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		<title>NCCF in the News</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/05/10/nccf-in-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Salon Hosts a Mother&#8217;s Day of Pampering for Homeless Moms Teens organize walk, raise nearly $8,400 for charity Proceeds from student organized walk go to National Center for Children and Families Junior Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase to Publish Community Cookbook Proceeds will benefit program at National Center for Children and Families]]></description>
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		<title>Bring out the Fangs: A Blog about Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/05/08/bring-out-the-fangs-a-blog-about-bullying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All week, I have been talking to colleagues and friends about bullying. Bullying is not a new concern, but it is getting more and more visibility in our society, a kind of &#8220;in everyone&#8217;s face&#8221; phenomenon. Maybe because too quickly, too often, we hear of an adolescent who has committed suicide after being the brunt of a vicious cyberspace campaign orchestrated by another student, who characteristically is insecure and aggressive. Perhaps as parents, many of us are too passive, permissive, and civil. My 23-year-old son reminded me recently that I stopped him from being bullied in elementary school because I contacted the parent of the other child and directed the parent to &#8220;fix it.&#8221; I don&#8217;t remember this well, but I was astonished... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/05/08/bring-out-the-fangs-a-blog-about-bullying/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless Children: The Other One Percent</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/23/homeless-children-the-other-one-percent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking a cup of coffee this afternoon, fighting off unprecedented, increasing allergy assaults this spring (I live in a wonderfully flowering parkland with a yard in full bloom), I leisurely read this Sunday&#8217;s headlines: Joining Washington&#8217;s one percenters takes more than the U.S. average .  According to writers Gowen, Morello, and Mellnik, a household income must be far above the national average of $387,000, to be in the area&#8217;s top 1 percent. The gateway for the region is $527,000. And the numbers in this category are increasing.  Frankly, this may well be considered a good thing.  Certainly, this is a sign that the economy is not absolutely flat, and that there is an expanding opportunity for charitable contributions in the... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/23/homeless-children-the-other-one-percent/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterhood</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/16/sisterhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childrens Needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I never had sisters.  Just one younger brother who ended up going to Brown with me. Although I was admitted in the last class of Pembroke College (all women), became a student activist leader, and later a Trustee of the Brown Corporation, I felt like an outsider. Not rational. I also attended Boston&#8217;s Girl&#8217;s Latin School for six years and had many friends, but they were from different parts of town. Not connected. It&#8217;s not that I do not have women in my life. I adore my mother, who lives next door, and I have reared three girls who taught me how powerful and important sisterhood really is. I developed four relationships over my life with women I consider... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/16/sisterhood/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes We Just Need to Listen</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/06/sometimes-we-just-need-to-listen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adolescents Needs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking lately about the power of listening. Sometimes we forget how important it is to just listen, to hear what someone else is saying. When I pick up my granddaughter at school, I tell her I want to know all about her day. I ask her for the details. What did you draw in art class? What did you do on the playground? If she tells me her day was &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;fine,&#8221; I push a little harder. She now expects that. Our children are moving farther and farther away from us. They get so distracted by the computers, the phones, the iPods. They don&#8217;t often come to us wanting to &#8220;talk.&#8221; And we get so busy—doing... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/04/06/sometimes-we-just-need-to-listen/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Silence?</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/03/30/why-the-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childrens Needs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nccf-cares.org/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, my parents let me watch the Ed Sullivan Show before bed. I couldn&#8217;t just turn on the television whenever I wanted to. I only saw what they wanted me to see, when they wanted me to see it. And they didn&#8217;t have to worry about what I might find on the computer. Everything is different now. Children aren&#8217;t protected from the media. They see it all: The grandmother who throws her two-year-old granddaughter from a walkway at a shopping mall. The little boy who finds a gun in his parents&#8217; car and accidentally shoots himself. The teenage gunman who opens fire in a school cafeteria. Trayvon. Our children are exposed to violence all the time.... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/03/30/why-the-silence/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness: What Every Child Deserves</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/03/21/happiness-what-every-child-deserves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childrens Needs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m blogging. I feel younger already. My children will be so impressed. It took me a while to get comfortable with this idea. I&#8217;m 62. I didn&#8217;t even want to go on Facebook—my staff had to convince me to join. Now, of course, I have 297 friends and find myself getting caught up in all of my FB family drama. I have spent my life raising children. I’ve raised five of my own, and they would probably tell you they have always had to share me with the kids at work. I&#8217;ve dedicated my entire 40-year career to mastering the science of child and family development, reading most of the books and going to countless trainings. But the most important... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2012/03/21/happiness-what-every-child-deserves/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Things, Good People, and a Compassionate Community</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/bad-things-good-people-and-a-compassionate-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/bad-things-good-people-and-a-compassionate-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ktanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bethesda, MD &#8212; The homeless individual is often referred to as a panhandler. This perception is even more apparent with the growing, visible homeless population in Montgomery County, MD. The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF), a social service agency providing support to homeless families and abandoned children and youth, for nearly a century, sees firsthand the effects of the housing market, job crisis and inadequate health care. Those who have taken all the necessary steps towards stability are now in need of community support — shifting the identity of the county&#8217;s homeless population. Mr. Godley, who now resides at NCCF&#8217;s Greentree Shelter (GTS) with his wife and 14-year-old daughter, never imagined needing a helping hand from a stranger.... <em><a href="http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/bad-things-good-people-and-a-compassionate-community/">Read Article &#187;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>9th Annual Art &amp; Soul Auction to Feature Billboard Jazz Artist Marcus Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/9th-annual-art-soul-auction-to-feature-billboard-jazz-artist-marcus-johnson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/9th-annual-art-soul-auction-to-feature-billboard-jazz-artist-marcus-johnson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 14:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ktanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support Children In Need &#8211; Purchase Art By Local Artists and Hear Smooth Sounds of Jazz! Where will you be on June 3, 2011 if not at the Art &#038; Soul Auction? This event is where art, music and a great cause all come together. Join NCCF at the Silver Spring Civic Center at 6:00 pm for its 9th Annual Art &#038; Soul Charity Auction which will benefit its clients and programs. â€œThis year weâ€™re proud to feature Silver Springâ€™s great musician, Marcus Johnson,â€ states Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman, Executive Director of NCCF. â€œHis music will enhance our program and include a special performance with 15-year-old Andre Taylor, a student at Northwood High School.â€ Read Full PSA]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; Soul Featured Artists</title>
		<link>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/art-soul-featured-artists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nccf-cares.org/2011/05/22/art-soul-featured-artists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ktanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 9th Annual Art &#038; Soul Charity Auction is a partnership with artists who care deeply about our community and support the mission of the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF). These artists contribute their most valuable gift to the community: their artistic expression. Each artist participating in NCCFâ€™s auction has shown a willingness and enthusiasm to share their artwork on behalf of vulnerable children and youth. Read Full PSA]]></description>
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