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Honoring Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Honoring Eunice Kennedy Shriver


Honoring Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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09/23/10 | The Women's Conference | 0 Comments

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver

In honor of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, September 25th, Maria Shriver is inviting members of The Women’s Conference to follow in the footsteps of her mother by finding small ways in their everyday lives to help others.

Two women – the owners of Cape Cod’s Centerville Pie Company, Oprah, Cape Abilities and Harry & David have teamed up to make honoring Eunice’s memory – and her mission to help people with disabilities – easier for all of us. Together they are helping bring employment, housing and other services to people with disabilities.

A year ago, when Oprah and Gayle King attended Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s funeral on Cape Cod, Kristin and Laurie, the founders of Centerville Pie Company, delivered a chicken pie to Oprah’s hotel room. Despite the heavy security, their pie got through (thanks to Gayle King), and the rest is history.

Oprah calls this pie, “The best I’ve ever tasted!” And even better is the fact that every pie purchased supports people with disabilities. The pie company employs 30 people with disabilities, and a percentage of every pie bought through Harry & David will go to Cape Abilities, a nonprofit that supports and helps employ people with disabilities.

This fall, we can honor Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s memory and help support the developmentally disabled. It’s as easy as pie.

To order a pie, visit Harry & David | Centerville Chicken Pie or order toll-free: 1-877-322-1200.

To learn more about the amazing life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, visit the Special Olympics website.

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Texas ed board considers resolution limiting Islam - Boston.com

Texas ed board considers resolution limiting Islam - Boston.com

Texas ed board considers resolution limiting Islam

By April Castro
Associated Press Writer / September 24, 2010
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AUSTIN, Texas—Social conservatives are seeking to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, warning of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation's publishing industry.

The State Board of Education plans to vote Friday on a one-page resolution calling on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books.

Critics say it's another example of the ideological board trying to politicize public education in the Lone Star State.

"It's just more of the same Islamaphobic, xenophobic attitude we've been seeing around the country," said Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Council of American Islamic Relations of Texas. "It's not like Muslims are not part of the

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The city held back more than 11,000 elementary and middle schoolers - almost five times last year's total, officials said.

The shocking rise, up from just fewer than 2,400 third- through eighth-graders last year, came as the state raised standards



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/24/2010-09-24_ire_as_thousands_more_kids_held_back.html?r=ny_local/education#ixzz10SQwKeXw

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Gov. Christie arrive at studio for taping of 'Oprah' show

Published: Friday, September 24, 2010, 9:09 AM Updated: Friday, September 24, 2010, 9:29 AM
gov-christie-leaves-hotel.JPGNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leaves the Four Seasons Chicago Hotel en route to the studios of the Oprah Winfrey show to appear with Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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