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"In our youth we harbor grand ambitions....
My dream was to become a journalist wielding the power of the pen to craft breaking new stories and conduct exclusive interviews.
Other than a stint as the sports editor for my local high school paper, the pinnacle of my journalistic career, that dream was thwarted for other career aspirations.
Yet, writing has remained a constant beacon.
Fast track 30 years, after a long and fully satisfying career in health care and community outreach, and today as CEO of United Way of San Joaquin County, Stocktonia presented me with an opportunity to share stories about our community, particularly our nonprofit organizations."
Those organizations include Goodwill Industries, Hospice of San Joaquin, Haggin Museum, the Community Center for the Blind, or YMCA.
With a much larger percentage, over 71%, in fact, are young and maturing nonprofits, and in San Joaquin County alone, nonprofits employ more than 21,000 people, and across the state, one in 14 people work in the nonprofit sector.
"I am not a professional journalist, but I did get an A in creative writing my freshman year at Lincoln High School and have a deeply rooted vision that fact-based reporting might just save us from ourselves," writes Stocktonia reporter and United Way CEO Toni McNeil in her first column for the Read the Entire Article
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More than 3,000 kids in Aberdeen, Scotland, sang "Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen" in front of thousands of family and friends over the weekend as part of the city's annual "Big Sing" event, the BBC...more
Massachusetts' Fitchburg State University is adding two new majors this fallone in creative arts therapies and one in creative arts enterprisemaking it the first public institution in the state to...more
Frances Bronet, president of New York's Pratt Institute, has been named chair of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a group "dedicated to strengthening creative institutions,...more
The Oklahoma Arts Council has released its annual list of grant requests, and it's a doozy. This year's list includes a call for artists to "bring the arts to other statewide organizations," as...more
When does 30 equal a million? When it's the Spring Dance marking the Center for Creative Education's 30th anniversary, the Palm Beach Post reports. The dinner dance took place March 4 at Club...more
A 14-year-old girl in the UK got the chance of a lifetime this week when she appeared on a show hosted by the son of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, the BBC reports. On Cooking Buddies, 14-year-old...more
The National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Australia is offering a master's degree in "ecoscenography"that is, "ecological design for performance," reports the Guardian. The program is the first...more
An annual surf and music festival in the UK has given more than $115,000 to dozens of charities. The Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall, which runs from Aug. 7 to 11, raised the money through...more
A community college in Muskegon, Mich., is offering a full ride for any student willing to take a year of classes there, the Muskegon Chronicle reports. Muskegon Community College is offering a...more
Cal Ripken Jr. is known for his achievements on and off the field, and now he's making headlines for what he doesn't do on the field. The baseball Hall of Famer, who grew up in Baltimore,...more
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