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On The Ridge: Finding the Light Hunter Camara, left, and columnist Joe Judd show off a turkey bagged during a hunt last month. COURTESY/JOE JUDD Ernie Calandrelli, left, and columnist Joe Judd during a turkey hunting trip last month. COURTESY/JOE JUDD Published: 5/12/2021 7:30:47 PM My best turkey hunt thus far was in Rhode Island during the Matt Light Foundation Youth Day Hunt. What an excellent time it was at Addieville East Farm, reuniting with good friend, early mentor and one of the best ...

ATLANTA (May 12, 2021) — Habitat for Humanity International today announced that Jacqueline Innocent, who currently serves as the organization’s vice president of volunteer and institutional engagement, will join the organization’s senior management group as senior vice president of integrated programs. In this key senior leadership role effective in June, Innocent will advance the organization’s global housing initiatives by providing overall strategic direction and management of Habit...

2013 Pop star Madonna sold a painting by French artist, sculptor and filmmaker, Fernand Leger to raise funds for supporting girls’ education projects in the Middle East and South Asia. The 1921 painting, which Madonna bought for $3.4m in 1990 and was titled ‘Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge’ (Three Women at the Red Table) fetched $7.2 million at a Sotheby’s sale in New York. Madonna with her adopted daughter Mercy James Image Credit: AP Madonna’s Ray of Light Foun...

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6251069714001 When public schools shut down last year millions of homes became virtual classrooms. Students became anxious, disinterested, and isolated; unable to truly interact with friends and teachers. Many say the result led to a pandemic within a pandemic as some kids struggled to find answers or a way out. Heathyr Sidle and Michael Myronuk have fond memories of their 14-year-old son Michael Jr. "One of the most unique kids Ive ever met," Sidle told CBN News. "He just had a really cool per...

The community is fighting back, including a lawsuit filed against the county. Chelsea King’s legacy lives on through her family’s efforts to stop sexually violent predators. A big name backing the fight of this community is founder of Chelsea’s Light Foundation and Protect the Joy, Brent King, father of Chelsea King. Chelsea King was a teenager in 2010 when a repeat offender sexually assaulted and murdered her while she was on a run in a public park. The predator had attacked other childr...

The program, Songs of Hope, will help support the Find Your Light Foundation, which helps provide funds for underserved arts and education programs.

By Paula Trentman Lenawee Community Foundation “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — President Barack Obama  Please join us in celebrating National Volunteer Week from April 18-24, 2021. This celebration is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out ways to be involved in our community. It’s about volunteers and volunteering! It’s about working togeth...

2020 was to be a big year for Kiana Valenciano. She was invited to be on the main stage of the South By Southwest convention (SXSW) – one of the biggest and most prestigious annual conglomerations of parallel film, interactive media and music festivals in Austin, Texas where she was chosen amongst thousands of applicants to do a full concert. She had a full schedule for the first half of the year organized by her Philippine team, Manila Genesis and Tarsier Records as well as her US team, th...

Community Content Congratulations to Kelsey Hampton, director of volunteer services Through Kelsey Hampton’s hard work and leadership, NSC has been recognized by the Points of Light Foundation as a Certified Service Enterprise Program for applying leading practices in organizational and volunteer management. The council joins the top 11% of nonprofits nationwide who excel at integrating volunteers and their skills into their human capital strategy to better achieve their social mission. Hampt...