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Persistence Pays for PhD Student Once Labeled Retarded
Dave Dawson's future looked bleak in 1974. Based on tests, his ninth-grade teachers labeled him mentally retarded. “My vocational expectation was to be a...
Shoe Stores and Basketball Coaches Donate Loads of Sneakers to Poor Kids
Inspired by compassionate college basketball coaches and retail sales struggles, companies are donating millions of pairs of shoes to help children in impoverished countries.
After food, clean...
Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes
Today was an interesting day. The phone had rang last night and told me where to go.
The program was teaching disabled children how to...
A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work
Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
Give a Gift That Will Feed Hungry Kids For Years To Come
Do you want to give an imaginative gift and feed hungry children in Chicago or Shanghai at the same time? Now you can give...
A Brain Tumor, the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...