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	<title>Citizens for Citizens, Inc.</title>
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		<title>Welcome to Citizens for Citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People living in poverty often need assistance with emergency situations and help with their own efforts to improve the circumstances under which they live. Citizens for Citizens, Inc. (CFC) is the Community Action Agency serving the cities of Fall River and Taunton. Additionally, CFC also serves the surrounding towns of Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Lakeville, Rehoboth, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2007/12/14/welcome-to-citizens-for-citizens/</link>
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		<title>2011-2012 Fuel Assistance &amp; Weatherization Income Guidelines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wondering if you qualify for Fuel Assistance? If you do you may also apply for the Weatherization Program and the Home Heating Repair / Replacement Program. Please call the numbers listed below to apply for the Fuel Assistance Program and then you can apply for these energy saving programs. Here&#8217;s a brief overview of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2012/01/11/fuel-assistance-income-guidelines-for-winter-2008-2009/</link>
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		<title>Citizens for Citizens, Inc.Teams Up Again With Toys For Tots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chrystal Arpa, CFC Food Pantry Coordinator, was honored with an award this January by the Somerset Marine Corps League for her volunteer efforts on behalf of the Toys for Tots Program, and for the current and past donations to the Marine Corps League by Citizens for Citizens, Inc. (CFC). As a Toys for Tots volunteer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2012/01/10/citizens-for-citizens-inc-teams-up-again-with-toys-for-tots/</link>
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		<title>New England Gas Company Supports CFC’s 35th Annual Operation Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New England Gas Company employees from the Construction and Maintenance Department recently initiated a toy drive to benefit Citizens for Citizens’ (CFC’s) Operation Christmas.  Rick Enright, Gas Distribution Manager, and Paul Leite, NEGC Chief Steward, UWUA Local 369, organized the effort.   “These are very difficult economic times and this toy drive was our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/12/20/new-england-gas-company-supports-cfc%e2%80%99s-35th-annual-operation-christmas/</link>
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		<title>2011 CFC Operation Christmas Telethon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 25th annual Citizens for Citizens, Inc. (CFC) Operation Christmas Telethon was held at the New Harbor Mall in Fall River on December 2 through December 4. Operation Christmas purchases and distributes new toys to families in the Greater Fall River area in order to ensure that even families struggling with poverty are able to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/12/05/2011-cfc-operation-christmas-telethon/</link>
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		<title>Food Pantry Assisted By Morton Middle School &#8220;Comets Care&#8221; Youth Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of local Morton Middle School students are learning in a hands-on fashion about helping families that are suffering from economic hard times in their own city. The CFC Food Pantry recently received donations of both food and money from the Fall River Morton Middle School’s Comets Care community service group.Comets Care is an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/11/22/food-pantry-assisted-by-morton-middle-school-comets-care-youth-group/</link>
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		<title>CFC Distributes 400 Turkeys to Area Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkeys, and all the other food items a family might need to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner, were distributed by CFC to 400 families on November 16, 2011. Once again, Citizens for Citizens, Inc. made it possible for local, low-income families to celebrate the upcoming holiday with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in their homes. Barbara Travis, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/11/17/cfc-distributes-400-turkeys-to-area-families/</link>
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		<title>Taunton Volunteers collect for Operation Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday October 20, 2011 Taunton Police and other city residents helped collect more than $1,100 for Operation Christmas. . CFC Office Manager, Debbie Araujo said every dollar collected in these difficult economic times will help a family provide toys to their children who may not receive one otherwise. The story that appeard in the Taunton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/10/20/taunton-volunteers-collect-for-operation-christmas/</link>
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		<title>After School Child Care Children Treated To Duck Boat Field Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The summer of 2011 brought a great treat for the children enrolled in the CFC After School Child Care Program (ASCC). With funding generously provided by the Fall River Women’s Union, a total of 79 children and CFC program staff were able to spend a day in Hyannis for a land and sea adventure tour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/10/20/after-school-child-care-children-treated-to-duck-boat-field-trip/</link>
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		<title>2011 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 18, an inspired team of six women representing Citizens for Citizens, Inc. set out to complete the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon Course by walking from Hopkinton to Boston to raise money for and awareness of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s mission of conquering cancer. The Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948 to support the research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cfcinc.org/2011/09/26/2011-boston-marathon-jimmy-fund-walk/</link>
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