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Reach for More Fruits and Veggies on Heart Association’s Eating Healthy Day

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On its website, AHA is offering free toolkits to registered organizations, schools, and individuals, with a variety of good-eating information and resources, including incorporating more fruits and vegetables into busy, on-the-go lifestyles; the amount of produce to include in a daily diet; and encouraging kids to eat more fruits and veggies.

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How Associations Are Embracing Apprenticeships

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The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association has an apprenticeship program that specifically targets high schoolers. It’s just the beginning,” said Amazon’s Ardine Williams, a vice president of human resources operations, in comments reported by The Seattle Times. This is just five. Share your insights in the comments below.

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Associations Work to Tackle Industry Workforce Shortages Head-On

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For instance, the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association created a summer boatbuilding program for high schoolers, as a way of introducing them to the trade at a time when “many young people don’t see a hands-on trade as their first choice when it comes to building a career,” said RIMTA CEO Wendy Mackie to Associations Now.

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A Case for the Association Summer Internship

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Some associations, such as the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association, have also started internship programs with the hope of building awareness about the trade among high school students. The Society for Human Resource Management’s SVP of Membership and External Affairs Bob Carr thinks so.

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Friday Buzz: How Groups Are Recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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The Rhode Island-based Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation will provide a bright pink bus in which patients can sit and swap stories in a comfortable and supportive environment on their way home from cancer treatment. And sports leagues and television networks aren’t the only groups helping the cause.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. technology, human resources, physical space, leadership, engagement, etc.). Janet McNichol, SPHR, CAE, Human Resources Director at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Training programs. Would fresh clams be better? CAE credits.

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digitalNow 2013 in Less Than 180 Seconds- #diginow13

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John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design. What other blog posts or resources on this conference have you found to be insightful? Artists think in the macro and the micro simultaneously. Traditional leaders avoid mistakes; creative leaders accept that mistakes happen & learn from them.