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	<title>A Voice For Children &#187; people making a difference</title>
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		<title>Creating Meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Operation Kids</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ost nonprofit organizations seek to engage the world to come together to create art (solutions). We celebrate the remarkable. We generously give money and time and information to those whose lives we seek to improve.  We make judgment calls - determining how we can attain the most good for the greatest number of people with the limited resources we have.  By virtue of working to serve some sector of the population, we aspire to connect people and ideas.

Organizationally, we might (at least on paper) have it right. Yet how many of us who work for nonprofits are engaged in the same path of creating meaning?]]></description>
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		<title>Harnessing the Olympic Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Operation Kids</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you cheer for your favorite curling team, hold your collective breath as Lindsay Vonn hits the slopes or gasp at each gravity-defying snowboard trick, remember that feeling of goodwill and resolve to share it with others.]]></description>
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		<title>A True Saint</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2010/02/a-true-saint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Stirling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Charitable Giving & Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brees Dream Foundation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we celebrate the Saints’ march to the Super Bowl, I hope equal attention is given to the Brees family for their inspiring philanthropic leadership on behalf of a beleaguered city’s children.]]></description>
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		<title>What You Give Away</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/11/what-you-give-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A timely message as we approach the season of giving. As you rush about preparing for seasonal observances, be aware of those around who may be struggling. If you sense someone may need help, be the one to help.]]></description>
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		<title>The OK List of America&#039;s Best</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/10/the-ok-list-of-americas-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Thought Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Kennedy Shriver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd like to contribute an "Operation Kids: America’s Best Leaders in 2009" by highlighting additional leaders who have made an enormous impact in their communities and, due to their commitment and influence, the world.]]></description>
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		<title>America&#039;s Best Leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/10/americas-best-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Thought Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nov 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report listed its pick for America’s Best Leaders in 2009. We are pleased to recognize that three of the people named are also recipients of the Operation Kids Lifetime Achievement Award.]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Those Who Take Action</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/celebrating-those-who-take-action/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/celebrating-those-who-take-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Operation Kids</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Initiative: Children's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Brees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has it revolutionized all of New Orleans? Not yet. But has it revolutionized one child's life? Absolutely. And there are thousands of kids who face a better future because someone took action.

We too are serious about affecting change - but we need you to be as well. Together, with people like Drew and organizations like New Orleans Outreach, we can do it.]]></description>
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		<title>Charting Course for the Future</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/charting-course-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herbert is a very quiet 8th grader.  He doesn’t talk much, but is always respectful and courteous, and good academically.  When New Orleans Outreach started offering the Power Ties career awareness workshops to Herbert and his classmates, he questioned whether it would be useful for him, and whether he’d have anything to contribute to his resume.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Lives in New Orleans (Part III)</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/changing-lives-in-new-orleans-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/changing-lives-in-new-orleans-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Operation Kids</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts education is something that is often lacking in troubled city schools, especially in New Orleans. Many schools wouldn't have arts or music programs without the aid of New Orleans Outreach. Seeing a child come alive through arts education, and recognize the contribution he or she could make to his or her peers, helps to illustrate why it is such a critical component of a child's education.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing New Orleans One Child at a Time, Part II</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/changing-new-orleans-one-child-at-a-time-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/changing-new-orleans-one-child-at-a-time-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Operation Kids</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both of these young women will change the world, in part because of New Orleans Outreach.]]></description>
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