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2014 Bryan Stevenson

The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More

2015 ALBA/Puffin Prize: Bryan Stevenson

April 27, 2014

The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More

Celebrate Earth Day 2014

April 22, 2014

April 22, 2014 Happy Earth Day! The Puffin Foundation reminds you to do your part to help preserve our planet! For information about scheduled Earth Day events in the Bergen County area visit NorthJersey.com here. For info on what you can do every day visit Read More

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Another Successful Puffin Project: Teaneck Celebrates Opening of the Michelle Obama Interdisciplinary Outdoor Garden at Thomas Jefferson Middle School

April 22, 2014

First Lady Mrs. Michelle Obama has challenged our nation’s youth, parents, educators, and community leaders to make strives to reduce childhood obesity through her “Let’s Move!” campaign. Mrs. Obama’s efforts have contributed to the decline in obesity rates among preschoolers in many states. Inspired by the First Lady, in 2013 Read More

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Puffin/ALBA Award For Human Rights Activism Given To Bryan Stevenson

April 22, 2014

The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More

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Whole Foods Select Bergen County Audubon as recipient of 5% day & TCC benefits

April 8, 2014

  Tuesday April 8th 2014 Whole Foods Market select Bergen County Audubon (BCAS) as recipient of next 5% day and Teaneck Creek Conservancy will benefit! Whole Foods Market created 5% Days to give back to local communities by providing support to nonprofit organizations whose programs directly benefit the communities surround Read More

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Puffin Women’s History Month Online Gallery

April 7, 2014

A selections of photos from our March gallery exhibit are available to view online at the Puffin Cultural Forum website here. “Photographs taken by Bev Grant, one of the original activists who participated in the September 6, 1968 Miss America Protests, a watershed moment that pushed the Women’s Liberation Movement Read More

Perry and Gladys Rosenstein of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. honored at ACLU of New Jersey Dinner

April 1, 2014

On Tuesday, March 25, The ACLU of New Jersey hosted The Lights of Liberty Awards Dinner. They presented the Roger N. Baldwin Award to Perry Rosenstein and Gladys Miller-Rosenstein of The Puffin Foundation Ltd. for making social activism and human rights priorities in their philanthropy and the Honorable Virginia Long Read More

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Statement of the Puffin Foundation on the City at the Crossroads of History Mural by Mike Alewitz

March 27, 2014

Statement of the Puffin Foundation Regarding The City at the Crossroads of History Mural And the Museum of the City of New York February 10, 2015 The Puffin Foundation is a proud supporter of artistic freedom. One of the many artworks we have funded is the mural The City at Read More

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NRDC Petitions Federal Government to List Tufted Puffin Under Endangered Species Act

February 18, 2014

Petition Seeks “Endangered” Protections for the Seabird’s Ailing U.S. Pacific Coast Population NEW YORK (February 12, 2013) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking Endangered Species Act listing for the California, Oregon, and Washington population of the Read More