No one should die absent dignity

No one should die absent dignity. Help bring Summer Smith home. In response to our post of yesterday, The I Have a Name Project has created a crowd-funding page on behalf of Summer Francis Smith. This little girl needs to be reunited with her family for a loving good-bye. They…

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3 Solano College women’s basketball players expelled after arrests

Originally published in the Daily Republic on January 16, 2015 By Ryan McCarthy. Three players on the women’s basketball team for Solano Community College have been expelled after they were arrested this week in connection with an alleged attack Monday at Allan Witt Park on a fellow student. Shemila Johnson,…

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Childhelp

About Childhelp The story of Childhelp spans more than 50 years and is about two young Hollywood actresses’ “chance” encounters—one with 11 homeless orphans abroad, and one with Nancy Reagan —and how they led to a lifelong commitment to helping children in need. CEO and Co-Founder Sara O’Meara and President and Co-Founder Yvonne Fedderson started Childhelp in 1959, establishing it…

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JK Rowling: Isn’t it time we left orphanages to fairytales?

Originally published on theguardian on December 17, 2014 written By JK Rowling.   It was a black-and-white photograph in a newspaper. It showed a small boy, locked in a caged bed in a residential institution. His hands clutched what appeared to be chicken wire containing him, and his expression was…

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