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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. But we forget that our social-emotional health is critical to the development of a successful adult.

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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. A 2023 report from Gitnux reveals that more than half of U.S. In fact, in 2016 the Harvard Business Review compiled data from leading experts on the topic. And so much more.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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It made history in 2023 with the first consumer sale of cultivated meat, which required approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Flipboard Photo courtesy of Flipboard Who they are: From health care to fashion, getting news you care about without looking up dozens of individual media sources can be daunting. Seed Health Inc.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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UK will be only developed country in world with lower employment in 2023 than pre-pandemic

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New analysis shows that it is being driven by: An increase of more than 200 thousand in those out of work for five years or more due to ill health – as people who might have got back to work sooner become more and more disadvantaged. This will be followed next year by a series of hearings, events and further research and development.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

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It was acquired by L’Oréal in 2016 for $1.2 Experience is something that you can’t teach,” Scott told SUCCESS in 2016. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. billion dollars and ultimately landed her on Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women list. Success might feel intuitive.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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And as that fame grew, so did his fortune—which he immediately started giving away, first in a hefty donation to Chicago Public Schools in 2017, then to the county’s mental health services. In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. Photos by Nick Onken.

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