HAPPY EARTH WEEK! VOTE: Top Local 'Green' Nonprofit Of The Month

Thursday, April 19, 2012 HAPPY EARTH WEEK! VOTE: Top Local 'Green' Nonprofit Of The Month Local nonprofits across the country are doing their part to protect the environment and advocate "greener" ways. And at HuffPost Impact, we'd like to recognize the little guys making a big difference. 5 Ways To Commemorate The Holocaust VA To Add 1,900 To Mental Health Staff Contest For Tech Entrepreneurs To Travel, Save The World! Telling My Grandpa's Story On Holocaust Remembrance Day 'I Care' Facebook Button Shows Support For Causes BLOG POSTS Marc Ozburn: Real Life Lesson From Real Life DoGooders: Find a Team and Find Yourself Sports are great equalizers. A universal love for a game can make someone different completely relatable. Sports foster connections that provide a catalyst for a lasting bond. Noel Irwin Hentschel: Loss of Two USC Students From China and Their American Dream How many more senseless violent crimes will it take to realize that children in our inner cities are dying? Generations are being lost but it is preventable, if we demonstrate that we care and we take action. Omar Farooq: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City: My Experience Four years ago, I was flying back to New York on a rickety old plane, completely devastated by the thought that my life as I had planned it was irrevocably and forever changed. I didn't know then, but my search for meaning and my life rewards were still far ahead of me. Dr. Lois Lee: America's Sex Trafficking Victims and Transcendental Meditation Through Transcendental Meditation children victimized by prostitution begin to feel their inner strength and shed bad memories. By reaching inside their inner core the child experiences peacefulness, goodness and a childlike innocence that radiates out, much like a concentric circle. Tireak C. Tulloch: On the Hill for Vets' Rights As a Marine Corps veteran deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I can attest that there is nothing like being around other veterans -- especially when we gather for a shared cause.

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