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In our April 5 issue, we featured a study of the most generous counties in the state based on the percentage of total county income donated to charitable causes and itemized deductions on tax returns.
According to the Smart Asset study, Union County ranked in as the most miserly in the state, but since publication, a few Union County Samaritans have stepped in to help meet their community s health care needs.
Molinda Cares expands vaccine efforts in Union with grant
The MolinaCares Accord, in partnership with Molina Healthcare of South Carolina, is gifting a $27,000 grant to the S.C. Office of Rural Health to expand COVID-19 vaccination and antibody treatment access to rural Union County.
Matthew Whitaker
Matthew Whitaker is a multi-instrumentalist who taught himself to play piano at age 3, the Hammond B3 organ at age 9, and four years later he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its more than 80-year history. He was also named a Yamaha Artist at 15, becoming the youngest musician to join the stellar group of jazz pianists. Having just turned 20, Matthew is currently enrolled in the jazz studies program at Juilliard in New York City, the first person who is blind to be accepted in the program.
With AFB Major Gifts Specialist Melody Goodspeed guiding the conversation, the pair will discuss the power of combining music, technology, self-advocacy, and collaboration. The event is free, with required registration available at afb.org/InclusivePowerOfMusic.
April 10, 2021
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Brisbane 8th Grader, Joshua Wood, Takes Home the Grand Prize in Lions Clubs International Peace Essay Contest
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Oak Brook, April 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Joshua Wood, a 13-year-old boy from Brisbane, Australia
, has an idea of what peace should mean to the world. Joshua brought that idea to life through a powerful essay earning him the grand prize in the Lions Clubs International Peace Essay Contest.
“The Lions International Peace Essay Contest lifts the voices of incredible young people who have powerful ideas of how we can bring about a kinder and more peaceful world,” says Lions Clubs International President, Dr. Jung-Yul Choi. “We are proud to support the creative process of children around the globe. It is through humbly serving our communities that we can achieve peace.”
April 09, 2021
The online retail wine store wine.com allegedly does not comply with federal law for the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a class action lawsuit.
New York resident Milton Williams, who is legally blind, said he was filing the complaint on behalf of himself and other visually impaired or legally blind individuals, according to the complaint. Williams seeks a court order to have the website be “accessible to blind and visually-impaired consumers,” according to the court filing.
Wine.com allegedly failed to build and operate a website that is “fully accessible to and independently usable” to blind and visually impaired users, according to the complaint filed late March in U.S. District Court in New York.