Word: nonprofits
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...find this Forum has only whetted your appetite for information on "what's out there" beyond the corporate world, take heart. The Office of Career Services hosts other events which focus exclusively on opportunities in the nonprofit and public sectors. On December 1, the BOSTON PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER DAY will host some 25 greater Boston non- profit and government agencies. Representativesfrom agencies in areas such as health, theenvironment, education, community services,housing, women's issues, public interest law andothers will be on hand to discuss jobs,internships, volunteer positions, or to talk abouttheir agenices...
Those intent on recovering their past often start by contacting one of the voluntary registries set up by 22 states to match adoptees with birth parents who are looking for them. The most successful effort is the International Soundex Reunion Registry in Carson City, Nev., a private, nonprofit center that since 1975 has matched more than 2,200 people...
...California a statewide television campaign urges blacks and Hispanics to consider adoption. In the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, a nonprofit agency called the Miracle Makers has placed 671 children in 473 black foster homes during the past two years by recruiting prospective parents at churches, civic centers and homes. In January the agency sent them all letters asking if they would be interested in adopting. "We received 125 affirmative answers," boasts agency director Willy Wren...
...proceeds will go to Redford's Utah-based, nonprofit Sundance Institute for the Arts and an environmental group he started, the Institute for Resource Management. Explains Gary Beer, 38, president of Sundance Group: "Government funding for the arts is down, and we'd like to be self-sufficient." While consumers may be hungry for Redford's hot sauce ($25), the Great Waldo Pepper will have to sell a lot of chili to match beans with L.L. Bean...
...distinguished record of administration in higher education and elsewhere in the nonprofit world," Wilson said of Ladd in a statement. "Widely known to be a powerful spokesperson and a visionary leader, she is deeply committed to the advancement of women. I look forward to working with her in charting the course for this respected institute...