Abby Wambach to Speak at the Fund for Women and Girls Annual Luncheon in Greenwich

Soccer Phenom & World-Changer Abby Wambach Is the Featured Keynote Speaker

at Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s

Fund for Women and Girls Annual Luncheon

On April 7, 2016, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls will hostsoccer phenom and equality advocate Abby Wambach as the keynote speaker at their Annual Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, CT.The theme of theLuncheon is ‘WOMEN & GIRLS = STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, POWER’.

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls Annual Luncheon is a celebration of making a difference for women and girls throughout Fairfield County.

BOULDER – Middle schools in Colorado have an opportunity to receive free training and support for violence prevention programs.

The CU-Boulder-based Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence will help 36 Colorado middle schools. The four-year grant from the National Institute of Justice is intended to help schools reduce youth violence and problem behavior and increase positive behavior in Colorado schools.

“Middle school is a critical time to reinforce effective violence-prevention efforts,” said Beverly Kingston, Director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, “because the risk of problem behavior, such as violence and suicide dramatically increases with the onset of adolescence.”

The schools can sign up right now.

WEBSITES:

http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/

http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/publications/

CONTACT:

Sabrina Arredondo Mattson

sabrina.mattson@colorado.edu

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Survey Results Identify Top Training Needs for Local Nonprofits

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BARNSTABLE The Cape and Islands Partnership for Nonprofit Advancement have announced the results of a community survey assessing training and capacity-building needs of local nonprofits.

Ridgefield Mobil gives science grant to school | The Ridgefield Press

Seth Evans, left, and Todd Schoenherr, right, present a check to East Ridge Middle School Principal Marty Fiedler.

Local residents and Ridgefield Mobil owners Seth Evans and Todd Schoenherr presented a $500 check to East Ridge Middle School Principal Marty Fiedler last week, a grant from the Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance. The Ridgefield Press, 16 Bailey Avenue, Ridgefield, CT 06877

Michael Moore to speak at free event in Kalamazoo | MLive.com

KALAMAZOO, MI Filmmaker Michael Moore is expected to discuss the Flint water crisis and disinvestment in low-income communities when he visits Miller Auditorium next month.

The free event, “It Only Hurts When I Laugh,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, and is being sponsored by Western Michigan University’s Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations.

Tim Ready, director of the Walker Institute, said the Flint native’s visit is the kickoff to “Growing Together or Pulling Apart? “How can we come to a rational understanding of these issues that facus us?”

Ready said the WMU’s School of Communication and the Lee Honors College are partnering with the Walker Institute to bring Moore to Kalamazoo.

Ready said he is hopeful that Moore’s visit will serve as a “conversation starter” in Kalamazoo and he lauded Moore’s work as a filmmaker, including “Roger & Me” and his latest, “Where to Invade Next.”

“In a sense, I see his work is like a cartoonist who does a caricature of somebody and exaggerates certain features to make a point,” Ready said. He said the Walker Institute is working to set up an online registration system for the event similar to what the Kalamazoo Community Foundation used to register people who attended

The event will be free and open to the public.

Ready said that prior to Moore’s visit, the Walker Institute hopes to host a free showing of “Where to Invade Next” at WMU.

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Baldrick’s Foundation to its Advocacy Spotlight Partnership program to provide readers and website visitors with timely content from this volunteer-powered charity dedicated to raising money for lifesaving childhood cancer research.

As partners in the program, both organizations will supply timely information about fundraising, grants, activities, trends, issues, educational and fundraising opportunities and programs related to the fight against childhood cancers. The information will be used as content across CURE Media Group communications and content services.

“The St. Baldrick’s Foundation funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any other organization except for the U.S. Through our work with CURE Media Group, we hope to educate, inspire and update those who have and have not been affected by childhood cancer by providing content on the mission of St. Baldrick’s, work being done though our advocacy network and the latest new discoveries in childhood cancer research.”

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Combining science and humanity to make cancer understandable, CURE Media Group’s flagship product, CURE magazine, is the indispensable guide to every stage of the cancer experience. consumer publication focused entirely on cancer, with broad distribution to patients with cancer, cancer centers and advocacy groups.

