GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Boston Globe

Hubie Jones founded the Boston Children’s Chorus in 2003 with 30 students and has seen it grow to more than 400 singers. He is particularly proud of the group’s annual Martin Luther King Day concert.

At age 67 Jones has added another honor to a long list of achievements.  He is one of ten 2010 recipients chosen from 1,500 nominees of the nationally-recognized Purpose Prize.

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Featuring the Boston Children’s Chorus, a grantee of the A. C. Ratshesky Foundation, the Schrafft Charitable Trust and the Ludcke Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Hindu

Used lead batteries are not being collected in sufficient quantity to protect public health and the environment from lead hazards according to a recent report “Lead Battery Recycling in India” based on company records obtained by Occupational Knowledge International.

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Featuring OK International, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: PBS NewsHour

NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman has the story of a financial firm that’s buying foreclosed houses and then selling them back to the former owners.

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Featuring Boston Community Capital and City Life/Vida Urbana, grantees of the Herman and Frieda Miller Foundation.