This post was originally published last January, but I think it is worth a repost! This is a debate that will go on and on and on because homelessness may never TOTALLY end. But, as I was reading a blog post on Chang.org’s Poverty in America section, I noticed a good analogy on how we [...]
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Shop for a Good Cause in Indy this Weekend!
It’s not every day that you can help someone in need just by shopping for a good deal. Saturday’s sale event at six Once Upon A Child stores in Indy will offer savvy shoppers BIG bargains on gently used infant and children’s clothing as well as other “kid gear.” And, a portion of the day’s [...]
Once Upon a Healthy Baby [Video]
This Saturday at various Once Upon a Child locations in Indianapolis and Carmel, proceeds from their ALL DAY CLEARANCE SALE will go toward Better Indy Babies! A home-visitation program that helps promote healthier pregnancies in order to have healthier babies and combat Indiana’s low rank – 39th out of 50 – in infant mortality rate! [...]
Most children today will not know who Martin Luther King Jr. was…..
until they are in 4th or 5th grade. This is a total assumption, but I think it may be a pretty well-grounded one. Unless parents today take time out to sit their child down and explain who Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was, most children probably won’t know until they bring it up in school. [...]
What are your resolutions for 2012?? Is it going smoke-free??
Yup….it is New Year’s resolution time!! This post was originally posted a year ago, but we thought it was deifnitely worth a re-post! More than four in five smokers say they want to quit. Research shows that you are twice as likely to succeed if you join a tobacco cessation program that includes ongoing support. [...]
The End of Fiscal Year 2011 is near… 3 things you can do to start FY2012 off right
We have been seeing the budget talks in Washington going on for basically the entirety of Fiscal Year 2011, which started off with multiple Continuing Resolutions. FY2011 was full of debates on funding cuts, and it doesn’t stop now. The Senate agreed on a stop-gap funding bill yesterday, that if passed by the House will [...]
Back-to-School Shots — What Indy Parents Should Know!
The new Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) policy that was supposed to go into effect starting July 1st has been postponed until January 2012, but is still causing some confusion and leaving some Marion County families scrambling to get their children’s vaccines before the start of the school year. Earlier this year, the ISDH [...]
Kids not being able to get the shots needed for school
The article “No low-cost vaccinations for insured children, state says” was featured on IndyStar.com, yesterday. (Read the entire article here.) The article written reports that a new Indiana State Department of Health policy goes into effect starting July 1st that will no longer allow county health departments to provide low-cost immunizations to children who have [...]
CALL TO ACTION!! Time to talk to our Senators!
Almost a month ago, we asked you to contact your U.S. Representative to submit a programmatic request supporting the Community Health Centers Program. Today, we’re in the midst of the same process, only we are switching to the other side of Capitol Hill. The deadline for SENATORS to submit a programmatic request is THIS FRIDAY, [...]
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