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Peace Week at Casady School
For many years, Shinnyo-en Foundation has been supporting Casady School in Oklahoma City and their activities organized around the United Nation’s International Day of Peace. In 2013, for the first time, the UN...
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Service is Contagious
Contributed by Julie Rogers Bascom, Service-Learning Coordinator at Edina Public Schools and board member of Doing Good Together I love the fall – - it’s a chance to regroup after a summer of rejuvenation,...
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San Francisco Peninsula Youth and Adults Share Reflections of Beauty
Contributed by Leif Erickson, Executive Director of Youth Community Service Each year during the last weekend in August, Shinnyo-en Foundation partner Youth Community Service invites children, youth and adults to...
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Respecting Differences, Deepening Faith
Each summer, the Foundation’s grant to Working Partnerships USA supports the Teen Interfaith Leadership Council of Santa Clara County on an interfaith immersion trip to Sante Fe, Albuquerque and Taos, New Mexico....
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Reflections on 2013 Annual Retreat
This past August, the Foundation held its 14th Annual Retreat. The Retreat is intended to provide an opportunity for our grantees and Shinnyo-en community members to connect with like-minded individuals and think...
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Welcome 2013-2014 Shinnyo Fellows!
As many may have been soaking up the last weeks of summer, August was a busy and exciting time at the Foundation. Prior to the start of the academic year, we welcomed 11 bright and talented individuals as our...
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The Gifts of Sustained Service
Contributed by Nan Peterson (Director of Service-learning at Blake) and Lisa Sackreiter (Upper School Service-learning Coordinator) The Blake School, just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota is a pre-kindergarten...
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Senior Shinnyo Fellows Are Announced With Gratitude and Respect!
Shinnyo-en Foundation is proud to share the great news that Nan Peterson of The Blake School in Minneapolis, MN and Steve Herrera, Deacon of San Jose Diocese and religious studies teacher at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, CA Read more...
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