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Robin Hood 2011 Moments: #9 - Inspiring words from Paul Tudor Jones II One of Robin Hood’s founders, and current board member, Paul Tudor Jones II, closed the 2011 Heroes breakfast with comments on the increasing challenges faced by New Yorkers in need. “I’m going to care more than I ever cared,” he said. “I’m going to dig deeper.  I’m going to give...
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“Now, with a grant from the Robin Hood Foundation, “We’re trying to develop a...”
– Read the New York Daily News profile on Joan DiBlasi, assistant executive director at Astor Services for Children and Families.  Astor Services provides day-treatment for children who cannot attend traditional public schools because of serious behavioral and emotional disorders. Moving from special...
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“The Robin Hood Foundation, which has targeted poverty in New York City since...”
– “Should Philanthropies Operate Like Businesses?” by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon in the Wall Street Journal.
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Cyber Giving Monday
Thanks to Carlo and the Huffington Post for promoting Cyber Giving Monday— a day of giving to charities. There is still time to join #CyberGivingMonday and get the word out. Take action. livingphilanthropic: Join the movement! What charity will you support Cyber Giving Monday?  Make a donation and tweet about it or share on facebook. #CyberGivingMonday My goal for Cyber Giving...
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Vote for Robin Hood on Book Riot →
Robin Hood is honored to be selected as one of the five finalists in Book Riot’s first “We Practice Charity” campaign. 
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2011 Robin Hood Heroes Each year Robin Hood recognizes outstanding organizations and a few special New Yorkers who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and shown us the resiliency of the human spirit. Tomorrow, Nov. 10, Robin Hood will award three new Heroes for 2011. The video above features a Hero from 2010, School of One.  Awards also went to Shereece Blake, graduate of...
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Ask Team Robin Hood: What's the hardest part of...
Joshua: Staying in the last few Friday nights. Casie: Finding the time to train. Greg: Getting time to do it with kids! Lynn: Running! Committing to nothing else but running/yoga and cross training on evenings and weekends. Kyle: Training my legs to withstand 18-mile jogs. Christie: Finding the time and energy to run with such a heavy work load! James: Running alone for 2.5 hours. David:...
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In honor of Halloween, here are some scary...
10,000 families entered the city’s homeless shelter system last year. New York City’s poverty rate is growing faster than that of the nation. One in three NYC children live in poverty, an 11 percent increase over 2009. 43,000 students in New York City schools are without a home of their own (compared with 10,000 in 2008), according to school records. You can do something about it....
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Instagram: Innovative Uses of Instagram →
instagram: Instagram in Central Park – Black Eyed Peas Instagram photos were projected in front of 60,000 people in Central Park last week for the Black Eyed Peas concert hosted by  Robin Hood NYC. Using the Instagram API, the organization worked with HD MADE to live stream fan photos from the benefit concert. Instagram was also used to show the Golden Ticket winner, a mom who got a...
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