Riders and Horses, Both Benefit!

July 12, 2010 In-Stride With Therapeutic Riding
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In-Stride with Therapeutic Riding, Inc. provides recreational horseback riding with therapeutic benefits to children and adults with disabilities.  Currently, we provide lessons for 12 students.  This is a story about one of them and a wonderful horse named Abby.  Abby, the rider, Abby the horse Abby is one of our teenage riders.  She has been [...]

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Outreach Projects to Help Senior Citizens

July 9, 2010 North Hills Community Outreach
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$500 Grants Awarded to Four Groups that Help Local Seniors  Open Your Heart to a Senior has awarded mini-grants of $500 each to four groups that will implement volunteer recruitment and outreach projects that help senior citizens in the local community. The recipients are:

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Say ‘Yes’ and Volunteer at Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry

July 8, 2010 Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry
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Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry, a nonprofit organization located in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh, has many ongoing volunteer opportunities and needs that we hope you can assist with. Some key areas that need your help—–

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RSVP’s Traveling Breakfast Club, It’s Free!

July 6, 2010 RSVP
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The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program(RSVP) of Beaver County is sponsoring  monthly continental breakfast meetings for senior citizens!  This tasty gathering presents different senior care providers every month to discuss various topics vital to senior health & wellbeing! Don’t miss it!  

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5 Ways to Protect Your Eyes from the Summer Skies

July 5, 2010 Beaver County Association for the Blind
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This summer children and their families will be enjoying more outdoor activities and planning family vacations to the beach.  Parents and children are becoming more accustom to applying sunscreen to your skin, whether it’s a cloudy or sunny day, to protect themselves from the harmful UV rays of the sun, but what are we doing [...]

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Ways You Can Help NHCO This July

July 2, 2010 North Hills Community Outreach
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NHCO Collecting School Supplies Through July 31, North Hills Community Outreach is collecting new backpacks and school supplies for distribution to low-income children in grades K-12. Items needed include backpacks (large ones for older kids are especially needed), pencils, rulers, scissors, crayons, markers, notebooks and folders. For more information,

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Learn the Power of the Donor Experience

July 1, 2010 AFP Association of Fundraising Professionals
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PRESENTED BY: JANET L. HEDRICK, CFRE In the past decade, marketing has become more focused on “the experience” to entice customers to make purchases, and more importantly to encourage customers to become repeat buyers. Like automobile companies in promoting “the experience” of driving a car rather than marketing its specific features, institutional advancement and development [...]

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Like Golf? Check Out Anysys Tickets Fore Charity

June 30, 2010 Focus on Renewal
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Focus On Renewal (FOR) is participating in the ANSYS TICKETS Fore CHARITY program, as part of the Mylan Classic Presented by CONSOL Energy, August 30-September 5 at Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg. As with all PGA TOUR sanctioned events, 100% of the net revenues generated by the tournament will be donated to Focus On Renewal [...]

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Would You Like to Volunteer to Help the Hero Program

June 29, 2010 Hero Program
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“I’ve Heard About the Hero Program! So What Can I Do To Help?”  The Hero Program hears this question all the time and it is both easy and difficult to answer. Truthfully, we have many ways that you can help us depending on your interests, talents, and abilities!  Are you a high school student in [...]

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Boys Learning Accountability by Helping in the Community

June 28, 2010 Adelphoi Village/Latrobe
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Adelphoi Village is a private, not-for-profit agency that provides an extensive network of community-based programs and services to over 800 youth and families on a daily basis. We provide group homes, foster and adoption services, charter school, multisystemic therapy, education services, and much more for a complete continuum care for children, youth, and families. Caring [...]

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