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		<title>World Habitat Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Followers of this website will be aware of the fact, one of my favorite charities is Habitat for Humanity. The following information comes from their press release regarding the upcoming global awareness day. Additional information can be found here. The United Nations has designated the first Monday each October as World Habitat Day. This year on October 5 in Washington, D.C. and around the world, please join Habitat for Humanity in support of this global observance as we come together and declare that the lack of decent, affordable housing is unacceptable. According to the United Nations, more than 100 million people in the world today are homeless. Millions more face a severe housing problem living without adequate sanitation, with irregular or no electricity supply and without adequate security. Worldwide, more than 2 million housing units per year are needed for the next 50 years to solve the present worldwide housing crisis. With our global population expanding, however, at the end of those 50 years, there would still be a need for another 1 billion houses. (UN-HABITAT: 2005) Raising awareness and advocating for change are the first steps toward transforming systems that perpetuate the global plague of poverty housing. World Habitat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donors Make A Difference Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever known someone whom you wished you could help financially but knew they would be embarrassed or distressed in some way if you offered them money face to face? Or maybe it&#8217;s your own embarrassment that stops you. Especially if you think the amount you can share would not be enough to make a difference. Here is an incredible idea! A web site where you can help anonymously. Watch the video below from NBC News. With the help of a private website that allows donors to give anonymously, philanthropy is thriving online. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy You can find the web site at Giving Anonymously.]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Transplant Recipient Jack Kachmarik Figuring What To Do With His Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Harlan Spector, Plain Dealer Reporter) The doctors at University Hospitals have never seen a patient like Jack Kachmarik. He arrived by helicopter the night of Sunday, May 31. It was unusual enough to see a 19-year-old having a major stroke. But for Jack to say his name and lift his right arm within minutes after blood clots were cleared from his cerebral arteries, that was remarkable. Doctors told Jack&#8217;s mother that his recovery was like a miracle. Nancy Kachmarik thought how lucky they were to dodge catastrophe. Had they not fished out the clots, Jack would be dead or paralyzed. The lingering question was, why does a 19-year-old have a stroke? Soon, Nancy learned the stroke was a symptom of a bigger problem. Jack needed a new heart. Continue reading the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Hugs Can Be Hard To Give Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love hugs. Both giving and receiving them. I&#8217;ve always been intrigued by how the simple act of hugging can improve a persons mood. It doesn&#8217;t matter if the person is a stranger or not. I&#8217;ve often thought about making a sign, standing in front of a local shopping mall and offering free hugs. Here&#8217;s the story, taken from Wikipedia, of a man who did that very thing. The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. The campaign in its present form was started in 2004 by an Australian man known only by the pseudonym &#8220;Juan Mann&#8221;. The campaign became famous internationally in 2006 as the result of a music video on YouTube by the Australian band Sick Puppies. The hugs are meant to be random acts of kindness &#8211; purportedly selfless acts performed by a person for the sole reason of making others feel better. International Free Hugs Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of July (on July 4, 2009). The Free Hugs campaign in its present form was started by Juan Mann on June 30, 2004, when he commenced giving out hugs in the Pitt St Mall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Cuddlers: Infants Benefit &#8212; But So Do Hospital Volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune) Holding a baby barely larger than her hand, Barbara Whitfield coos to the infant, his translucent eyelids fluttering slightly before surrendering to sleep. But in the neonatal intensive care unit at Rush University Medical Center, it would be difficult to tell just who in this duo is more serene. &#8220;How many people get to surround themselves with this kind of peace?&#8221; she asked, tightly wrapping a receiving blanket around the 4-pounder. &#8220;A few hours here will carry me for the rest of the week.&#8221; Forget yoga class, massage or meditation. Whitfield, 62, has discovered tranquility as a &#8220;cuddler&#8221; &#8212; a volunteer who helps babies born too soon thrive in those first scary weeks. Read the rest of the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>With Doctor&#8217;s Help, Homeless Man Learns To Heal His Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune) Three years ago, Everett Atkinson was a medical disaster waiting to happen. The 6-foot-7 homeless man couldn&#8217;t stand up long without his legs swelling dangerously. His heart was bad, his circulatory system was damaged and his body was giving out after years of alcoholism, drug abuse and neglect. Help came his way, unexpectedly, from a doctor who had bought StreetWise newspapers from Atkinson for years. When Dr. Allen Goldberg learned Atkinson had been thrown out of a flophouse because he couldn&#8217;t pay the bill, the doctor offered him a chance to live in his building for a while and rebuild his health. It was an act of compassion that reverberates to this day. The retired pediatrician has become a mentor to a man who lost his way and wanted a fresh start. Each man, in coming to know the other, has opened his eyes to another way of life. Read the rest of the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>People making a difference: Jeremy Gilley</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor) Jeremy Gilley doesn&#8217;t have time for skeptics. He prefers the company of hopeful humanitarians, sincere celebrities, and most of all, children, who recharge him with their enthusiasm for his quest. That quest is both profound and modest: to have the whole world observe – even if just once a year – a day of peace, a day when the violence stops and bridges of trust are built so that, eventually, lasting peace can be reached. Click here to read more.]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless Man Determined to Make a Better Life For Daughters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man speaking to Cecilia Trotter&#8217;s second-grade class at Winston Park Elementary in Coconut Creek, Florida certainly doesn&#8217;t appear to fit the image society has of the homeless. Well groomed and impeccably dressed in a crisply ironed button down shirt and tie, Duane Harris, 49, an honors student with a perfect 4.0 GPA at Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a homeless father of two who lives in his car, stores his possessions in a storage unit, and dreams of a career as a computer programmer. Harris became homeless after Hurricane Wilma, staying at shelters, and then after getting a car in June 2008, living in it. He showers at a friends apartment. His closet is the storage unit he rents. He studies at the school and public libraries, at the storage unit, or in his car. Sleeping in the car is a bit of a risk. Police often tap on the window to tell him to move on. After hearing his story and seeing the picture of Duane&#8217;s to little girls, taped to the steering wheel they usually &#8220;soften up&#8221; as Duane says. Those two faces which stare out at him from that picture are his motivation. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cans For A Cure Helping Both The Environment And Cancer Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Ahhmoment News is a story about two Texas State University-San Marcos students who are combining two of my favorite concerns &#8211; recycling and charity. They collect cans from fellow students weekend partying to donate to cancer research. Learn more about Cans for a Cure in the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Boy Walking from &#8220;My House to the White House&#8221; to Benefit Homeless Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love stories about kids helping others. This story is about 11 year old Zach Bonner. Who says there aren&#8217;t any good kids these days?]]></description>
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