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Sept. 27 Webcast: "A Community Conversation: Reno Achieved No Kill: San Antonio CAN too!"
Written by nancypjohnson on Sep 21, 2011

NOWCastSA will record “A Community Conversation: Reno Achieved No Kill: San Antonio CAN, too!” Talk About It!/¡Vamos Hablarlo!, a bilingual multimedia and grassroots campaign focused on helping San Antonio achieve the Animal No Kill Initiative, is hosting the free public event on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Norris Conference Center at Wonderland of the Americas Mall. Due to technical difficulties with our livestream hosts outside of our control, we are unable to webcast the event live.

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Sept. 20 Webcast: Mobile Apps and Mobile Strategies for Nonprofits
Written by evrard on Sep 15, 2011

Replay Video: NOWCastSA used a Qik mobile application to livestream the San Antonio Area Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Support's "Lunch and Learn: Mobile Apps and Mobile Strategies for Nonprofits,"  on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Magaly Chocano, Founder and CEO of Sweb Development and SwebApps discussed mobile applications and mobile strategies that nonprofits can use to increase accessibility for supporters.

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Cancer-related urinary incontinence the subject of the next CTRC free public lecture
Written by Elizabeth Allen on Aug 30, 2011

SAN ANTONIO (August 30, 2011) – Urinary incontinence is a common problem that can be worsened by cancer and some of its related therapies. But many treatment options exist for incontinence, and that is the subject of the next free public lecture at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.

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Save the San Antonio Parks & Recreation's Music Program
Written by Irene Berns on Aug 26, 2011

Dear Fellow Parents, Students and Friends,

My name is Irene Berns and I am a parent and a student in Michael Gravitt's keyboard and percussion classes. My daughter Samantha is in sax, piano and keyboards. We have been in the city music programs for six years and we are heartbroken that classes will not resume next week. I have started a " Save the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Music Program" campaign and I'm asking for your help.

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Thousands of students miss first day of school
Written by nancypjohnson on Aug 24, 2011

Thousands of San Antonio students missed out on welcoming the new school year with their classmates because they didn't have the state-required vaccinations.

Pascual Gonzalez, Northside Independent School District Executive Director of Communications, said 1,849 students were sent home on the first day of school because they didn't have the state-required immunizations.

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