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President Obama, United We Serve, and the NFL Team Up for Fitness and Service

In support of his United We Serve initiative, President Obama and NFL stars Drew Brees, DeMarcus Ware, and Troy Polamalu team up to highlight the importance of fitness for America's children. The NFL's Play 60 initiative stresses that young people can live a healthy lifestyle by engaging in 60 minutes of physical activity a day. The President's United We Serve initiative encourages all Americans to get engaged in their communities and help create a brighter future for our nation's youth through service.

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President Obama, President Bush Make Call to Service

Calling service an integral part of how we meet the challenges of our time, President Barack Obama joined with President George H. W. Bush to call on Americans to make service a part of their daily lives in an address to 2,000 service leaders gathered at the Points of Light Institute's Presidential Forum on Service at Texas A& M University on October 16.

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Art Exhibit Shares the View of Domestic Violence Survivors
A student learns that "art can be an exceptionally powerful tool toward communications and healing when words and discussions fall short." The exhibit she organizes is about restoring a connection: between victims of domestic violence and a community through a visual narrative form -- ART.
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Wheels for Education
I have taken the call of our President. I started an organization in my Community called ' Wheels for Education " . What we do is take students from the inner city of Philadelphia to College campuses.
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The President is calling on all Americans to participate in our nation’s recovery and renewal by serving in our communities because America’s new foundation will be built one community at a time – and it starts with you. 
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