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	<title>A Voice For Children &#187; Whole Child</title>
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		<title>A lesson from World Vision</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2010/05/a-lesson-from-world-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Lindsay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate giving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed a book entitled “The Hole in Our Gospel” by the current president of World Vision, Richard Stearns.
World Vision, as you likely know, is a faith-based relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. The organization annually receives more than $1 billion in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers redefine retirement with philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2010/04/boomers-redefine-retirement-with-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the National Post this week reports that Boomers are defining retirement by creating new, purpose-driven careers for themselves, rather than quietly going off into the sunset.
The article cites a new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy,  which reports that the majority of working Boomers (approximately 62 percent) expect to stay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MyoMed Ragnar Relay &#8211; Wasatch Back Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/08/myomed-ragnar-relay-wasatch-back-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/08/myomed-ragnar-relay-wasatch-back-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Heart Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six weeks ago, I mentioned our increasing involvement with the MyoMed Ragnar Relay series, just prior to the MyoMed Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back race.
Operation Kids became involved because Ragnar was looking for a way to ensure that funds raised by the race went to organizations and programs that were effective, efficient and committed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Kids participation in the MyoMed Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/06/operation-kids-participation-in-the-myomed-ragnar-wasatch-back-relay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[long distance running]]></category>
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I had the privilege of being at the finish line of the MyoMed Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay this past Saturday and I want to extend a well-earned “congratulations” to Dan Hill and Tanner Bell.
Operation Kids was there when these two young men decided to take action on what was then, a very ambitious and untested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day to be remembered</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/05/a-day-to-be-remembered/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/05/a-day-to-be-remembered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Charitable Giving & Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May 08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Kids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 9, 2008 is a date that will forever be remembered in Operation Kids history. It was the first time we ever assembled—in the same room—our Board of Trustees, National Advisory Board and Whole Child Committee. It was important in many respects, but perhaps the most important reasons have to do with how we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katrina’s Children</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/04/katrina%e2%80%99s-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s blog post was written by Steve Reiher, VP of Marketing &#38; Development for Operation Kids.
Have you ever wondered what experiencing Hurricane Katrina was like from a child’s perspective?  Or how they are dealing with the experience more than two years after it happened?
It’s a story that needed to be told.  That’s why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Edible Schoolyard</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/04/the-edible-schoolyard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/04/the-edible-schoolyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Nonprofit Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edible school yard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green charter school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Kids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s blog post was written by Steve Reiher, VP of Marketing &#38; Development for Operation Kids.
I recently had the opportunity to attend the open house for the Edible Schoolyard project at Green Charter School in New Orleans.  Green Charter School is an open-access, public school serving more than 320 students in grades K-8. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Hope … Making Miracles (Part III)</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/04/giving-hope-%e2%80%a6-making-miracles-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/04/giving-hope-%e2%80%a6-making-miracles-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Charitable Giving & Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Nonprofit Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Organ Transplant Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cord blood transplant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duke University Medical Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase (PNP) Deficiency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Saunders’ story is still unfolding – one miracle received and now they hope for a second.  Martin recently wrote in the boys’ COTA online journal:  “We continue to ask for prayers for both boys as they are still healing and will be for some time to come.  But, we are so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Hope … Making Miracles (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/03/giving-hope-%e2%80%a6-making-miracles-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2008/03/giving-hope-%e2%80%a6-making-miracles-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate giving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Charitable Giving & Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Nonprofit Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Organ Transplant Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cord blood transplant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COTA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical expenses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin and Gina share their boys’ story     
In October of 2006, both  were diagnosed with PNP Deficiency.  They are two of just 55 diagnosed cases worldwide.  A bone marrow transplant could possibly correct the T-cell deficiency in their immune systems.  So we met with specialists at Duke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food for Thought</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2007/11/food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2007/11/food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whole Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Buddies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cookbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intellectual disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, two things tend to share the limelight: Food and Gratitude.I am excited about a new cookbook coming out, Family Comfort Favorites, written by Kim Warren, who is passionate about food, but is also just as passionate about one of the causes Operation Kids believes in: making the world better for [...]]]></description>
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