Second of Three Rounds of Grants Foundation to Provide in 2008

The Entergy Charitable Foundation announced the release of more than $1 million in grants to 68 organizations throughout Entergy’s operating area. The grant awards bring to $3.1 million the amount distributed by the foundation so far in 2008.
Nearly one-third of the funds announced today are [...]

The Reader’s Digest Foundation (RDF) announced that it will donate $100,000 to The LEAGUE, a national school and web-based youth service organization that teaches young people how to make a positive difference in their communities and world.

You will be hearing a lot about Chloe Sutton, the 16-year-old swimming pioneer.  She is likely the youngest member of the US Olympic team, and she is forging ground in a new Olympic sporting event - open water swimming.
Her teammates have taken a keen interest in understanding not only the event, but also Sutton’s motivation [...]

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A California man says Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs kept him from choking to death.

OMAHA, Neb. Forty-one-year-old Dara Torres completed her improbable Olympic comeback, making the U.S. team for the fifth time by winning the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials.

The students of Rosedell Elementary School have taken on a year-long service project to promote awareness about measles and raise funds to vaccinate children in Africa and Asia against the disease.

Jeanne has taught Red Cross swimming lessons for more than 65 years. She began her Red Cross water safety instructor career in 1941 when she took a Red Cross training course. Jeanne conservatively estimates that she has taught at least 10,000 students.

I met Grace Talitwala when I arrived in Jinja, Uganda in 2002. She was a lovely, young widow that sincerely welcomed me into her country and into her heart. She was a single mother of three small children struggling to provide for her family. Grace was also the arts and crafts coordinator for AOET - Uganda, and it was her job to teach arts and crafts skills to women who were widowed by AIDS. By learning these skills, the women would then be able to find jobs and provide for their families.

Jim Fay has become one of America’s most sought-after presenters in the fields of parenting, positive discipline, and classroom management.