News: Non-Profit Organization

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Dr. Bob's SoundSchool (DBSS), the Bob Moog Foundation's hallmark educational project, is expanding to serve two school districts in Western North Carolina. Twenty-five teachers from Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools will be teaching the 10-week curriculum to over 500 second grade students beginning in January. This marks the first time that the two school districts have collaborated on a teaching program.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- According to Nanak Naam Jahaj Gurudwara, the Sikh community of Jersey City will be providing over 2,000 individuals at local area homeless shelters with hot meals, snacks, and fruits on Saturday, December 1, 2012.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Four Seasons, Compassion for Life has received recognition as a top hospice care provider in the state for its significant percentage of patients served for almost a decade.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Donny Disbro, chief executive officer of PCM of California, Inc. (PCM), an Associa company, announced today that company employees raised more than $16,230 during a series of charitable fundraisers over the past several weeks.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. /eNewsChannels/ -- Kids with medical needs feel better and get better with tender loving care. So do older family members with disabilities. But human TLC is seldom handy 24/7. That's where a warm, fuzzy toy animal can make a difference. On Monday, Nov. 12, 250 of them are being donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Greater Las Vegas by LTC Financial Partners, LLC.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap (www.orangeleap.com) is sponsoring 'Tap Into New Donations with Non-cash and Online Giving,' presented by Kevin Myers of iDonate and part of Orange Leap's Shine Brighter Series webcasts for nonprofit organizations. The one-hour webcast will take place Thursday, November 15 at 2 p.m. EST. The session is free, but registration is required.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board announced that Executive Director Sandy Harmsen was appointed to Chair of the California Workforce Association's Executive Committee. The committee facilitates the direction and management of the Association.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Art for Progress (AFP), a NYC 501(c)3 nonprofit, is proud to announce it is hosting artist Michael Alan's 'Living Installation: Family Misfit Healing' on Friday, November 9 at ABC NORIO in NYC's Lower East Side.

TORONTO, Ontario /eNewsChannels/ -- Equation Technologies will be exhibiting with Avectra at the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) National Conference and Showcase November 1-3, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario. Avectra and Equation Technologies will be at Booth 178 (Canada Halls 2 and 3 in the Ottawa Convention Centre).

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Orange Leap has launched a new monthly series of webcasts for nonprofit organizations called the Shine Brighter Series. The first webinar is '5 Ways Nonprofits Can Get More Likes on Their Facebook Page' presented by Randy Vaughn of Fort Worth-based Marketing Twins.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- A recent study of 18-24 year old American high school graduates commissioned by education nonprofit World Savvy, with support from the International Baccalaureate Organization, shows a desire among young people to learn more about global topics, but a conspicuous lack of instruction within American schools to satisfy these needs.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Pacific Pinball Museum, founded ten years ago in the Bay Area city of Alameda, has dedicated its non-profit mission to preserving the art, science and history of pinball. The museum currently has 90 games set to free play for one admission price at its Alameda location. With the ongoing success of its mission, PPM has begun bursting at the seams and needs a new location. The board has set a goal of relocating to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

HAMPTON, N.H. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Project Pawsitive Foundation (www.projectpawsitive.com), a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to renovating animal rescues and shelters in need, has selected the Salem Animal Rescue League in Salem, New Hampshire as the team's fifth animal shelter makeover. The project begins on Friday, September 14.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- Non-profit Move For Hunger presents the Fourth Annual Surfside Food Drive and Concert Series to benefit the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. While hunger may not be on people's minds during the summer holidays, hunger takes no vacations. The summer months can be some of the most difficult for food banks and struggling families as children who receive subsidized lunches are home from school.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Over 175 youth members of the Young Marines from throughout the country will be attending the 30th anniversary of the National Navajo Code Talker Day in Window Rock, Arizona on August 14.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- Out of its commitment to help women, WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology is launching a ten-month leadership program to develop women in their STEM careers as leaders so that they consistently make a difference in the organizations they serve and in the world.

ALAMEDA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM) proudly announces the opening of 'Bagatelle, Pachinko, and Peggle,' an exhibition of early pins-in-a-board games, and the digital extension of these games, Peggle.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Young Marines youth organization and the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Demand Reduction Program have announced the Young Marines Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena Division Awards program. The awards program highlights the exceptional efforts the youth membership of the Young Marines are doing throughout the nation to educate other youths to live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle in their communities through drug demand reduction efforts.

CINCINNATI, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ -- What began as a solo Appalachian Trail (AT) adventure with bears, bugs, and blisters, has become an annual fundraising source for Sunshine, a home for the developmentally disabled in Maumee, Ohio. When author and speaker Jeff Alt embarked on his AT journey to raise funds for Sunshine, he didn't know that his journey would spark the creation of an annual event.

PORTLAND, Ore. /eNewsChannels/ -- Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon is excited to announce a new partnership with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to distribute grants to afterschool programs to help feed more kids in Oregon.

BOSTON, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- WEST: Advancing Women in the Business of Science and Technology, continues its mission to bring visibility to woman leaders by nominating Kip Hollister as Entrepreneur of the Year in Service and Kip was awarded the honor. WEST demonstrated its key success factor of Visibility by nominating two advisory board members: Kip Hollister, CEO Hollister, a leading staffing firm, and Barbara Lynch, James Beard Award Winning Chef and serial restaurateur; to the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- Out of its commitment to having women on Boards, WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology hosted an executive dinner on June 6, 2012 at the Hotel Marlowe Cambridge. The topic of this program was a panel discussion on 'The Economic Impact of Women on Boards.'

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Young Marines National Executive Director Mike Kessler, announced seventeen year old McCall Behringer of Baltimore, Maryland, is the organization's National Young Marine of the Year for 2012-2013. The Young Marines is a national non-profit youth organization for boys and girls ages 8 through the completion of high school.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- Out of its commitment to having women leaders be visible, WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology, nominated two members of their Advisory Board - Kip Hollister and Barbara Lynch for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a San Diego non-profit organization, has been chosen as the beneficiary for the 2nd Annual PayLease Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 9th at Riverwalk Golf Club in Mission Valley. All proceeds will help Fresh Start achieve its mission of transforming the lives of children with deformities through reconstructive surgery.