Austin, Texas ”” This week Texans are commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Statewide organizations that serve victims of crime will be holding a series of events to raise awareness about crime victim issues. Everyone knows about a defendant’s right to remain silent, but do you know victims of crime have rights too? Marina Herrera,
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5th Annual Run to the Sun Relay Benefiting Beyond Batten Disease Foundation   April 12, 2015 – Imagine being able to see the beauty of the sun and the world around you and then one day you wake up and you are diagnosed with a rare and fatal disease and you are going to go
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Austin, Texas – Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) are working together in a new and innovative way to find a cure for a rare disease. While diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s are widely known, rare diseases like juvenile Batten lack the attention and resulting funds needed to
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Domestic Violence Survivor Speaks Out About How Her Daughter was Murdered by her Boyfriend and How Domestic Violence Services Could Have Saved Her Life   Austin, Texas – The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) is teaming up with legislators and thousands of Texans to support full funding for family violence services. Today, thousands of
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Runners Inspired by The Woodlands’ Will Herndon, 12, and Charlotte’s Taylor King, 16   THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS – Where there is a Will, there is a way! Meet the inspirational Will Herndon and his mother Missy at the Woodlands Marathon Saturday, February 28, 2015. Will’s Warriors will run on World Rare Disease Day to support
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