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Community News and Information, Family, Youth

Minnesota Subsidized Jobs Program Will Be Scaled Back If U.S. Senate Fails to Extend TANF Emergency Fund

No Comments 02 September 2010

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 / V-Newswire/ — Minnesota will have to scale back a subsidized transitional jobs program that it has expanded significantly during the recession unless Congress this fall extends the TANF Emergency Fund, the federal program that helped to fund the state expansion, according to a new report from the [...]

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Business, Community News and Information, Community Resources, Non-Profit

Computer Clicks Can Be Music to Ears of World’s Poor and Less Fortunate

No Comments 27 August 2010

LITTLETON, Colo., Aug. 27 / V-Newswire/ — A program called The Footprints Network aggregates thousands of consumer micro  donations made while conducting online transactions in order to help fund community development projects that fight poverty  worldwide. The global initiative was organized in 2004 by WorldNomads.com, a company that is setting the travel services industry bar  for [...]

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Community News and Information, Community Resources, Leadership, Youth

State Farm® Now Accepting Applications for Youth Advisory Board Members

No Comments 24 August 2010

Deadline for applications is Sept. 10, 2010 BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Aug. 24 / V-Newswire/ — State Farm Youth Advisory Board is seeking Board Members to serve through 2011. “Being on the State Farm Youth Advisory Board has allowed me to make a difference in communities across the country through service-learning,” said Armand Ontiveros, a current Board member. “State [...]

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2010, African-American, Business, Charity Event, Community News and Information, Community Resources, Health, Sports

Retired NFL Players Launch the Retired Players Association at the NFL Enshrinement Festival August 7th 2010

No Comments 03 August 2010

Minneapolis, MN / V-Newswire/ August 3, 2010—Today, retired NFL greats, Carl Eller, Lem Bailey, Deacon Jones and other NFL Hall of Famers, announced the launch of the Retired Players Association (RPA).  The launch will take place at the NFL Enshrinement Festival at the NFL Hall of Fame Ceremony in Canton Ohio on August 7th 2010. To [...]

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Community News and Information, Environmental

6,500 People Support Environmental Responsibility, One Vote at a Time

No Comments 23 July 2010

  WATERBURY, Vt., July 23 / V-Newswire/ — Recently, Quark Expeditions and SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment launched a travel contest that invited North Americans to share their passion for the environment.  The prize is a $45,000 icebreaker expedition for two to Antarctica accompanied by SeaWorld Animal Ambassador, Julie Scardina. Nearly 140 people have posted why they should [...]

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2010, Advertising/Marketing, Business, Charity Event, Clothing, Community News and Information, Retail

The Midwest Divas today announced their official event partnership with MOCA MN for the 1st Annual “Fabulosity: A Shopping, Pampering and Networking Experience”

No Comments 09 July 2010

Minneapolis, MN July 9 / V-Newswire/ –In addition to donating a percentage of the proceeds from Fabulosity, The Midwest Divas will be holding a silent auction at their upcoming Fabulosity event to benefit MOCA and its mission. MOCA was founded in 1999 by a small group of ovarian cancer survivors to fund ovarian cancer research [...]

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Community News and Information, Health, Texas

State Farm Prepared for Hurricane Alex

No Comments 30 June 2010

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., June 30 /V-Newswire/ — State Farm®, the leading insurer of cars and homes in Texas and the nation, is ready for Hurricane Alex. The company is reassigning key personnel to focus on preparing for Alex’s impact and have ensured our lines of communication are open, clear and ready in [...]

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Award, Business, Community News and Information, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Retail

DirectBuy of Minneapolis awarded Top Renewal Club of the Year honors

No Comments 30 June 2010

BLOOMINGTON, MN, June 30, 2010 /V-Newswire/ — DirectBuy Club, the leading home improvement and home furnishings club with direct insider prices, recently announced at its International Sales & Service Conference in Dallas, Texas, that DirectBuy of Minneapolis had won the coveted Top Renewal Club of the Year award. The Top Renewal Club award is presented to [...]

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Community News and Information, Event, Social Networking

PureMatter to Host Mashable.com ‘Meetup’ on First Ever Social Media Day, June 30

No Comments 29 June 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29 /V-Newswire/ — In celebration of the first ever, global Social Media Day on June 30, PureMatter will host a “Meetup” event at its agency’s office in downtown San Jose, California. Social Media Day was created by social media website Mashable.com as a day to celebrate the revolution of media becoming a [...]

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