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READER SUBMITTED: Panera Bread Hartford Grand Opening Raises $10,000 For Six Hartford-based Non-Profit Organizations
HartfordPanera Bread held the Grand Opening Ceremony and "Baguette Cutting" on Wednesday, May 15 from 10 to 1 a.m. for its new bakery-cafe, located in downtown Hartford on Main Street at 10 State House Square. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, Hartford City Council...Tags: Panera Bread Company, Canton (Hartford, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Newington, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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How To Research A Charity
The Hartford CourantHow do you donate money after a natural disaster like the Oklahoma tornado or tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombings and Sandy Hook massacre and know you’ve picked the right charity? To find out how much of your donation actually supports a...Tags: Business, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Charity, Sports, Social Issues
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Factbox: Groups urge cash, not stuff, for Oklahoma victims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to help....Tags: Feed the Children, American Red Cross, Target, The Salvation Army, Rotary International
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FACTBOX-U.S. groups urge cash, not stuff, for Oklahoma victims
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to...Tags: Federal Bailout Funds, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Target, United Way
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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Tom Corbett, Homelessness
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KidsPeace files for bankruptcy
Carrying $240 million in debt, Orefield-based KidsPeace filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The move comes after years of struggles in which the organization that gives treatment to troubled and autistic children laid off workers and missed debt payments....
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Layoffs and Downsizing, Autism, Politics, Corporate Officers
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
PRESSURE COOKER-AIRPORT ARREST Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond DETROIT (AP) — A federal defender has requested bond for a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents accused him of lying about why he...Tags: Prosecution, Teaching and Learning, National Football League, Transportation Accidents, Police Arrests
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Pilot project in 3 Michigan counties aims to keep children out of foster care, cut costs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Human Services plans a pilot project in three counties designed to keep children out of foster care and cut costs. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/YUyuEx ) that the nonprofit Lutheran...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Science and Technology, The Detroit News, Research
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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: Hofstra University, Environmental Issues, Blue Island, Dolton, South Holland
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DAKOTAS GAS PRICES Gas prices on pace for all-time highs in ND, SD FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Gas prices in the Dakotas are poised to reach all-time highs. Triple A North Dakota spokesman Gene LaDoucer says he expects the state to break the statewide...Tags: Prosecution, Mayo Clinic, Agricultural Research and Technology, Automotive Equipment, U.S. Department of Justice
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Sister Guadalupe Stump, 1927-2013
Sister Guadalupe Stump, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was a professor of social work when she decided to put her words into action and leave academia to assist social organizations. She later joined Sisters of Mercy and focused on social causes,...Tags: Ball State University, Pilsen, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Mexico
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'Great Give' raises $600K for Anne Arundel charities
A 24-hour charity marathon raised more than $600,000 for Anne Arundel County nonprofit groups this week. The "Great Give," organized by the Community Foundation for Anne Arundel County, encouraged donors to give to their favorite charities through a...
Tags: Charity, Annapolis, Social Issues
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