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The May River Montessori School is in the for a $50,000 grant that could help make its front yard a "learning landscape.

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Lynchburg, VA - An area school is trying to pull out a win so they can get a new playground. Heritage Elementary has signed up for the Rack Room Shoes Beautification Photo Contest. If they win, they get a $50,000 grant to improve the grounds of the school.

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CASAR — A few thousand mouse clicks could give Casar Elementary a new playground. The of pre-K through fifth graders entered Rack Room Shoes’ online school beautification contest. The contest will award a $50,000 beautification grant to...

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The May River Montessori School is in the running for a $50,000 grant that could help make its front yard a "learning landscape.

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Many people take basic necessities such as shoes for granted, but children in developing countries often grow up barefoot, according to TOMS’ website.

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Cumberland County High School Jets baseball team is hoping to secure a grant to help with field improvements through an online voting challenge sponsored by Rack Room Shoes. The top four entries with the most votes on the site will be awarded grants of $15,000.

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Before they were old enough to drive or get into rated-R movies, Shane Battier, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were huge Grant Hill fans.

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As part of the Kalso Earth Shoes Earth Day promotion, DietsInReview.com will receive a $1000 grant from the brand use those funds to plant vegetable gardens at Wichita's Carpenter Place.

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Many people take basic necessities such as for granted, but children in developing countries often grow up barefoot, according to TOMS’ website.

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Former Denver Yellow Cab driver Ahmed Odawaay endured the pain of watching his brother get shot to death during a civil war in his native Somalia.

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Ask Joshua Grant what the toughest thing was about dancing for five years with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and you won’t hear about the agony of strapping his feet into pointe shoes. Nor will it be lacing himself into a tutu, or learning the fine art of putting on stage makeup and false eyelashes – or even learning how to dance female roles while being hysterically funny.

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Ask Joshua Grant what the toughest thing was about dancing for five years with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and you won’t hear about the agony of strapping his feet into pointe shoes. Nor will it be lacing himself into a tutu, or learning the fine art of putting on stage makeup and false eyelashes – or even learning how to dance female ballet roles while being hysterically funny.

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A pair of shoes is a daily necessity to us. But for thousands of children in Nairobi, Kenya, it’s a privilege few are granted.[...]

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Ask Joshua Grant what the toughest thing was about dancing for five years with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and you won’t hear about the agony of strapping his feet into pointe shoes. Nor will it be lacing himself into a tutu, or learning the fine art of putting on stage makeup and false eyelashes – or even learning how to dance female roles while being hysterically funny.

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A few months back, my friend and longtime colleague Grant McCracken posed a question to Fast Company readers: "Is design thinking dead?" Grant's answer to the question? Channeling his best "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (which makes me wonder, what would Austin have been like if he were "The Canadian Rattlesnake"?), Grant offered a resounding, "Hell no!" And I couldn't agree more. Grant was ...

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Following in the footsteps of the great 19th-century explorers for his new book, Crazy River, Richard Grant travelled to Burundi to experience life in the poorest, most corrupt country in the world

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A martial arts move that benefits others...an Elkhart boy is collecting hundreds of shoes for charity to get the community service hours needed to earn his black belt. Eight year old Grant Brekke has

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A martial arts move that benefits others...an Elkhart boy is collecting hundreds of shoes for charity to get the community service hours needed to earn his black belt. Eight year old Grant Brekke has

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But their hope is buoyed empty promises, according to an investigation by Amnesty International, which shows how Nepal's migration system transforms its people into commodities on both sides of the labor trade. The Amnesty report details scores of ... Read

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On a sidewalk across from Washington's main encampment of Occupy DC protesters who are railing against the evils of corporate greed, Peruvian immigrant Gustavo Carpio ekes out a living.

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