"volunteer-vacations" Articles & Blogs:
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin and Her Campaign’s “Truth Optional” Mentality
| Courtesy of Howard Books.If being a campaign volunteer for Sarah Palin sounds like an unrewarding way to spend your free time, then you and Frank Bailey have something in common. Because, as he reveals in Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin (Howard Books), be...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking for runners for NYC Marathon
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The Fresh Air Fund is looking for runners and sponsors to join our Fresh Air Fund-Racers team for the NYC Marathon on November 7th. This is a great way to participate in NYC’s premier race while helping Fresh Air Fund children.
Over the past four yea...[Read on] |
Take a Volunteer Vacation
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My husband has a BIG birthday coming up next year and I want to take him on an international trip. I’ve been debating what type of excursion to plan. After reading Nola Lee Kelsey’s new book The Voluntary Traveler, I knew I’d found my answer: a vol...[Read on] |
Make a Difference and See the World: Volunteer Abroad
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Summer is the one time of year where you get to kick back, work on your tan and enjoy a schedule free of impending deadlines, pop quizzes and lengthy term papers. You may spend your time away from school picking up extra hours at work, penciling in an int...[Read on] |
Put Your Whole Heart into Volunteering
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So many love the feeling of that check or cross off the old’ daily to-do…it’s productive. It says we’re doing something. But that little mark doesn’t indicate how we completed the task.
Were we quick and sloppy? Were we distracted? Did we put e...[Read on] |
Give Back: A Chick’s Guide to Community Service
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College is the time in your life when you’re allowed to be selfish in a sense. It’s your time to figure out who you are, what you want, and to start paving the way to make your future goals a reality. Because of that mentality, it’s easy to become w...[Read on] |
Late Labor Day to reduce number of vacations, AAA says
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AAA projects the number of Americans traveling on vacation this Labor Day weekend will be impacted by when Labor Day falls on the calendar. Approximately 39.1 million travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more away from home, a decrease of...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking to book host families for Summer 2011
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Chances are you’re already looking forward to summer. You may be going to camp, taking a vacation with your family, or playing in a summer sports league. But not all kids are as lucky. Each summer, the Fresh Fund provides New York City kids a chance t...[Read on] |
The Athena Film Festival Site Launch
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Hey folks. Some of you know that I have been working my tushy off as the producer and co-creator of a new film festival that will take place this February at Barnard College in NYC.
The festival is called the Athena Film Festival and the focus is o...[Read on] |
Hearst Cohort Sara Jane Olson Released From Prison
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62-year-old terrorist-turned doting housewife spent 7 years in prison for 1970s violence blamed on Symbionese Liberation ArmySara Jane Olson | Today 10:05 am
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Sara Jane Olson — a domestic terrorist-turned soccer mom — was released fro...[Read on] |
Insurance Company: Rape Survivor? Nope, We Won't Take Her
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by Amanda Stone, Volunteer, National Women's Law Center
“Nope, we won’t take her.” This is what insurance companies in Florida said when asked whether they would provide insurance coverage to a hypothetical applicant who had survived rape. Let...[Read on] |
Women & Wine - Our love for wine & food makes us the Ambassador's to the world
| I lead a priviledged life and I know it. I get invited to some of the best tables to experience great food and drink great wine. I also meet interesting people through Women & Wine http://womenwine.com and our weekly radio show http://womenandwineradio.co...[Read on] |
Vacation Planning for Chicks on a Budget
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For most college students, the end of the school year comes early. Luckily, there is usually a pretty decent gap of time between the conclusion of final exams and the beginning of summer jobs or internships. So, Chicks, you know what this means: time to s...[Read on] |
Basketball teammates help girl with amnesia
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Just saw this story on ABC’s World News. It’s a good one. Good enough to share it with you.
It’s about a girl named Kayla Hutchinson, who, at the age of 19 as a student-athlete at Walla Walla Community College, collided with a teammate during a bas...[Read on] |
Feel-Good of the Day: First Women-Run Pharmacy in North America Opens
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Sadly, most of the time pharmacists are mentioned on Feministing it's regarding "conscience clause" folks - anti-choice pharmacists (and their buddy Bush) who believe it's their "religious or moral" right to refuse to sell contraception to women even th...[Read on] |
How to build a fabulous relationship with a mentor
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Finding a mentor is not always as easy as it appears to be. As children, we look to our teachers, parents, and trusted relatives for guidance and support. We might remember asking our mothers to mend a torn sleeve, a request which transforms in minutes in...[Read on] |
The First Week of the New Year Has Passed: Did You Keep Your Resolution?
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Week one of 2010 is officially over. I’m pretty excited about this year, too. In 2009, I made two resolutions: to lose five pounds and get a serious adult job. Luckily for me, I kept both of them. So I’m feeling pretty confident about my resolutions i...[Read on] |
NFLPA concern for “regular people”…Don’t forget hotel maids!
| By Laura Pappano
Obviously, it sounds like negotiation hoopla.
Members of the NFL Players Association charged with forging a deal with the league (NFL owners last year voted to opt out of the present collective bargaining agreement) insist they ...[Read on] |
How chicks can help Haiti
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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles southwest of its capital, Port-au-Prince. It has left hundreds of thousands people dead, missing or injured. Buildings, including hospitals, schools and people’s hom...[Read on] |
Peace Corps’ Jeffrey Chatellier uses social media to share stories of youth sports program in Africa
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Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeffrey Chatellier, a Peace Corps’ volunteer who helps run Ball for All Sport Charities for African women.
I was put in contact with Jeffrey through the Sport for Change contest run by Nike and Ashoka. As I...[Read on] |
Tragic loss for a young player in San Antonio, South Texas Hoyas spearhead support
| While the nation’s top women’s basketball teams prepare for a showcase at San Antonio’s AT&T;Center, a young player in the city is coping with the lost her biggest fan.
Saturday morning, the mother of an 11 year-old player for the South Texas Hoyas...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Jane Wesman: Book Publicity Powerhouse
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The most influential of artists first gripped a paintbrush as a child and knew they would never live a day without creating something. A natural-born writer will scribble on anything that has a surface; regardless if it’s an empty screen with a blinking...[Read on] |
Around the World, Women Have Reason to Celebrate and Work to Do
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by Amy Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
As the 100th International Women’s Day is observed today around the world, women have much to celebrate. Today’s women and girls have inherited a path made smoother by the brave effor...[Read on] |
Green tips for your vehicle
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Alternate-fueled and hybrid vehicles are gaining market share but still account for a relatively small percentage of vehicles on the road. Someday all of us may be driving pollution-free, hydrogen-powered cars. But what’s a concerned consumer to do in t...[Read on] |
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