May 17, 2024
Funds

Brighton college grad raising funds for local nonprofit

BRIGHTON — Adrian Kozakov doesn’t want gifts for his birthday or college graduation. He wants you to donate. Kozakov is raising funds for Fund a Life of Brighton to celebrate his birthday and graduation from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.  Anyone interested in supporting “Adrian’s 22 for 22”

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Funds

Epilepsy Foundation’s annual walk raises funds, awareness

About 100 people turned out Saturday to raise funds for the Epilepsy Foundation at the annual Epilepsy Walk at Thompson Park in Amarillo.   With this event, the foundation raised funding for the West Texas area to make resources available to those with epilepsy at no cost. Participants enjoyed various activities, followed by a walk

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Investment

Delivering for Maine with $450M investment

U.S. Sen. Angus King I have always said Maine is one big town connected by long roads. A town that looks out for one another in times of need and a community that works to improve one another’s quality of life. There are so many incredible organizations that help make this small town feel successful,

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Property

Banning homeless people from sleeping on public property is inhumane

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law that takes homeless individuals off Florida’s streets and places them in encampments monitored by law enforcement. The shortsighted law neglects individual circumstances and fails to adequately address the complex set of social, economic, legal and health issues that homeless people are enduring.  House Bill 1365 bans homeless people from

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Funds

Local homeless service providers face losing significant funding

Alachua County homeless service providers could potentially lose millions of dollars of funding they are entitled to if they can’t find a lead agency to administer the money. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development designated community collaborative that seeks to address homelessness and utilize HUD funding,

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Investment

Jackson MS Operation Shoestring receives $2 million investment

Jackson-based organization Operation Shoestring recently received a $2 million investment. The gift will help build the nonprofit’s decades-long mission of supporting Mississippi children facing economic and educational barriers. Operation Shoestring is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1968 amid the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the organization mainly focuses on providing free, high-quality after school

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