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PGA Tour offering $40 million in bonus money to top stars Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, bumps fists with Jon Rahm, of Spain, on the 18th green during the second round of the Masters golf tournament on Friday, April 9, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Matt Slocum Dustin Johnson watches his drive down the ninth fairway during the final round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Sunday, April 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) Stephen B. Morton Modi...

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden supports new Sauk Valley Community College program The program would allow high school students to earn up to three years of free schooling by completing 100 hours of community service. Author: Katherine Bauer Updated: 5:26 PM CDT April 19, 2021 DIXON, Ill. — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden shared her vision for higher education in Dixon Monday, April 19 sharing her plans for higher education. "Theres no greater investment than in education,...

Click here to listen to the story: Dr. Biden -- herself a community college professor -- spoke about how vital institutions like Sauk Valley are to students and forging connections in their community. “This school supports students in so many ways," she said, "from individualized counseling to work programs to with local manufacturing.”  The community college’s Impact Program will be one of more than 350 tuition-free “College Promise” initiatives across the country. Students will soo...

Jill Biden revisits the idea of free community college First lady Jill Biden on Monday stepped up her call for affordable community college for all Americans who wish to attend, revisiting her support for free community colleges. Biden resurfaced the idea — an objective that President Joe Biden helped launch when he was vice president under Barack Obama — on Monday during a visit to Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Illinois. The proposal languished in the Obama administration’s age...

The First Lady of the United States is headed to nearby Dixon on Monday.

Northpointe Bank and Seeds of Promise Partnership Helps Homeowners Repair and Improve Their Homes News provided by Share this article Share this article GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Northpointe Bank believes in the value of building trusted life-long relationships with the communities it serves. One of the ways Northpointe does this is by accessing grant funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Indianapolis each spring to provide assistance to low and moderate inc...

(Credit: Pixabay) Nature’s Logic has become the first pet food company to join the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), a business organization advancing the power of business for a just and sustainable world. Nature’s Logic aspires to a sustainable business model with programs and practices that include:    Clean Food, Clean Energy: As part of its Clean Food Clean Energy Program, Nature’s Logic purchases 1 kWh of renewable energy for every pound of pet food Nature’s Logic ...

Reply Dec. 16, 2020 Environmental advocates, elected officials and community leaders joined together for a virtual press event today to highlight public opposition to NTE Partners proposed fracked gas plant in Killingly, and to call for a moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in Connecticut. Together, grassroots activists have generated over 650 hand-written letters to Governor Lamont, in addition to 2,550 emails to the Governor and CT Elected Officials in opposition to the prop...

Share: TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the next step in its fast-evolving social impact journey, Green Shield Canada (GSC) is pleased to announce $4 million of funding to six new Community Foundation partnerships. These new partnerships – with Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, Ottawa Community Foundation, Foundation of Greater Montreal, Toronto Foundation, Fondation Quebec Philanthrope, and Haida Gwaii Community Foundation – double GSCs network across Canada to 12 Com...

♪ your little boy aint gonna die ♪ >> along with the discipline youre trying to instill that theres more to doing things than the road that they have chosen. they can educate themselves. they can get jobs. they can learn how to be better parents. were giving them a sense of responsibility, you know. if you can do this the right way, its going to pay off. you dont have to just sell drugs, you know, to feel important. ♪ i used to drive a cadillac ♪ ♪ i used to drive a cadillac ♪ ♪ no...