Community development is the process by which civic leaders, activists, local citizens, and professionals improve various aspects of local communities. It empowers individuals with the skills needed to effect change, including building political power and working for a common agenda based on values of fairness, opportunity, and social justice.
NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Here's a real sunshine story! Started June 1, 2009, for every SUNNAN solar-powered lamp sold in IKEA stores worldwide, one lamp will be given to UNICEF to light up the life of a child. The first shipments...
Canada Goose Inc&trade, a Canadian extreme outerwear company, has recently put in place an initiative to furnish Arctic residents with fabrics and accessories they can use to manufacture winter clothing. This project diverts the manufacturer's high quality surplus materials to populations that have...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark and the Boston Red Sox have officially launched the 2009 season of the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camps at Fenway Park. The baseball camps provide New England children with disabilities an action-packed, dream-fulfilling...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Parents have less disposable income for children’s play-related activities because of the economy and funding for Parks and Recreation departments nationwide continues to dwindle during a time when 82 percent of parents believe kids don’t spend enough time playing outside.^...
Washington, DC. - July 7, 2009 - The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) has a vision for America’s urban parks. The model for this sustainable vision – called “Parks Build Community” – utilizes urban parks as a core component in the revitalization...
NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- To support individual action and embed a culture of responsible leadership, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) today announced two additional approaches to driving the firm's corporate responsibility efforts through empowering its people and impacting the...
COSTA MESA, CA. - April 30, 2009– Responding to national attention in domestic jobs, US-made products, and green-energy sector, Sustainable Kids, an emerging leader in the specialty children’s market as a environmental children’s lifestyle brand, has created an affordable, US-made, highly-certified collection of...
Both Empower Youth to Make A Difference for Military Families and the Environment DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At more than 3.6 million recycled cell phones and counting since July 2007, Cell Phones for Soldiers (CPFS) and AT&T* are sharing fireworks with patriots,...
DENVER, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Education Commission of the States (ECS) and the National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC) are pleased to announce the recipients of the Service-Learning Schools of Success Award. Ten schools were selected based on their support of...
NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MS&L, one of the world's leading communications firms, is offering $100,000 in pro-bono communications and social media support to a non-profit organization based in the New York metropolitan area that focuses on youth and young adults in...
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