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“There is a Better Way to Live” | Alamo Recovery Center
By Ken Newman / June 16, 2019
The Alamo Addiction Recovery Center on Petersburg’s South Market Street has been helping local addicts find a better way to...
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2019 Trudy Bogese Campership Awards
By Kiffy Werkheiser / June 4, 2019
This year the Trudy Bogese Campership program awarded 19 students from Hopewell and Prince George with a campership - a summer...
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Family by Choice | Big Brothers Big Sisters
By Daniel Jones / May 20, 2019
Terence Doctor shuffles a basketball from hand to hand as he tells me about volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters. He’s...
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While There’s Life, There’s Hope | The ALS Association – DC/MD/VA Chapter
By Ken Newman / May 7, 2019
I recall hearing about ALS a long time ago when it was commonly called “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”. Lou Gehrig, one...
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You Can Still Gain Tax Benefits from Charitable Donations
By Jim Gallagher / April 22, 2019
Like most people, you probably know several organizations worthy of your philanthropy, and you may well have contributed to them, perhaps on an annual basis. In the past, when you’ve made charitable donations, it’s been a win-win: You were able to provide support to a worthy organization and you received some valuable tax benefits. But with the passage of the new tax laws, things may have changed considerably for many people. Are there still tax benefits to making a charitable donation? Here’s some background...
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