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For You Haiti Provides Education and Life-Saving Medical Care to Residents of La Gonave

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She flew to Port au Prince and took a boat to the island of La Gonave, which is home to 130,000 people living with extremely limited medical care. She also met a baby with Treacher Collins syndrome who needed urgent medical care. They added more staff, offices and a medical clinic.

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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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A viral start for Katie Blomquist In the fall of 2016, when Katie Blomquist worked as a first-grade teacher at a Title I school in South Carolina, a boy in her class asked her for a bike for his birthday. We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support.

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StretchLabs Is Taking Stretching from a Pre-Workout Activity to Part of a Holistic Wellness Regimen

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There’s just so many ways that we can touch people’s lives and make an impact ,” says Schott, whose background is in physical therapy and athletic training. When you don’t have mobility or your full mobility or you have some pain or something that’s limiting your activity, life kind of stops.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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Function of Beauty Photo courtesy of Function of Beauty Who they are: Function of Beauty , a hair care and beauty brand launched in 2016, is best known for offering customized shampoo, conditioner and styling products based on a user’s hair type, styling goals and more. states, to help set up all students for success.

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Employee Perk or Productivity Secret? Corporate Wellness Programs Deliver on Both

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They are in abundance as developers jump on the corporate wellness train: there are mental health apps with therapists in your pocket. In fact, in 2016 the Harvard Business Review compiled data from leading experts on the topic. There are gym memberships and bonuses for working out. They use TaskHuman, which is free for employees.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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Hilton Doubletree, Dundee

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The Hotel is exceptionally convenient for Dundee’s Ninewells Medical Complex and the burgeoning technology park – the birthplace of “Grand Theft Auto”. Dundee is a thriving city and sometime during 2016 will welcome the new V&A museum as part of a £1B development of the cities waterfront.

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