Life Skills Programs

'Baby Think It Over' program shows that parenting is no easy task
Catholic Online - CHICAGO, Ill. For Sandra Avorywoskie, it was the way her baby would cry every time she rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. STUDENTS TEND TO DOLL BABIES Junior Jazleen Rosado, left, and senior Marilin Torres tend to their "babies" at

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Conference on Global Literacy
ed.gov - As honorary ambassador for the United Nation's Decade of Literacy, Mrs. Laura Bush today announced an upcoming Conference on Global Literacy to be held in September in New York. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Department of

Women's Connection cabaret event nets $40,000
Cincinnati Enquirer - The Women's Connection, a neighborhood center that provides support and referral services to women, children and families, has received a $40,000 boost for its programs. The money came from the group's eighth annual cabaret last month at Father

The War On Ice: "We've Had Success"
KHNL News 8 - (KHNL) It's a drug that has affected many people in Hawaii. In 2003, the lieutenant governor organized a drug summit to tackle the ice epidemic. Three years later,what kind of progress has the state made in the war on ice? You'll find it in every

Mission Buys Former Nursing Home for Mens Shelter
KOLR 10 - The Victory Mission in Springfield has announced it will close its transitional shelter on Commercial Street, while opening a new, larger shelter just to the west. Mission representatives took neighbors for a tour of the new building Wednesday. The

Golf Philanthropist Keeps Youths Out of the Rough
Washington Post - James Garvin grew up in a two-room shack with no running water or indoor plumbing in the tiny South Florida town of Immokalee. One of five children, he picked fruit and vegetables at near-poverty wages as a child and might still be working the fields