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		<title>Battling Polycystic Kidney Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Karyn Waxman of East Memphis had one of those moments that everyone fears, sitting in a doctor’s office, test results in his hands, and he says to her, “I think you should call your husband.”
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) had erupted painfully across six organs in her lower abdomen causing massive swelling.  Though it’s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dovia Empowers Volunteer Managers</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2008/05/15/dovia-empowers-volunteer-managers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most non-profit volunteer managers would agree that their job titles are far more all-encompassing than one would guess at first glance. For some it’s more like volunteer- recruitment- recognition- training- media- fundraising- database- manager. It’s a job known for low pay and high turnover despite the non-monetary reward of helping people. One Memphis group though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mewtopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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Besides the uniqueness of being surrounded by cats, cat antics and cat merchandise, at Mewtopia Cat Rescue and Gift Shop, there’s also the feeling of being surrounded by compassion.
Director Ann Illsley holds Daisy, a scared orange cat and recent addition to the Mewtopia family of cats waiting for adoption. Mewtopia was Daisy’s last hope before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buildings are Going Green</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/11/30/60/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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“We like to say our green building mission statement is, ‘Oh, come on, it’s not that hard’,” says Sarah Hadskey, chair of the steering committee for the Memphis Regional Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Hopefully that message will begin to take root in the Memphis community as the environmental movement gains momentum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor&#8217;s Mentoring Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K. Levie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a youth mentor, says Emily Dupree, mentor liaison for the newly created Governor&#8217;s Mentoring Initiative, a program created by Governor Bredesen in partnership with Youth Villages.
&#8220;A lot of people think, &#8216;I don&#8217;t have anything to offer; I wouldn&#8217;t make a good mentor; I&#8217;m not a role model&#8217;,&#8221; says Dupree. &#8220;Every single person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee Economic Independence Project</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/09/28/refugee-economic-independence-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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Imagine that today is your first day in the United States. You got off a plane with your seven children, the clothes on your back, no money, and no knowledge of the English language whatsoever. According to Ruth Lomo, founder of the Refugee Economic Independence Project (REIP), you would still have a very long road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CYBA Ready for Festival</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/08/23/cyba-ready-for-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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When Lyn Patrick Myers wants to throw a party, she really throws a party. The new executive director for the Cooper-Young Business Association (CYBA), now holding the reigns of her first Cooper-Young Festival, can&#8217;t wait to share her native roots with all of Memphis.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve always been a Midtowner,&#8221; says Myers, a professional event planner with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Learning</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/08/03/laying-the-foundation-for-lifelong-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Devin</dc:creator>
		
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If you can read this article, then chances are that your parents read to you as a child, says Wilson McCloy of Memphis Literacy Council&#8217;s (MLC) Family Literacy Program. McCloy wants Memphis parents to understand that early childhood learning is essential to success in school, and that it all begins at home.
&#8220;All (parents) really need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving Memphis History</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/07/18/preserving-memphis-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K. Levie</dc:creator>
		
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The preservation of historic buildings isn’t on the forefront of most people’s minds. Beautiful architecture is often disguised beneath a crumbling façade, becoming forgotten and eventually lost forever if no one steps in to the rescue. June West, Executive Director of Memphis Heritage, wants more people to care about what happens to the many historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Leaders for New Schools</title>
		<link>http://culturegrits.com/nonprofit/2007/06/29/new-leaders-for-new-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K. Levie</dc:creator>
		
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Three years ago Memphis was chosen as partner city for a cutting edge educational reform program called New Leaders for New Schools, Inc. (NLNS). The organization brings solid reform strategy and national funds into our struggling city school system.
New Leaders was born six years ago when students from the Harvard College of Education and College [...]]]></description>
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