Brotherly love helping Udeze in fight against leukemia

Battling leukemia, Kenechi Udeze is about to receive his brother’s bone marrow, which is vital to Udeze’s long-term health and potential return to football. Read More

A smile for all seasons

By Horeb Bulambo Shindano, World Vision DRC, and Janet Root, World Vision U.S.

“I am sufficiently feeding my family,” says one mom in the Congo, a beneficiary of World Vision’s agricultural assistance program.

Because of the agricultural assistance she received through a World Vision program in her community, 48-year-old Sonnie Georgette can feed her family and fight the poverty that was once a reality of her life. Read more

Daring To Dream

A shoe box recipient from Ukraine finds a new role with Operation Christmas Child in the U.S.

When Julia received an Operation Christmas Child shoe box, she knew it was the start of something special happening in her life. The 12-year-old Ukrainian girl longed for a safe haven, far away from the abuse and alcoholism that characterized her home life. Perhaps her dreams weren’t so impossible after all. Read more

One Thousand Tents

One Thousand Tents is an effort to provide shelter to some of the 5  million people left homeless in the aftermath of the May 12th earthquake in China.

To put this tragedy in prespective, five million people is the equivalent to 7 times the population of San Francisco suddenly becoming homeless.

China has used its supply of two million tents and is in urgent need of additional tents. Millions of earthquake survivors are currently living in unsheltered camps.

The cost of one tent is $135. You can help by making an online donation of any amount. We also welcome and appreciate entrepreneurial efforts to support this important relief work. Family and neighborhood projects, co-worker support and corporate donations are powerful ways to come together in a time of need. Thank you!

Donate using your credit card at our secure site where you will make an online contribution (Online Giving) for China Earthquake Relief. To donate you will need to set up an account, if you don\’t already have one. Setting up an account is easy, just your name and e-mail address is needed. Donate here

Corporate Donation Note:
For corporations who wish to contribute to a non-profit charitable organization rather than a religious organization, contributions can be made to :
POP\’s Foundation* (Please designate for 1,000 TENTS.)
3536 Arden Road,
Hayward, CA 94545
Tel: 510-887-1899

*POPF is a 501(c) non-profit charitable organization. (Tax ID: 94-3218648). As all workers are volunteers, 100% of your donation goes to the relief.
For credit card donations via POPS, please call: 1 (510) 887-1899 or 1(800) PEACE2U during regular office hours (PST.) and refer to the 1,000 Tents Campaign

Locks of Love - Haircuts for cancer

Written: Dana Guzzetti       Date: Thursday, 01 May 2008

The 2nd annual, Bollinger Canyon Elementary School Locks of Love event was a huge success. Fourteen very generous people stepped up to have their beautiful long hair cut and donated to Locks of Love. Teachers, Students and Moms donated over 12 feet of hair altogether.

Locks of Love is a public, non-profit, organization that provides wigs to children who lose their hair due to medical conditions. It takes 10 inches of hair to make a wig, but they accept up to 6 inches. Becki Nardi from Weeds Salon in Oakland did all the haircutting.

LocksofLove.org

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Ads Fund Charity

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Scientists identify possible Alzheimers gene

Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer’s disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it. Read more

Fresno State wins National Championship

By ERIC OLSON
AP Sports Writer
Fresno State went from underdogs to “wonderdogs” on its way to a most unlikely national championship.  With Steve Detwiler providing all the offense Justin Wilson needed, the Bulldogs captured their first national championship in a men’s sport with a 6-1 victory over Georgia in the decisive Game 3 of the College World Series finals. Read more

IO brush

Description:

I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Read more

Senate reaches agreement on global AIDS bill

Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases. Read more

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