News: Non-Profit Organization

ANAHEIM, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Team AMVETS Welcome Home Program is pleased to announce it is one of 10 recipients for 2014 of Neotrope's annual J.L. Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. Team AMVETS' mission is to serve the veterans of our great nation, and to enhance the mental, physical and social well-being of all veterans.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: California Safe Schools (CSS) today announces it is one of 10 recipients for 2014 of Neotrope's annual J.L. Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. With this commitment, Neotrope(R) will provide public relations and cause-marketing support to CSS over the next year to raise awareness around its programs and accomplishments.

SEATTLE, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Nonprofit fund accounting and software specialist, Vicki Welter, CPA will speak at the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants Not-for-Profit Conference in Seattle, Nov. 20-21, 2014.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Somerset Hills and Somerset Valley YMCAs are pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2015 both organizations will formally join together to form one YMCA association that will be known as the Somerset County YMCA. Since 2000, an increasing number of YMCAs across the country have seen great success through mergers as a proven and effective model that contributes to the sustainability of YMCAs.

NILES, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Graziano's Brick Oven Pizza continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary year by raising funds for Advocate Medical Group's Adult Down Syndrome Center in October. When guests mention the Adult Down Syndrome Center to their Graziano's server, 20 percent of their total food and beverage spend will be donated to the Center.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: North Carolina's Four Seasons Compassion for Life, a respected hospice and palliative care provider, again leads the state and Mountain Area counties for its significant percentage of patients served at their end of life through its hospice services and programs.

ANAHEIM, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Anaheim-based Esperanza High School Cheer and Song Leaders are hosting Team Up for St. Jude Spirited by Varsity - Game Day, a spirit week to raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R). The Aztec cheer and song teams are enlisting students and fans to help sideline childhood cancer and other deadly diseases by cheering on the Cardinal and Gold at Brea Olinda High Stadium on October 2, 2014, at 7 p.m.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Increasing numbers of western North Carolina's senior citizens will now be safe at home thanks to Council on Aging of Buncombe County, Inc., or COA, and its newest community partners, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. The initiative, 'Seniors Safe at Home,' results from the integration of multiple COA programs.

TAMPA, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Florida-based Joshuacord, a Christian, nondenominational non-profit organization, is hosting its second annual 5K Joshua 1:9 Religious Freedom Run. It's scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 13, 2014 from 8 to 10 a.m. The race will start and finish at Al Lopez Park, 4810 N. Himes Ave., Tampa.

MIAMI, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: When Jhasmidah Alexandre, founder, president and CEO of Philanthropy from the Heart, Inc., overcame homelessness, she made a promise that she would give back to help those less fortunate and in need. And that's exactly what she's doing. On Friday, September 26, a free fundraising event will be held at Joe Celestin Center in North Miami, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Western North Carolina residents who wish to learn more about compassionate care during serious illness are invited to attend an event co-hosted by Four Seasons Compassion for Life and Pardee Hospital. The Lunch and Learn, 'Introduction to Palliative Care 101,' will be noon September 30, 2014, at the Pardee Signature Care Clinic in Blue Ridge Mall.

TUSTIN, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: It's time for several teams of war-injured military veterans and active servicemen participating in the 'Never Quit Challenge' organized by Shawn Alladio to put their personal watercraft into the Pacific Ocean and do what they've always done - finish the job. Event to help Wounded Veterans Charities.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Since Spring of 2014, the 'Ice Bucket Challenge' has raised over $80 million for funding ALS research. Inspired by this success, the 'Rice Bucket Challenge' has been created by non-profit groups including the World Mind Network, Adelina Foundation and BatangasVarsitarian.

RALEIGH, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The non-profit National Inclusion Project and Co-founders Clay Aiken and Diane Bubel are proud to announce the Magic of a Smile Champions Gala to be held September 20 in Raleigh, N.C. celebrating Champions of Inclusion and ensuring that no child sits on the sidelines. Clay Aiken will entertain the guests in his one and only public performance of 2014.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Council on Aging of Buncombe County, Inc. celebrates 50 Years with a gala Saturday, August 23, from 6:30-10 p.m. Since 1964, Council on Aging's senior-centered support remains respected for its leadership and commitment to quality of life for aging adults and their care givers. Today, the agency's services remain relevant and popular, serving a growing number of Buncombe County residents.

TORRANCE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Neotrope, a 31 year old brand marketing, PR, and content development firm in California, today announced launch of its latest annual PR Grant program for U.S.-based 501(c)3 charities for 2014. Launched in 2000, the non-profit PR Grant was designed to help raise awareness of selected charities to traditional media, to the public, as well as to potential 'halo' sponsors.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Asheville Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) today announces a 'Bitter Pill Rally' scheduled for Sat., July 26, 2014, in response to recent Supreme Court decisions limiting women's rights. Leaders cite the pressing need to direct the attention of North Carolina legislators to the immediate improvement of women's rights at the state and national levels.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: North Carolina's Four Seasons Compassion for Life has been chosen by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization as part of its new 'Moments of Life: Made Possible By Hospice' campaign. Through one patient's personal story, Four Seasons demonstrates the hospice focus on living and enabling special moments and memories at end of life for patients and their loved ones.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: North Carolina's Four Seasons Compassion for Life, an award-winning hospice and palliative care industry leader, has become a national partner of 'We Honor Veterans,' a pioneering campaign developed by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Four Seasons Compassion for Life today was notified they are the prospective recipients of a $9.5 million grant award from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, a program of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The non-profit agency emerges as the sole hospice and palliative care provider nationwide chosen to implement health care reform over a three year period through its innovative community care model.

VAN NUYS, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Heritage League of the Second Air Division, and celebrated philanthropists Jane and Bert Boeckmann of Galpin Ford, today announced today they have joined forces to honor WWII Veterans at the 70th Anniversary D-Day Luncheon at the 94th Aero Squadron in Van Nuys on Friday, June 6, 2014 at 10 a.m. All WWII Veterans, friends and family are encouraged and invited to attend.

LOWELL, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Coalition for a Better Acre in Lowell today announced the hiring of Yun-Ju Choi as the organization's new Executive Director. Coalition for a Better Acre is a nonprofit membership-based community development corporation dedicated to resident empowerment and sustainable community revitalization for current and future residents of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley.

FLAT ROCK, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Four Seasons Compassion for Life celebrates its '35th Birthday Bash' Saturday, May 10, 2014, with a true birthday party from 6 - 10 p.m. The anniversary party promises to be lively, featuring musician Kat Williams, local craft beverages and cuisine, pinata raffle baskets and more

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Njekwa Lumbwe, national coordinator of the Palliative Care Alliance of Zambia, is the guest of honor at a premiere film screening of 'A Unified Presence,' on Saturday, March 22, at Hendersonville High School Auditorium. Lumbwe will host a 'talk back' session for audience members following the viewing. A VIP welcome reception will precede the event at the Four Seasons Palliative Care Clinic.

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Adoptions of older children and teens are often called 'rescues' because kids 'age out' at 16 Years-old. These children usually wind up homeless, with bleak futures. Many become addicted to drugs. Project One Forty Three, Inc. (Project 143), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presently working with orphanages in Ukraine, Latvia and China, pairs these forgotten, hard-to-adopt kids with 'host families' in the U.S. for 4-6 weeks each summer and winter.