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These days, Flight Centre's typical in-store customer is a 49-yearold female looking for solo travel inspiration. Regulars Travel Long gone are the days when women travelled only with a partner or family. Women travelling solo, together Meg Jerrard and Mar Pages co-founded the Solo Female Travelers Facebook group in 2015, and it's now a thriving community of 300,000 women who love to travel. [Extracted from the article]

This article from Woman & Home provides a glimpse into the daily routine of Anton Du Beke, a professional dancer and judge on Strictly Come Dancing. Anton starts his day with a cup of tea before getting his children ready for school. He enjoys a breakfast of eggs with avocado or salmon and exercises regularly. His afternoons are usually filled with shows or a round of golf, and he prefers to have a light dinner. Anton cherishes bedtime with his children and enjoys watching television with his wife in the evening. The article also highlights the Second Hand September campaign by Oxfam, which encourages sustainable shopping and reducing clothing waste. It mentions the environmental impact of clothing production and landfill waste, and suggests donating pre-loved clothes and buying second-hand as ways to make a positive impact. Lastly, the article mentions Amy Dowden, a Strictly professional who battled breast cancer and is now returning to the show after a clean bill of health. [Extracted from the article]

This article tells the story of Kim McCarthy, a mother who lost her son Hayden to suicide. After Hayden's death, Kim teamed up with two other mothers, Liz and Michelle, who had also lost their sons to suicide. They organized a fundraising walk to raise awareness about suicide prevention and support the charity Papyrus UK. The three mothers formed a strong bond during the walk and shared their stories to educate others about mental health. They hope to break the stigma surrounding suicide and prevent other families from experiencing the same pain. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the effect of nature on human being and also the emotions of the author towards the nature as he walked the Larapinta Trail in Australia. Topics include how the world today had become human-centric; honoring nature is to honor ourselves, honor in equality and reverence; and comment of spiritual Guides, Chariji is also mentioned.

This article tells the story of Jackie Travers, a 70-year-old woman who refuses to let her age slow her down. Jackie has a long list of plans and dreams, including traveling, sailing, renovating properties, and participating in sponsored walks. She believes that life is for living and constantly seeks new challenges and experiences. Jackie's love for dance has also remained strong, and she regularly dances with a group of former colleagues. She continues to teach dance classes, take tourists on holiday trips, and has aspirations to write a book and a movie script. Jackie's positive and active approach to life serves as an inspiration for people of all ages. [Extracted from the article]

In this article from Writer's Digest, the author discusses their own relationship to characters and how they take shape through the writing process. They reflect on their initial judgment of method actors and their dedication to their roles, realizing that they themselves become fully absorbed by their characters when writing a novel. The author shares their experience with creating the main character of their upcoming book, Late Bloomer, and how the character's desires and personality influenced the story. They offer advice to writers to listen to their characters and let them tell their own stories. The author, Mazey Eddings, is a neurodiverse author, dentist, and cat owner, and their mission is to write love stories for every brain. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the completion of Wolseley Group's charity walk from John O'Groats to Land's End, raising over 18,000 pounds for Dementia UK. It mentions that employees from Burdens and Fusion Utilities undertook the 889.2-mile walk over four weeks, supporting a cause close to many within Wolseley, with plans for further fundraising activities to reach their target of 500,000 pounds for Dementia UK.

The article provides updates on online fundraising and programs by several non-profit organizations in the U.S. as of May 2018. Topics covered include funds raised by Light the Night walkathon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2017, the estimated amount of money raised by Colorado Gives Day annual statewide movement in 2017, and funds raised by non-profit organization Pencils of Promise to build schools in the developing world.

Worse was to come when various Langton comments from the past were dug up, including a derogatory one about opposition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the leading Indigenous woman of the "no" campaign, and her mother Bess, who was formerly in the Northern Territory parliament. Anthony Albanese cemented victory in the 2022 election by being mostly highly cautious and having Labor run, by and large, a tight campaign. Langton was co-author, with Tom Calma, of a seminal report on a Voice under the former government, and a member of the Albanese government's working group on the referendum. [Extracted from the article]

The article provides information that City Plumbing has successfully achieved its fundraising target for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which will fund 100,000 hours of nursing care.

The article offers information on Travis Perkins Supply Chain colleagues taking part in the London Royal Parks walk to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

The article focuses on the Pat Cronin Foundation's annual Be Wise Walk fundraising event and its collaboration with the Dyson Group. Topics include the foundation's mission to end violence and educate young people, the foundation's partnership with Dysons to provide coach services for the event, and the growing success of the Be Wise Walk in raising funds for the foundation.

