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Kid Power! Spare Change Makes a Big Difference… And So Do Volunteers

  Who would have guessed that kids across the U.S. would be changing lives using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters? Proving that every penny counts, last year, K-12 students across Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay raised a record $446,000 participating … Continue reading

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Kids Helping Kids

I know we’ve focused a lot on Team In Training lately, mostly because our spring season is going to be starting this month, and it’s chock full of so many awesome events, we want to make sure everyone hears about … Continue reading

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National Philanthropy Day Recounted

In 2009, the eighth grade class of Ida Price Middle School participated in a charity walk-a-thon organized by the students and history teacher Dan Kirwan.  Their walk raised $7,500 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, funding important blood cancer research … Continue reading

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