Malaysian Mosque Is Also a Methadone Clinic – NYTimes.com

Families and Friends, Not Churches and Charities, Provide Most Help for Jobless – Philanthropy Today – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas. Relatives and friends are by far the primary source of assistance for people mired in unemployment, with about 70 percent of the long-term jobless saying they’re received no help from churches or community organizations, according to an NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation survey.

Answering TTP Foundation’s Walk to Answer TTP Together – Answering TTP Foundation – Mina Rajan. I will be joining other TTP patients and supporters on September 24, 2011 to raise awareness for this orphaned disorder.   We will be walking alone or in small groups.  Pledges will help us to raise funds for much needed research.  This will ease treatment and ultimately find a cure for TTP. TTP is too rare to make it economical for pharmaceutical companies to fund specialized TTP research. Your donation, no matter how small, makes the fight possible.  We are a geographically dispersed patient group…

I wanted to bring your attention to a new initiative that we are launching to promote awareness and provide information on the Pakistan Floods – Pakistan: Flood Action NOW http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Pakistan-Flood-Action-NOW/111179318935127 P-FAN was created on August 14, 2010 by a group of concerned citizens just like you. P-FAN is our heartfelt response to the disastrous floods and related suffering in Pakistan. P-FAN members are all over the world and are of every race and creed. We are coming together to make a difference. We are dedicated to coordinating awareness, fund raising and supporting relief efforts in response to this humanitarian crisis…