An evening bath might help lower stress and make it easier to fall asleep. Take a nighttime bath A new study in Japan found that people who took a warm bath after 7 p.m. were less likely to have high blood pressure than those who didn't. In a new study, middle-aged smokers reported more memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers. [Extracted from the article]

Blackbaud, a leading provider of fundraising software for the nonprofit sector, has acquired a new app called Kilter that the company says will allow Blackbaud to expand activity-based peer-to-peer fundraising engagement, to support activity-based health and wellness initiatives for socially responsible companies, and to grow the ways individuals can connect with the causes they care about through the activities they enjoy daily. "Our acquisition of Kilter will allow us to serve nonprofits by expanding the ways they can engage with their supporters to prepare for their existing fundraising walks, runs and rides, and to create totally new types of engagement opportunities that aren't tied to a specific date or place", Gianoni said. Blackbaud plans to leverage these capabilities to support its activity-based fundraising through Blackbaud TeamRaiser, the company's latest event-based fundraising software, offering a broader set of capabilities for nonprofit organizations hosting fundraising events, the company said. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the success of the Walk With a Doc Texas event established by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) in 2012 under the TMA Foundation funds. Topics include the financial backing received by the program which aims to fund more than 25 sites in the state, the national impact of the said event, particularly to physicians and community members, and the results of the 2015 Walk With a Doc Texas survey.

The article focuses on the Jane's Walk in Alberta which started in Toronto, Ontario where Jane Jacobs, Pennsylvania-born author and thinker about cities and city life, lived since 1968 and where she died in 2006. It mentions that such event has generated discussion of the idea of Jacobs and allowed citizens to explore their own neighbourhoods from new perspectives. The events also explore everything from bridges and buses to parking lots and suburban teenage boredom.

The article presents the views of 3,300 men and women who participated in a recent Avon Walk for Breast Cancer walk held in New York in September 2013. It informs that Colethie Adams participated in the walk after finishing up with her chemotherapy session of cancer. Ivona Hertz was walking for her grandmother who survived the Holocaust and breast cancer. It informs that friends Amanda Boris and Lindsay Gerber joined the walk for Lindsay's aunt who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2012.

Photographs of the arrival of Nishiyuu youth walkers from Whapmagoostui to Ottawa, Ontario are presented.

A calendar of events in Michigan in October 2012 is presented which includes Literacy classes for babies, toddlers and kids at Grand Rapids Public Libraries, family entertainment and activities at the Zeeland Stadium and an Annual two-mile walk by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The article focuses on the Canadian fundraising march Miles for Millions. The author recounts her experiences participating in the walks, explains that they were first organized in 1966 by Canada's Centennial International Development Program in an effort to raise money to donate to the developing world, and that the majority of participants were high school students.

The article offers the author's insights on the 2016 ACB Brenda Dillon Memorial Walk of 10,000 Steps walkathon hosted by the American Council of the Blind (ACB) around Hyatt and several skywalks in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Topics include the fund raised during the event, the participation of the ACB members, and the planned walk in 2017.

A calendar of running events in the U.S. in 2009 is presented including the Chicago Fire Fall Wonder Girl 5K in Illinois on November 14, the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon and Half Marathon in Texas on November 15 and the Thanksgiving Day 5K Run/Walk in Crystal Lake on November 26.

The article relates the efforts of Cathleen Eagan's friends to help her during her battle against melanoma. Her friends took over everyday tasks, freeing up Cathleen to concentrate on her health and her family. During the chemotherapy treatments, Eagan's friends prepared meals for her family each day. Six weeks after participating in the Safe in the Shade Walkathon of the Melanoma International Foundation, Eagan died at a hospice in Dover, New Jersey.

The article presents a calendar of events in California. The "Where We Live American Photographs From the Berman Collection" exhibit will be held at the Getty Center in Brentwood. The concert of Judith Owen will be held at Room 5 in Los Angeles. The 10th Annual Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer will be held in Duarte.

Presents the highlights of the fundraising walk Weekend to End Breast Cancer held in Toronto, Ontario in 2005.

Presents a calendar of fund raising events to be held in Charleston, South Carolina from September 2005 to August 2006. Beethoven's Prohibition Serenade organized by the Chamber of Music Society of Charleston; Carolina Youth Development Center Black Tie & Auction; Lowcountry Heart Walk hosted by the American Heart Association.

Focuses on the raising funds for charities through athletic events. Development of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; Estimated number of Americans that will run in relays to raise approximately $300 million; Prevalence of walkathons and bikeathons in the United States as a method to raising funds and promote awareness for a variety of causes; Amount raised through such events yearly; Impact of the awareness raised by such events on the funding for the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health; Impact of corporate involvement in such events, which is believed to have started with the Project Bread Walk for Hunger in Boston, Massachusetts; Extent of corporate involvement in events.

The article offers news brief as of September 2022. Topics discussed include 4 Hogs Back Brewery marked its 30 birthday by inviting 30 local loyal drinkers, Sadlergates Catering in Derby has been providing packed lunches to 60 young Ukrainian refugees, and the provisional dates for the Zest Quest Asia 2023 competition were announced at a launch event last week at Cafe Spice Namaste in London Docklands.