Word: hurst
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...Network is just one of a host of new nonprofits that are rethinking and retooling volunteerism. Civic Ventures, which sets up new programs to be run by existing nonprofits, is another. Some recent start-ups have carved out their own social-action niches and enlist their own recruits. Aaron Hurst, for example, founded Taproot in 2001 to fill a void he perceived for business professionals who wanted to make a civic contribution. "Five years ago," he says, "volunteer assignments were nearly all direct service: soup kitchens, tutoring kids, stuffing envelopes. Nonprofits were not focused on people contributing their skills...
...Turnbull said that the companies of Hurst and Vernon fail to recognize the improvement the current legislation has made on the industry...
...Hurst, president of the RAM, said that the study was financed by insurers with their own interests in mind...
...It’s an issue of fairness and discrimination,” said Hurst, who argues that every organization—regardless of size—should be allowed to choose the health care plan for its employees...
...some Sox fanatics tried rearranging the letters of Pete Schourek’s name, and discovered that it was an anagram for the phrase “Ruth Keep Score.” Schourek’s anagram may not rival that of fellow former Sox pitcher Bruce Hurst, whose letters could be rearranged to form “B. Ruth Curse,” but any press is good press for guys like this...