Two Family-Services Groups Merge
Two family-services groups, ChristieCare, in Marylhurst, Ore., and Youth Villages, in Memphis, have agreed to a merge, according to Native American Times.
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Senior Editor
John C. Haas, Businessman and Philanthropist
Mr. Haas, who led a big chemical company founded by his father, channeled hundreds of millions of dollars to charities.
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Senior Editor
The 940 Dance Company, a contemporary-dance troupe in Lawrence, Kans., has announced it will disband, writes The Topeka Capital-Journal.
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Senior Editor
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Closes
The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival has closed, the result of insurmountable financial struggles, reports The Baltimore Sun.
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Senior Editor
Debt-Ridden Symphony Files for Bankruptcy
With more than $5-million debt, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will disband, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.
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Senior Editor
The University Cultural Center Association, a group that promotes and supports urban development in Detroit, and the New Center Council Inc., a business-development group in Detroit, plan to merge, writes the Detroit Free Press.
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Senior Editor
Two California Human-Service Groups Plan Merger
Mid Valley Recovery Services, in El Monte, Calif., is merging with Social Model Recovery Systems, in Covina, Calif., writes the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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Senior Editor
Chicago Legal Services Program Shuttered
Board members of the Chicago Area Foundation for Legal Services have voted to dissolve the organization—a program of the Chicago Community Trust—and plan to establish a restricted fund at the community foundation to support legal-aid services, according to a news release on the Chicago Community Trust’s Web site.
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Senior Editor
New Hampshire Charity Joins Local United Way
The Whole Village Family Resource Center, a Plymouth, N.H. human services group, is merging with the Lakes Region United Way, in Laconia, N.H., writes The Citizen of Laconia.
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Senior Editor
Texas Youth Group Resorts to Layoffs
American Youthworks, a 35-year-old Austin, Tex., charity that operates education and job-training programs for youths, has laid off 14 of its 90 employees, reports the Austin American-Statesman.
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Senior Editor