fitness

NY Times: Forget Goofing Around: Recess Has a New Boss

Washington Post: For healthier kids, increase the federal school lunch budget

Business Week: Fitness May Boost Kids' Grades

GPB Weekend Edition: The Science of Why Kids Need Nature

Michelle Obama: America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids

New Childhood Obesity Foundation: Partnership for a Healthier America

Volunteerism

National service act to create hundreds of thousands of volunteer opportunities

Foundation practices

Join Philanthropy’s Next Gen on Facebook

More than 1/3 of family foundations are uncertain about lifespan or expect to spend down

Ten nonprofit funding models

Financial safety net of nonprofits is fraying

Foundation giving in ‘08 defined huge asset decline

Environmental groups feel the pinch

Senate measure seeks to spur foundation giving

Speculation about Obama’s social-innovation efforts

More foundations advance their causes by offering prizes

Additional Recent Articles of interest:

Atlanta civil rights center names creative director

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta hopes stimulus bill will pay for new airport terminal

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Franklin: Stimulus may mean 40,000 jobs for area

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Homeowners facing foreclosure turn out for help

 

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