Grad Student Changes Retailer Policy To Help those in Need

Cynthia Magnus gets H&M and Wal-Mart to stop destroying their un-sold clothing items and donate them to people instead.

Full story here:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/h-m-and-wal-mart-destroy-and-trash-unsold-goods-562909/

CasaPacifica.org

Mission:

To provide hope and help for abused, neglected, or at-risk children and their families.

Vision:

To lead the services sector in promoting healthy outcomes for children and strengthening families.

Sunday June 7th, 2009
16th Annual Casa Pacifica Angels Wine & Food Festival
Hosted by The Zarley Family
California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo
1:00pm-5:00pm
www.cpwineandfoodfestival.com

Monday, July 20th, 2009
17th Annual Care for Kids Golf Classic
Hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Camarillo
Spanish Hills Golf & Country ClubRegistration/Check-In 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Casa Pacifica Angels Spotlight on Style Fashion Show
Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks
10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

For additional information on these events including tickets, please contact Stephanie Caffee at (805) 484-7144 or email at scaffee@casapacifica.org

826LA - Literacy Training, Tutoring

Check out this video my friend Nick Jasenovec made for this Los Angeles based non-profit.

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Featured Case Study - Texas Homeless Children

Texas is the worst when it comes to homeless children.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_re_us/homeless_children_texas

From the article:

The ranking considered four areas: the percentage of homeless children; their overall well-being; risk factors for homelessness, such as poverty and foreclosure rates; and what the state is doing to address the problems.

Taken from: A study by the National Center on Family Homelessness