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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>Once Homeless Man Helping Others As He Once Was Helped</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Nanci Hellmich, USA Today) Chef Cecil Morris Jr., 46, of Mobile, Ala., knows what it&#8217;s like to be on both sides of the soup kitchen line. He was homeless and addicted to drugs and alcohol in 1992 when he entered the local Salvation Army&#8217;s adult rehab center. After a year in the program, Morris asked the chef in charge of the kitchen to teach him how to cook. That chef gave him the skills he uses today as the culinary arts director at the Salvation Army in his community, which serves more than 400 meals daily. Read the rest of this story here.]]></description>
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		<title>Habitat for Humanity Building Green Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Habitat for Humanity is one of my favorite charities. Read how they are going green with the homes they build. (Kate Galbraith, New York Times) Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit home building organization headquartered in Americus, Ga., announced plans on Tuesday to build 5,000 &#8220;green&#8221; homes around the country for low-income families. The homes, built over five years, will meet EnergyStar guidelines or other green building standards, like LEED. The project expands on a pilot program and is being done in conjunction with the Home Depot Foundation. Read the rest of the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>Ditch the Dentures and Regrow Your Own Teeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it amazing what scientific breakthroughs are occurring? Here&#8217;s a report from on the use of stem cells to regrow teeth. Dentures and artificial implants will be a thing of the past in the near future. (Fiona MacRae, Daily Mail) Scientists have made teeth from stem cells in a world first that could make dentures a thing of the past. They looked like normal teeth, were sensitive to pain and chewed food easily. While the experiments were on mice, they pave the way for people to &#8216;grow their own teeth&#8217; as required. The technique could also be adapted to other organs, allowing hearts, lungs and kidneys to be grown inside the body to replace parts worn by age or damaged by disease. The rest of the story can be found here.]]></description>
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		<title>Recycle Unwanted Items On Freecycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Freecycle. I&#8217;ve gotten a computer monitor and a printer. My daughter has gotten baby clothes, car seats, strollers, toys, and books for her daughters. We also got artificial Christmas trees and decorations. All were free. We only had to go pick them up. It&#8217;s a wonderful resource to help keep usable items out of the landfills. There are links on my ecology page here at ahhmoments.com. I saw this article about Freecycle and wanted to share. (Rachel Richardson, Cincinnati Enquirer) Diane McWethy needed 20 Barbie dolls fast and on a zero budget. The Goshen librarian planned to use the dolls in an educational program on Egyptian mummies for kids. She posted a request on her local Freecycle group, expecting to travel the county collecting them one-by-one. &#8220;But, of course, there was someone out there with a big, big collection of naked Barbies, and she no longer needed them,&#8221; said McWethy. &#8220;Never have I been more grateful for someone else&#8217;s castoffs.&#8221; See the full story here.]]></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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