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Items from demolished buildings benefit charities
From Wausau Daily Herald
Demolition crews from Precision Grading & Utilities continue to work on tearing down the former Eye Clinic of Wisconsin building at 714 N. As the former downtown Wausau Eye Clinic of Wisconsin building at 714 N. Other organizations, such as the Helping Hands Humanitarian Project with St. Matthew Parish, collected building supplies that will be used for construction projects in Jamaica. While at Allister Deacon's Coffee House in November, Westcott asked an Eye Clinic doctor what would happen...
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FEB
26
Travelers Grants More Than $17 Million in 2007 Charitable ...
From FOXBusiness
Travelers has been active in the communities where it does business for decades, investing in organizations committed to education, community development and arts and culture, and increasing opportunities for people to succeed. Travelers is committed to increasing access to higher education and providing students with the opportunity to excel. In 2007, Travelers launched its Education Access Initiative, a program designed to remove the barriers to college that underserved students face and...
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FEB
26
Trizm(TM) Offers Sudoku Players More Fun and the Chance to Make a ...
From Earthtimes
A Trizm(TM) Puzzle is a number/symbol-placing logic puzzle that uses triangles and vivid colors instead of Sudoku's black and white boxes. As the founder of The Trizm(TM) Puzzle Company, LLC, Blakeslee has pledged to channel 50 percent of his puzzle profits to various charitable organizations, particularly those focused on support and research related to heart failure, Sarcoidosis, transplants and organ donation. Founded in the fall of 2007, The Trizm(TM) Puzzle Company is the brainchild of...
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FEB
25
Grog meets good deeds
From St. Petersburg Times
Ye Mystic Krewe, the oldest and most prestigious krewe of Gasparilla, caught some heat in the early 1990s for its elitist, all-male, all-white membership. Local feminist Louise Thompson revealed the names and businesses of all men who belonged to Ye Mystic Krewe, the oldest and most prestigious krewe, in her 1992 book No Girls Allowed. It took five years, the induction of a famous king named George Steinbrenner and an already growing trend among some of the newest krewes for Ye Mystic Krewe...
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FEB
25
McCain's Preferable
From WEBCommentary
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, he is now a solo practitioner and admitted to practice in the New York State courts, the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He wrote an article on the Pentagon Papers case for the Law Review and two articles on obscenity law for The Catholic Lawyer, in addition to overseeing the Law Review's commentary on significant developments in New...
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