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Experience Harriet Tubman's legacy in Binghamton.
Binghamton University will host Michele Galvin, a great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, for a free public presentation on March 10 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the University Downtown Center, and the event coincides with the one-year anniversary of a Tubman statue on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail.
Woman returns from grocery trip three hours later with a kitten
A woman left to buy groceries and returned three hours later carrying a tiny black kitten with blue eyes, and the family says she took the kitten to a vet who found it healthy.
Red Cross volunteer force grows 25% with Gen Z leading the increase.
New Red Cross data shows volunteers exceed 325,000 nationwide, a nearly 25% rise over three years, with Gen Z now the largest cohort at about 42%.
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Showing: 801-810Coat drive donates over 250 coats to Helping Hands Rescue Mission
Legislator Rebecca Sanin's office, Walt Whitman Barnes & Noble and the South Huntington Public Library collected and delivered more than 250 winter coats in one month to Helping Hands Rescue Mission. The coats will be distributed to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Small Pets for Valentine: Find a Local Shelter Companion
Santa Barbara County Animal Services and Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter are waiving adoption fees for rabbits and guinea pigs through Feb. 15, and adoptable small pets can be met 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Sunday at SBCAS shelters and BUNS.
CSRA Community Foundation awards $735,000 in grants to local nonprofits
The Community Foundation for the CSRA on Jan. 15 awarded more than $735,000 to nearly 60 area nonprofits supporting arts, health, education and other services. The funding included a first-time $15,000 grant to Friends of the North Augusta Animals and awards to several Aiken organizations such as Mental Health America and Southern Pickleball Academy.
Las Patronas awards more than $207,000 to six San Diego nonprofits at La Jolla luncheon
Las Patronas announced more than $207,000 in grants to six major San Diego nonprofit beneficiaries at a Jan. 14 luncheon, funded by $900,589 raised at the group's 79th Jewel Ball; the awards will support vehicles and equipment for programs across the county.
Equine nonprofit will foster healing through horses
The M.A.R.S.H.E.L.L.E. Project is fundraising to provide equestrian programs for children in the foster care system, and founder Jordon Marshelle Barrett hopes to begin a cohort within a year using the Red Barn Ranch in partnership with Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle.
Animal Charity of Ohio hosts on-site adoption event to launch expanded services.
Animal Charity of Ohio is holding a special on-site adoption event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as it rolls out expanded services that include regular adoption hours beginning in February, a full-time veterinarian and programs supporting seniors and veterans with pets.
Simulation-Based Education strengthens patient safety and continuing education.
A 2025 Academic Psychiatry article by Abdool et al. examines how simulation-based education connects continuing education, quality improvement, and patient safety, noting links to improved clinical performance and adaptability to crises such as COVID-19.
Working on the business or in the business is a key distinction.
Quint Studer recommends Michael E. Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited and explains the difference between day-to-day work in the business and deliberate work on systems and talent development.
Are you working on the business or in the business?
Quint Studer cites Michael E. Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited to distinguish day-to-day operational work from system- and talent-building work, and he emphasizes standard operating procedures and staff development as ways to make operations more independent.
Wilton farmer lives in van in Waterville while working as a chef
Loto Lakewood, a 25-year-old farmer from Wilton, stays in his van in Waterville on nights he works as a downtown chef and cares for three kittens.