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
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
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
Montana Early Care Initiative - Strategic Investments for Early Childhood Development
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
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
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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