Monday, May 10, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Deliver Keynote at CARE'S 2010 National Conference and Celebration

"Leading humanitarian organization CARE today announced that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver the keynote address at our 2010 National Conference and Celebration event, May 11-12 in Washington, D.C."

Click here for more on the upcoming conference.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Lemay senior gets youthful help delivering meals

"At 10 a.m. each weekday, Ray Unger pulls his old wood-paneled station wagon into the circle drive of Bayless High School to pick up a fresh set of legs.

At 80, his have not given out. Unger's pace would indicate several good years of mobility are left."

Click here for more on this intriguing connection between youth and the elderly.

Farmer uses the old bean

"Joe Fagundes started with a joke about a day celebrating fava beans and turned it into an annual fundraiser for children with cancer."

For more on the evolution of a holiday from fiction to fact, click here.

10 things you might not know about the U.S. Supreme Court

"Chicago native John Paul Stevens is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, and at least four people with Chicago ties are in the running. There are Diane Wood and Ann C. Williams, who are federal appeals judges here, plus Merrick Garland, a Washington-based appellate judge who grew up in Lincolnwood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a former University of Chicago professor. As the speculation rages, here are some precedents."

Click here to peruse the photogallery and learn some interesting trivia about the Supreme Court.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Toys''R''s, Inc. Suppports Save the Children's Work in the U.S. Through 'Bundled in Hope' Campaign

"Baby Blankets Designed by Blythe Danner, Faith Hill, Regina King, Kelly Rutherford and Other Celebrity Moms to be Auctioned Online, Part of Expanded In-Store and Online Fundraising Program."

For more on this special program, click here.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

World Vision President’s ‘The Hole in Our Gospel’ Named ‘2010 Christian Book of the Year’

“'The Hole in Our Gospel,' the Christian bestseller by Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision U.S., has won the '2010 Christian Book of the Year' award."

For more on Stearns' award, click here.

Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy: Why Bonhoeffer Still Matters

"July 27, 1945. London is still slowly recovering from six years of war with Germany. Hundreds of thousands of British soldiers are dead. British cities are in ruins. As newsreels expose fresh horrors from the Nazi death camps, the British people wonder, 'Is there no end to German atrocities?'”

Click here for more of Chuck Colson's commentary.