GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Staff of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago built a blood type database — the first of its kind — for bonobos, orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas. The database will dramatically improve the quality of veterinary care for great apes in captivity.
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Featuring the Lincoln Park Zoo, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: Communities and Banking Magazine
Carol Rubin, Massachusetts Regional Coordinator for the Parent-Child Home Program highlights the program’s learning through play approach to promote school readiness.
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Featuring the Parent-Child Home Program, a grantee of the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation, the Linden Foundation and the Ludcke Foundation.
RESEARCH IN ACTION
Water quality and quantity has always been a central concern of the environmental movement.
A recent surge in grassroots activism points to a new set of water worries – bottled water extraction and the privatization of public water supplies.
Bottled Water Battles
The board and staff of the Cox Trust noticed a trend of bottled water battles in many New England towns. As a regional foundation with an interest in protecting water, the Trust asked its colleagues at the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund to document the problem. Continue Reading »
