Helping Families with Disabled Children

A new research report aimed at improving service provision for disabled children and their families has been published by the Department for Education. The publication is co-authored by the University of Bristol, the National Centre for Social Research and the University of Warwick.

http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2011/7847.html

The Pink Daisy Project

Since 2008, the Pink Daisy Project has helped more than 150 women -- mostly in the form of house-cleaning assistance and gift cards for gas, groceries and restaurants.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/08/04/cnnheroes.cantwell.breast.cancer/

Helping Kids to Continue

Nick Sheehan wanted to be a teacher.

The 21-year-old North High School alumnus was never a straight-A student, but he loved working with children as a counselor at the YMCA's Camp Y-Koda, helping them do more than they thought they could.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20110804/SHE0101/108040439/Nick-Sheehan-s-dream-helping-kids-continue