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Colorblindness: Implications for Youth Services

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Young boys are generally not allowed in the Girl Scouts, as noted by Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama : “Our many years of experience shows that girls have unique needs and interests that are best met in a program designed especially for them, delivered in an all-girl setting.”. A second reason may be fear based.

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Building a Better Recruitment and Admissions Funnel with UMBC

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a dynamic public research university integrating teaching, research, and service to benefit the citizens of Maryland. Success Story: Helping Children Heal With Salesforce. Success Story: The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Transforming Student Journeys Through Salesforce.

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#bbcon Just Took Over Austin, TX| Day 1 Recap

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Nicholas Kristof brought out a few tears (at least from me) in his keynote session that covered everything from the value of storytelling, the struggle of partisan politics, Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s), the role of media for causes, demining rats, deworming children and teenage pregnancy rates in the Us compared to Europe.

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How the Alabama Eye Bank Runs Its Entire Organization on FileMaker

Tech Soup

The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye tissue to surgeons in Alabama, as well as many other places, quickly. I rarely hear about a database as mission critical as that of the Alabama Eye Bank. The Alabama Eye Bank.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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I too dream of a day when we live out our creed, of a day when we treat each other as equals, of a day when children. of a day when all of God''s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, ''My country, ''tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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I too dream of a day when we live out our creed, of a day when we treat each other as equals, of a day when children. of a day when all of God''s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, ''My country, ''tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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Coming to a Public School Near You: Hopefully, You as a Volunteer

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Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school. Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. A couple things to know about working in the public schools. 826national.org. Be flexible.