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Yaya Por Vida

Yaya Por VidaFrom Personal Pain to Meaning and Purpose Yaya Por Vida takes compassion to the streets It takes a particular kind of strength to turn personal tragedy into a force for good—the kind Yamila Rollan Escalona possesses. In December of 2019, her younger...

Sequoia Parks Conservancy

Sequoia Parks ConservancyHelping to Save California’s Magnificent Sequoia Forests from Extinction DID YOU KNOW: THE WORLD’S LARGEST VULNERABLE TREE IS OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD! When you hear something described as ancient, what is the first thing that comes to mind? A...

United Way of Bucks County

United Way of Bucks County United Way of Bucks County began its fight against food insecurity in 2013. That year — the first year they held Bucks Knocks Out Hunger — 10% of Bucks residents were food-insecure, including 16% of all children. They made steady progress in...

The Hope Mural Project

Changing the Writing on the Wall How German Dubois Helps Troubled Teens Escape the Prison of the Mind German DuBois III has spent most of his adult life devising empathetic and compassionate ways to reach out to those in trouble. Upon graduating from Colgate...

Invisible Hands

A Helping Hand During COVID Comes with a Caring Ear Volunteers deliver essentials to the homebound needy, along with friendship and solace Seeing a Need and Seeding a Solution Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Yale University student Liam Elkind was in his...

Kellman Brown Academy JSTEM Lab

Breaking Down Barriers with JSTEM An unlikely school partnership enriches the hearts and minds of our future innovators. The students at Kellman Brown Academy, a K-8 Jewish Day School in Voorhess, New Jersey are immersing themselves into a brand new STEM (Science...

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Freehold Fire Department 2021

Helping Those Who Fight Fire Meet Their Emergency Needs The Freehold Fire Department is about to mark a century and a half of service, with timely help from Impact Deposits Corp. When fighting fire, every minute, every second count, and the Freehold Fire Department...

Sports Unity Program

Sports Unity Program Ask David Quatresols how the MRC Sports Unity Program—an innovative, community-based initiative for kids with special needs—began, and he answers with a single word: “Conversation.” One day, eight years ago, he was talking with a friend,...

EKM Foundation

From the Heights of Olympia to the Nitty-Gritty of Success A Black entrepreneur draws deeply on her family heritage to help others...help others By any measure, Sheryl Grant is a person of tremendous accomplishment. After a three-decade career as a corporate...

Filmmaking for Good

How the Art of Filmmaking Became a Force for Good —and a Girl Scouts merit badge, along the way. Jessica Kizorek just had a sudden epiphany. On the day she realized what she wanted to do for the rest of her life, she was already a successful filmmaker who had...

Harlem Family Institute

Harlem Family Institute Harlem Family Institute founder Stephen Kurtz shares about opening the psychotherapy program at The Children’s Storefront in the late 1980’s – a tuition-free private school led by poet Ned O'Gorman that offered a very unconventional approach to...

Healthworks Academies

Healthworks Academies Building the Professional Pipeline for the Future of Healthcare Solving a hidden threat to national security. “According to a study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, by 2020, one-third of doctors will reach retirement age,...