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When school budgets are stressed, cuts to extracurricular activities are a too frequent occurrence. As a result, it's become more difficult for New Jersey school children to get exposure to the arts, especially arts from different and diverse cultures.
With the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's (NJPAC) Verizon Passport to Culture Series, students are introduced to the arts with programs that feature world-class artists from a wide variety of traditions. Performances of music, dance, storytelling, theater, puppetry, and more ignite the imagination and lay the groundwork to cultivate lifelong enthusiasts for the arts. Productions are linked to curriculum areas such as world languages, social studies and language arts and are appropriate for a broad range of ages.
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 When families are need, especially in time of disaster, where do they look? For many people, it's The Salvation Army. Originally founded in 1865 to help hungry and the destitute people in London, England, today there are more than 9,000 Salvation Army centers and local neighborhood units in the United States.
The Salvation Army's New Jersey state headquarters received a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to support the relief organization's efforts to assist people impacted by the devastating effects of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in Paterson and the surrounding area.
The grant will help fund the critical relief services the Salvation Army is providing locally and will enable it to assist between 50 and 75 families impacted by the storm.
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Verizon Grant Lays Foundation for Electronic Medical Records
When the new federal healthcare bill was signed into law several years ago, it meant that there would be significant changes, especially on how medical records will be kept and maintained in the future. With demand for health information technology jobs projected at more than 150,000 jobs nationally in the next 4-5 years, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship has been focusing on developing programs and workforce opportunities within the healthcare and information technology industries. |
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 Verizon has been named to the G.I. Jobs Top 100 Military-Friendly Employers List for 2012, in recognition of the company's military recruiting and hiring practices. This recognition is the latest in a series of honors Verizon has received for its long-standing commitment to recruiting, hiring and supporting military veterans.
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