Did You Know… Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That’s 1 student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 students a day. On average, only 58% of students in the 50 largest cities in America make it to graduation. Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than […]
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer, Warrick Dunn, established the Homes for the Holidays Program in 1997 to reward single parents and children the American Dream first-time home ownership in Atlanta, Ga., Baton Rouge, La., Tampa and Tallahassee, Fla. He later founded The Warrick Dunn Family Foundation in 2002 as a medium to further grow programs and […]
Spina bifida, also known as “open spine,” is a neural tube birth defect that inhibits the development of the spinal cord, its membrane, the spinal nerves, and the backbone. Spinal bifida malformations fall into one of four categories: In Spina bifida occulta, the mildest form of the disease, the outer part of some of the […]
Essence Magazine recently partnered up with BMW to celebrate the philanthropic efforts of actress of Holly Robinson-Peete. Robinson-Peete has a non-profit organization called The HollyRod Foundation which she founded in 1997 to provide care for those living with Parkinson’s disease, an illness that affects approximately 60,000 Americans each year, and Autism. The HollyRod Foundation was […]
NBA All-Star, Dwight Howard, has been reaching many impoverished communities with his D12 Foundation. Some of his most recent contributions include donating $25,000 to single teen mothers and donating $100,000 to Haiti while also travelling there to lend a helping hand. In honor of being a four-time recipient of the “Rich and Helen DeVos Community […]
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one form of dementia that progressively worsens over time. Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. This illness affects memory, thinking, and behavior. AD patients will suffer from memory impairment along with problems with language, their ability to make rational decisions, judgment skills, and their personality. […]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is when a child has a problem with inattentiveness, being too hyper, impulsiveness, or a combination of all three. For children to be diagnosed as ADHD, their behavior must be out of the normal range for their age and development. Causes and Risk Factors ADHD is the most commonly […]
Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. Normally, red blood cells are shaped like discs. Causes and Risk Factors Sickle cell anemia is caused by hemoglobin S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells […]
Actress and former host of It’s Showtime at the Apollo, KiKi Shepard founded her K.I.S Foundation in 2007 at the urging of many friends and sickle cell disease advocates. She has been raising awareness of sickle cell disease for over 20 years now and actually has the sickle cell trait herself. The K.I.S Foundation prides […]
Did You Know… HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading infectious killer claiming—to date—over 27 million lives. 33.4 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide, the vast majority of whom are in low- and middle-income countries. An estimated 2 million people die every year from HIV/AIDS. More than 2 million children are living with HIV/AIDS, according to 2008 […]
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