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Dusty Deneefe

alabamacharity — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:32:44 +0000

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FIRST ANNUAL TUNDRA BIKE-A-THON and HOPE ON WHEELS

alabamacharity — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:44:52 +0000

Presented by Eastern Shore Toyota and Eastern Shore Hyundai
benefiting the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute and USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital

Eastern Shore Toyota Bike-A-Thon info

alabamacharity — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:35:25 +0000

Click the following link to view information and sign up for the Bike-A-Thon fundraiser for Charity. The event is Saturday, June 12th, 2010 and will be hosted at Eastern Shore Toyota.

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Mississippi tornado leaves at least 9 dead ( CNN Wire Staff April 24, 2010 8:42 p.m. EDT)

alabamacharity — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:18:54 +0000

(CNN) — At least nine people are dead, including two children, after a tornado almost a mile wide tore through Mississippi on Saturday, the state emergency management agency said.The death toll is expected to rise as rescue crews reach hard-hit areas where structures have been badly damaged, said Greg Flynn, a spokesman for MEMA.The tornado raked cities on the central western border with Louisiana northeastward to Alabama, the National Weather Service reported.

At least two people were killed and 15 injured in Yazoo City, one of the hardest-hit areas, where the massive twister flattened homes and downed trees.Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who was in Yazoo City where his home is located, called the twister “enormous” and “devastating,” adding that some residents were trapped in badly damaged homes.

“They’re working to get to the people and rescue as many as they can,” said Dan Turner, a spokesman for the governor, reporting “significant injuries” in at least three counties.Watch Gov. Barbour’s update on storm damage in Yazoo City

In all, 12 counties were reporting injuries, with some of the injured airlifted to a level one trauma center at the University of Mississippi in Jackson, said Jeff Rent, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

The governor is planning to activate local members of the National Guard in Yazoo City, Rent said, and the state’s emergency management officials have set up a command post near U.S. 49 in Yazoo City.

my601.com: Local reports of damage, fatalities

The state has also activated a 25-person rapid response team from Hattiesburg that is capable of search and rescue operations.

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// // Mississippi residents reported that the path of the twister was a half-mile to a mile wide, said Mark McAllister, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Jackson.

CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras said the tornado had traveled 150 miles across Mississippi, starting in the western part of the state and moving northeast before weakening as it moved into Alabama.

In Yazoo City, Fire Chief Roy Wilson told CNN that between 20 to 30 houses were destroyed, and said some people were trapped inside structures. Wilson said he didn’t yet have confirmed numbers on injuries.

“It’s in pretty bad shape so far,” he said of the city.

Speaking to reporters in Yazoo City, Barbour said that 17 injured have been taken to a hospital via ambulance and that two others were airlifted to Jackson.

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“By God’s grace (the tornado) did not go into the most central part of the city, the most populous, however it went through the southern edge and eastern edge of town in a number of large neighborhoods,” he said. “A number of businesses have been destroyed and others severely damaged — there are churches that have been obliterated.”

In Eagle Lake, near the Louisiana border, about 30 homes were destroyed, Turner said. Linda Green, a dispatcher with the Issaquena County Sheriff’s Department, told CNN that there was minimal damage in the area around Valley Park, and a few power lines were down.

No injuries have been reported in Valley Park after the twister ripped through around 11:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. ET), she added.

Valley Park is in Issaquena County, while Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County. Issaquena County is in the western part of the state, north of Vicksburg. The entire state is under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ET), according to the National Weather Service. iReport: Watch hail hammer Mississippi

The storm system struck Louisiana before it moved into Mississippi. A Tallulah, Louisiana, police dispatcher said a chemical plant in the city had been damaged, but could not give further details.

Turner said that emergency response teams had been slowed by people out surveying the effects of the storm.

“One of the biggest obstacles is, of course, people are curious and want to get out and see the damage,” he said. “We’ve urged people to stay away from those areas, not only because it slows down the emergency response, but there are also still live electrical wires, there are open gas lines that will have to be shut down.”

