WASHINGTON, May 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — First Lady Michelle Obama, “Happy Mother’s Day” to you and your mother, Ms. Marian Robinson from four generations of King Family Women. Our Mother’s Day wish – Please help save 9-year-old “Little Peace Ambassador,” Ariana-Leilani. “You know, I think in the end our kids look up to us, first [...]
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Download image WASHINGTON, May 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Following is the daily “Profile America” feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SUNDAY, MAY 13: MOTHER’S DAY Profile America — Sunday, May 13th. Today is Mother’s Day — one of the nation’s most revered national observances. The idea started in 1908 with Anna Jarvis of [...]
Download image NEW YORK, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Earlier today, Joe Shamie, CEO of Delta Children’s Products, the world’s largest manufacturer of nursery furniture presented 200 new cribs to Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ for distribution at the annual “Newark Now” event, taking place tomorrow. The cribs will be given to local moms [...]
Pediatric patients spend a magical evening celebrating the important rite of passage that every teen should have, no matter how sick. Download image TAMPA, Fla., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Prom season is underway throughout the United States, and inside the walls of St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. Nearly 100 current and former pediatric patients dressed [...]
Teen Pop-star Jasmine Villegas and Racine Reads: Dream Big! Celebrate Program Culmination and Announce Winners of School Library Makeovers RACINE, Wis., (May 10, 2012) /PRNewswire/ — A recent study reported that the average elementary school student read 40 books1 each school year, yet only 34 percent of students are deemed “proficient” in their reading level2. [...]