Tribes Find Assistance in Recovery Act The Cheyenne River Sioux’s Eagle Butte Health Center (South Dakota) is nearing completion, with assistance from the Recovery Act. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Indian Health Service. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius established the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) to advise the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its government-to-government relationship and delivery of services to Tribal communities. At the STAC’s first meeting … [Read more...]
Celebrate Today: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day!
March 20, 2011 by
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day March 20,011 The four seasons are highly respected in many cultures because they so closely represent the cycle of life. Spring represents a time of equality and balance. It is a time of profound change, new beginnings and birth. For these reasons, spring was chosen as the time to hold the first National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in 2007. March 20th, 2011 marks the fifth annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). HIV … [Read more...]
Celebrating the Super Full Moon, March 19 2011
March 19, 2011 by
Super Full Moon On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years. "The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1983," says Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC. "I'd say it's worth a look." Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer to Earth than the … [Read more...]
Shelter Box assisting in JAPAN – Take Action!
March 16, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women You've seen the news - Japan is in trouble. March 11, 2011 is a day, we all will never forget, above Earth 8 shows how it hits Japan. Here is an excerpt from Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan: "The ongoing nuclear incidents are compounding the effects fo the eathquake and tsunami. Families being evacuated from the exclusion zones are going to have to be sheltered somewhere. We'll have a much clearer picture of the situation tomorrow when we reach the … [Read more...]
Observing National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! – March 20, 2011
March 16, 2011 by
Observing National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day This Sunday, March 20th, the Indian Health Service (IHS) joins American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and the nation in observing the fifth National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Originally coordinated by Tribal organizations across the country, recognition of this day has been adopted by native and non-native communities throughout the country as an opportunity to: raise local HIV awareness educate others about HIV … [Read more...]
USA and Canada Practice Daylight Saving Time
March 14, 2011 by
USA and Canada Practices Daylight Saving Time Daylight Saving Time: March 14 Lunar Daylight Saving Time is practiced in USA and Canada. Lunar Daylight Saving Time or simply ‘Daylight Saving Time’ (DST) allows citizens enjoy the sunny summer afternoons by adjusting timepieces an hour in advance so that you will have less daylight in the morning but have more in the afternoon. In the US, the clocks are adjusted one hour in advance beginning in the second week of March … [Read more...]
Commonwealth Day – This year’s theme is ‘Women as Agents of Change’
March 13, 2011 by
Commonwealth Day Celebrated March 14, 2011 A Celebration of Women honors the Commonwealth and Celebrates this years Theme of 2011 The idea of a designated day each year to celebrate the Empire was first put forward in 1894 by the Canadian branch of the Royal Colonial Institute (now the Royal Commonwealth Society). Clementina Fessenden, the wife of Ontario Minister of Education, Senator George W. Ross, promoted a scheme for children to commemorate the Empire on one day each … [Read more...]
Dallas Rocks Against Autism
March 11, 2011 by
Kaspar the friendly robot helps Autistic Children By Nancy Churnin - Reporter nchurnin@dallasnews.com | Bio The quest to understand autism and help those who have been diagnosed with it has spawned inspiring creativity. In England, researchers have created a robot, that they've named Kaspar,that plays with kids with this disease. Consider the way that kids without autism learn emotional lessons from their dolls. This interactive robot gives kids with autism, who have … [Read more...]
Let's Move: "Happy March"
March 7, 2011 by
MARCH 7, 2011 Watch the USTA Video on Tennis with the First Lady. THIS WEEK Happy March! The buds are coming out on some trees here in Washington, DC and my boys want the weather to get warmer so they can only wear shorts and t-shirts instead of coats and hats. I can’t wait to spend more time outside with them. To help get more kids outside, last week the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) announced their collaboration with Let’s Move!. The USTA … [Read more...]
Courtney Leigh Hewitt Scholarship Fund – Pure Joy Ministries
March 3, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women is honored to announce the establishment and first recipient of: The 2009 Recipient of the 'Courtney Leigh Hewitt Scholarship' given by Pure Joy Ministries Pure Joy Ministries...is a non-denominational Ministry founded by Billy and Tracy Varn from Orangeburg, South Carolina. Billy and Tracy have been married for 25 years and have four beautiful children, three sons and a daughter. This amazing family have and hold strong Christian beliefs! Pure Joy … [Read more...]