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/04/24/tornado/index.html?hpt=T1

-SEJR

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Alabama Charity Network

“CREATE” Foundation Announces ‘Center for Professional Futures’ (Toyota Endowment providing main source of funding)

alabamacharity — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:23:31 +0000

Toyota.com Press Release,

PONTOTOC, Miss. (April 22, 2010) — CREATE Foundation and the Toyota Education Endowment Fund Advisory Committee announced plans for an innovative addition to the public school system in the PUL Alliance counties. The Center for Professional Futures will be an education facility that will expose students in the eight school districts in Pontotoc, Union, and Lee counties to professional careers through high performance teaching and a modern learning environment.

The Center will be located in the Wellspring project area at the confluence of the three PUL Alliance counties. Students may apply to the Center to take advanced offerings in a variety of professional career academies upon completion of some introductory courses at their home high school. Academies will include Computer Graphics & Animation, Pre-engineering, Architecture, Legal Studies, Advanced Manufacturing, and Health Science Technology. Specific academies to be offered will be finalized following further study and will be flexible as the market and interest dictates. The Center will combine hands-on, real world learning spaces and equipment with innovative learning through 21st century education approaches.

“This Center will provide tremendous opportunities to help keep students engaged in learning,” said Mississippi First Lady, Marsha Barbour. “It will be a great example of collaboration among school districts and counties and could become a model for other regions in Mississippi.”

Funding to construct the $35 million facility will be sought from the federal government and various foundations throughout the country. State and local capital funding will also be explored. The Toyota endowment fund will generate ongoing annual funds to operate the Center, thus ensuring long term financial sustainability of the project. This announcement is the culmination of almost two years of study and research by the Toyota Education Endowment Fund Advisory Committee (TEEFAC).

“One of the goals of TEEFAC has been to provide a long term opportunity for all students of the eight districts and provide an enhancement to the public education system in the PUL region,” said Reggie Collums, Pontotoc County Chancery Clerk and a member of TEEFAC. “The district superintendents have been actively involved with the TEEFAC research, and most accompanied TEEFAC on a visit to Frisco, Tex., to visit a center that is the model for this Center for Professional Careers,” he said.

Today marks the official start of the project. It is estimated that construction of the Center will take two years once capital funding is secured and could open as early as fall 2013. The Center will be fully integrated into the regional education system and will be governed by a board of directors that is linked to the three counties and eight districts. The committee has studied and benchmarked over a dozen similar concept facilities across the U.S.

Toyota announced the $50 million donation, $5 million a year for 10 years, when it announced the Blue Spring project. The first installment will be paid to the CREATE Foundation in May. CREATE formed the Toyota Education Endowment Fund Advisory Committee to recommend projects for funding to the CREATE Board of Directors. The six member committee consists of one member appointed by each PUL county, one by CREATE, one by Toyota, and the Mississippi State School Superintendent.

Contact:

Mike Clayborne
CREATE Foundation
662-844-8989

Research Provided by SeJr

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Earth Day News

alabamacharity — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:22:31 +0000

Alabama Charity Network has compiled a list of Earth Day sources for you.

Earth Day Network

How To take action on Earth Day

Washington Post- Earth Day Movement

Business Week- Earth Day now “Mainstream”

WKRG-Earth Day in Mobile Alabama

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Bike-A-Thon!

alabamacharity — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:23:32 +0000

Eastern Shore Toyota is organizing a Bike-A-Thon aimed at the end of May. The details are in the works but the first word is $20 admission and all proceeds will go to a designated Charity (Most likely for Cancer Awareness/Support). We will post all of the details soon!

Link Exchange Donation!

alabamacharity — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:19:52 +0000

Alabama Charity Network would like to thank all of the sites and directories that have provided us with reciprocating links in their directories:

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

alabamacharity — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:20:22 +0000

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

For More information on Bill Gates visit Wikipedia or click this link

“Sister of Charity”

alabamacharity — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:16:49 +0000

Dharma Master Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun, has built the biggest charity in the Chinese world. To read the Entire Article at Forbes click here

reported by Shu-Ching Jean Chen

Wikipedia of Cheng Yen