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• Sunday Breakfast Mission2013 Superstars in Business Award winner the Sunday Breakfast Mission has served the homeless, addicted and impoverished through Christ-centered programs to meet their spiritual, social and physical needs for 120 years. Honored by the DE State Chamber of Commerce, the Sunday Breakfast Mission serves the community with food boxes, backpacks, clothing, furniture, hygiene products and other items throughout the year.
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• Christiana Care: Cancer Genetic CounselingKnowing the risks for cancer in your family may help you to avoid cancer or to find it early, when it is most curable. The genetic risk assessment program at Christiana Care's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center can help identify your risks for hereditary cancer based on family history and genetics, as well as additional personal and environmental factors.
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• Connecting GenerationsOf the 17 wealthiest countries in the world, the U.S. has the highest child poverty rate. Connecting Generations is trying to break the cycle of poverty in Delaware, and offer children a chance to succeed in school and life with its mentoring programs. www.connecting-generations.org More »
• U.S. Rep. John Carney Part 2In Part 2 of 2, John Taylor sits down with U.S. Congressman John Carney to talk about a variety of topics impacting our state and our country. Social issues, foreign affairs and Representative Carney's political future are discussed in this second of two installments.
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• Libraries as Community LynchpinsIn communities and small towns throughout Delaware, libraries are increasingly functioning as informational resource centers and gathering places, bringing people and organizations together. The Milton Library is even helping to revitalize a once flourishing downtown area, attracting large and diverse numbers of its neighbors with new programming and newly designed traditional services.
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• Mispillion Art LeagueThe Mispillion Art League is a non-profit visual arts organization located in downtown Milford. Mark Schanne sits down with Paul Weagraff to discuss how the Art League has been at the center of downtown Milford's revitalization.
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• Zwaanendael MuseumWelcome to the Zwaanendael Museum, a showcase for Lewes-area maritime, military, and social history. Modeled after the town hall in Hoorn, the Netherlands, the museum commemorates the founding of Delaware's first European settlement by the Dutch in 1631. www.history.delaware.gov/museums/zm/zm_main.shtml More »
• Paratransit OverhaulGovernor Markell put a lot of emphasis on fixing infrastructure and overhauling the way transportation is run in Delaware. Another part of that transformation is set for public transit as well. For the first time in decades DART will change the way it provides service for those with disabilities. DelDOT calls the design a "right fit" for transit customers. Our First Look reports on that fit, and what disability advocates think of it. More »
• MOVIES + NONPROFITS = POWERFUL AWARENESS The 2014 Hearts and Minds Film Festival is pleased to announces its collaboration with Wilm Film and the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) to provide a day-long screening of documentary shorts and features, followed by discussion, around the themes of human resilience and reconciliation. The screenings will be held on Friday April 25th from 9AM to 3PM at the Penn Cinema at Wilmington's Riverfront. DANA President and CEO Chris Grundner and Hearts and Minds Film founder Sharon Baker offer details.
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