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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Repurposed Parking Meters Collect Donations for Homeless
Posted by Unknown on 4:29 PM
The city of Montreal has turned its retired mechanical parking meters (or Parco Dons) in to piggy banks designed to collect loose change in order to help the city’s homeless population. The meters were first installed in the downtown borough of Ville-Marie in 2007, and since its inception, the program has raised $23,000 for the cause...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
NY helps 45,000 low income homes get insulated
Posted by Unknown on 6:18 PM
New York expects to help more than 45,000 low-income households by blowing in insulation, sealing air leaks and installing energy-efficient lighting and appliances for free.
This program is expected to create 14,000 jobs statewide as demand for contractors rises....
Monday, December 6, 2010
New Device Helps Paralyzed Walk
Posted by Unknown on 9:57 PM
Amanda Boxtel hasn’t walked since a skiing accident left her paralyzed nearly two decades ago.
In the video below, she stands and walks for the first time in 18 years using eLegs, a 45-pound wearable robotic exoskeleton aimed at getting paraplegics out of their wheelchairs and onto their feet. It’s an amazing sight...
Sunday, December 5, 2010
San Francisco Health Clinic to Care for Uninsured
Posted by Unknown on 10:20 AM
After Barbara Quinn, a 72-year-old registered nurse, retired from the Castro-Mission Health Center last year, she considered various volunteer opportunities until she realized she couldn't imagine doing anything that didn't involve nursing. So she teamed up with Clinic by the Bay, a free clinic that opens today to serve uninsured residents in the Excelsior and Outer Mission neighborhoods and parts of Daly Cit...
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Hilton Foundation to End Homelessness in L.A.
Posted by Unknown on 1:37 PM
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation today announced $13 million in grants to fund key a campaign to end homelessness in L.A. The grants includes:
$9 million toward the creation of 2,500 new permanent supportive housing units;
$3.6 million to identify and house 4,500 of the most vulnerable people on the streets;
$330,000 for an innovative pilot program to ease the transition into housing; and
$200,000 to engage faith leaders and communities in the campaign....
Friday, December 3, 2010
Stimulus dollars for weatherization create thousands of jobs in New York
Posted by Unknown on 1:29 PM
New York expects to help more than 45,000 low-income households by blowing in insulation, sealing air leaks and installing energy-efficient lighting and appliances for free.
This program is expected to create 14,000 jobs statewide as demand for contractors rises....
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Sharing Baby Food Saved My Sanity
Posted by Unknown on 10:21 AM
This is a story of a woman who wanted to make healthy food for her baby, and also wanted to sleep. She formed a group of like minded parent who each made a big batch of one kind of food and shared it with the group. This idea works for baby food, soup, casseroles, you name it. If anyone in the Santa Rosa area wants to try this, I'm in.How do you create and host a local babyfood exchang...