IMAGE: Denise Fyffe, Phd, is a senior scientist in Spinal Cord Injury Research at Kessler Foundation. Denise Fyffe, PhD, was awarded a three-year grant from the Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program to study the care for veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), comparing data for service-connected injuries with non-service-connected injuries. Fyffe is a senior research scientist in SCI Research at Kessler Foundation. Understanding how the care and benefits rendered by the VA healthcare system influence health status, functional outcomes and healthcare usage patterns will contribute to optimal care for all veterans with SCI. The Northern New Jersey SCI System (NNJSCIS), one of 14 model systems in the nation, provides a continuum of care and research aimed at improving the lives of people with SCI. Research funding sources include the National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NNJSCIS), the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, the Craig H.

Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord.

$6.8 million in federal funds come to Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be receiving approximately $6.8 million in federal funds, according to a Friday press release.

According to the release, the money comes as a part of a $94 million grant program from the Health Resources and Services Administration to fund substance abuse services. The release also stated that 4.5 million Americans abused non-medical prescription pain relievers in 2013, and approximately 289,000 used heroin.

Martin Kramer, a spokesperson for the HRSA, said this grant is the first of its kind to focus on the opioid epidemic plaguing the nation.

“These are the first awards of their kind provided to health centers to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services in health centers with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in underserved populations,” Kramer said.

Beyond Massachusetts, 45 other states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will also benefit from this $94 million grant program, which will allow for nearly 800 providers to be hired and treatment of up to 124,000 new patients, the release stated.

When awarded the federal grants, Massachusetts will allocate its funds to 20 community health centers, nine of which are located in Boston.

According to the release, the main goals of HHS are comprised of three main components: providing educational resources for heath professionals to administer the proper drug prescriptions; increasing the use of naloxone, a medication used to treat narcotic overdose; and expanding the availability of medication-assisted treatment, which essentially combines the use of medication and behavioral therapy.

John Guilfoil, the executive director of The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, said he finds a direct correlation between the use of prescription opioids and heroin, and he identifies the former as a gateway drug to heavier substances.

“There isn’t just a link, but there is a definite causal connection between prescription opioids and heroin use,” Guilfoil said.

The Journal | Northern New York Community Foundation aids Remington Art Museum with $5,000 grant Northern New York Community Foundation aids Remington Art Museum with $5,000 grant

OGDENSBURG – The Frederic Remington Art Museum has received a $5,000 grant from the Northern New York Community Foundation that will be used by museum officials to develop a visioning and planning process for the future.

The Northern New York Community Foundation provides grants to support the work of non-profit organizations as well as scholarships to individuals in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Richardson said the latest Remington grant is being offered to lend support to the museum’s ongoing strategic planning initiative to help ensure that the museum continues to grow and thrive for future generations.

Including this grant, the foundation has provided over $40,000 in funding to support the Remington Art Museum in recent years, according to Mr. Foster also praised Mary and Carl Colton for making an initial gift to establish the Frederic Remington Art Museum Fund at the Northern New York Community Foundation in 2014.

She said that original gift was quickly matched by T. Urling and Mabel Walker, and has since been bolstered by other donors.

“This strategic planning grant further develops the relationship between the museum and the Northern New York Community Foundation, which is good for the community and the region,” Ms.

The mission of SAFE Haven isA ato improve the quality of life for youth and families by providingA safe living environments, crisis support, and community intervention.a

The SAFE Haven Youth Shelter provides food, clothing, shelter, family mediation, crisis intervention and case management services to runaway, homeless, abused and neglected and trafficked youth in crisis between the ages of 10 and 17.

SAFE Haven offers groups at the COP house every week located at 1900 16th St.

While SAFE Haven will continue its mission of providing basic needs and crisis intervention for youth, it will also be examining how personal issues affect a student’s attendance and performance in school. By expanding its focus, SAFE Haven will be able to tackle problems plaguing youth from every angle and also guide them toward a better life.

Given what teenagers face in today’s society with job scarcity, online harassment and gender and racial discrimination, SAFE Haven and Girls Inc.