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Needy

Codependency, a tendency to behave in overly passive or excessively caretaking ways that adversely affect one's relationships and quality of life


486 BC

During his third consulate, the Roman consul Spurius Cassius Viscellinus proposes an agrarian law to assist needy plebeians, a measure violently opposed both by the patricians and by the wealthy plebeians, who have Cassius condemned and executed.

Abdul Majid Khan Tarin

He founded several charitable schools, set up a public Tuberculosis ward at the Haripur Government Hospital, provided for a system of educational scholarships for local students as well as supporting numerous needy people.

Albertine Brothers

With the fall of Communism throughout Eastern Europe in 1989, the Brothers again found themselves free to pursue their commitment to needy, who again were increasing in the aftermath of the social changes which took place as a consequence of the political changes.

Andrew Cappuccino

His civic and recreational activities include performing operations on needy children from abroad, and serving as a celebrity chef for fundraisers (Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund).

APPEL

Association L'APPEL a non-profit humanitarian organization supporting needy children in different countries of the world

Big Four Bridge

During the 1970s and 1980s, local radio station WLRS-102 FM lit up the Big Four Bridge as part of their "Bridge the Gap" Christmas promotion, which was used as a fund raiser for needy local families.

Blue Card

The Blue Card, the only organization in the United States to aid needy Holocaust survivors

Care Highway

Thanks to donations from the Gothenburg Hospital and transportation by Reningsborg, Care Highway has been able to transport some of the needed medicine, supplies, and equipment needy families and hospitals.

David Magson

As a resident of Indonesia for 17 years and more recently of Bali, David witnessed the devastation and social upheaval which effected the people of Bali after the bombing and so he readily accepted the role of chairman of YKIP (Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi) or the Humanitarian Foundation for Mother Earth which was established to help the needy in Bali through health and education programs.

David Vanderpool

His stated goal in moving to Haiti was to continue to deliver care to the Haitian needy and in addition actively convert the local Haitian population from a religion based on Voodoo spirituality and rituals to Christianity.

Doc Hendley

Hendley is the founder and current president of Wine to Water, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit aid organization focused on providing clean water to needy people around the world.

Dunwoody Village

In 1924, the Dunwoody Home opened its doors to needy men and operated with a trust fund that continues to this day caring for those in need.

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School

Bravo Medical Magnet is named after Francisco Bravo, a well-known physician who practiced in East Los Angeles, established his own clinic, and founded a scholarship fund for needy high school students interested in the health science professions.

Javid Husain

Under his supervision the Trust has been running a free dispensary in Jhang, in southern Punjab, since 2008; and has been providing scholarships to needy students in Chenab College, Jhang since 2011.

Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez

This Foundation has supported several community projects such as “Help Those Who Help,” which according to Siglo Veintiuno, one of the leading newspapers in Guatemala, provides funds to projects for the needy.

Mary Richmond

In 1888, she applied for a job as Assistant Treasurer with the Charity Organization Society (COS). This organization was in several cities, and was the first organization to develop a structured social work profession which provided services to the poor, disabled, and needy.

Nagarkurnool

Members of the Nagarkurnool Sathya Sai Organization are highly devoted and actively involved in social service, such as helping rural women in handicrafts, providing tools and vocational training to unemployed youth, conducting medical camps for the poor and needy in and around the town, training in hygiene, adopting and maintaining cleanliness in villages, and other projects.

Needy Guims

Needy Guims (born 8 September 1974 in Chennevières) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Nicholas Scoppetta

Mr. Scoppetta is a past President and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Children's Aid Society, a not-for-profit social service agency which annually serves more than 200,000 needy children in New York City.

Patrimonium Sancti Petri

In Rome on the other hand, the pope appears with ever-increasing frequency as the advocate of the needy population; thus Pope Leo I intercedes with Attila the Hun king and Geiserich the Vandal king, and Pope Gelasius I with Theodoric the Ostrogothic king.

Second Labour Government of New Zealand

Special Assistance (a social assistance scheme for the needy introduced by the First National Government in 1951) was renamed Supplementary Assistance (1959), and the insufficiency of the benefit was officially recognised.

St. Stephen, Martyr Roman Catholic Church

The parish community participates in several ministries, such as prison outreach, to the inmates of Indian Creek Correctional Center and St. Bride's Correctional Center; fundraising and coordination for the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and also delivering meals to the needy through the Meals on Wheels program.

Suriya-Mal Movement

In protest against the proceeds of Poppy sales on Armistice Day (11 November) being used for the benefit of the British ex-servicemen to the detriment of Sri Lankan ex-servicemen, one of the latter, Mr Aelian Perera, had started a rival sale of Suriya flowers on the same day, the proceeds of which were devoted to help needy Ceylonese ex-servicemen.

The Sentimentalists

Peggy Clark Schwartz (the widow of clarinetist Willie Schwartz of the Glenn Miller Orchestra), later recalled, in the Tommy Dorsey biography, authored by Peter J. Levinson, that she and her sisters may have been a little naive when they originally went to work for Dorsey: "In those days, you had to be young and stupid. You also had to be pretty needy ... it was almost comical when you look at it; it was part of the growing-up process!"

Thulasiraj Ravilla

Thulasiraj Ravilla is part of the leadership team at Aravind, a social organization providing eye care for the needy.

United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition

The subcommittee is responsible for oversight, review, analysis, and special investigations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture along with nutrition and consumer programs such as the federal food stamp program, which provides assistance to needy families and the Food Pyramid.

Ursulines of Quebec

The Ursulines are a Roman Catholic (Christian) religious order founded at Brescia, Italy by Saint Angela de Merici in 1535, primarily for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy.

W. R. Davies

The foundation was created to raise funds for the new National Defense Student Loans Program that provided low-interest loans for promising but needy students.

William James Wanless

Wanlesswadi has its own Postal Index Number, 416414, and the Indian Railways also has a station named 'Wanlesswadi’ on its Miraj–Sangli Route, which opened on April 1, 1907 for the use by ill or needy patients from across India and from abroad.


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