Food Portions Increase at Home, Too

Fast food restaurants aren’t the only ones to blame for super-sized Americans. New research from the University of North Carolina shows that Americans are eating larger portions at home as well. The research, published in the current Journal of the American...

Religion Majors in Kentucky Can Keep Scholarships

Religion majors are not exempt from state scholarship funds, according to a recent decision by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. The Kentucky group reversed its earlier decision to withdraw state funding from a Cumberland College junior majoring in...

Youth Volunteers on the Rise

Today’s youth are compassionate, creative and generous when it comes to helping those in need. Teenagers are finding their place in charitable work by starting their own charities, sitting on grant-making boards, raising money, volunteering or leading efforts to...

Georgia Gov. Likens State Flag to ‘Family Secret’

Georgia voters weren’t given the chance to make their voices heard two years ago when their legislators voted to change the state flag. They may get a chance, however, with Gov. Sonny Perdue now in office. Perdue, Georgia’s first Republican governor in 130...

Churches Struggle to Keep Giving Up

The Philanthropy Roundtable, an online philanthropy magazine, reported that the single largest category of giving is religious. But, it stated, religious giving is down, especially among Christians. Depending on church size, growth, congregational makeup, how fiscally...