Giving Homeless Veterans A Second Chance
Whether in a vacant lot behind a supermarket or a small clearing off the highway, homeless vets aren’t that hard to find: One in three homeless adults has served in the military, and more than 150,000 veterans nationwide are homeless on any given night, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Working with the sheriff’s [...]
It’s Community Renewal Week
This is Community Renewal Week! All week volunteers around this great Country are joining together to strengthen their communities. From repairing homes in Appalachia and teaching financial literacy in Los Angeles to building a workforce readiness center in Baltimore, volunteers are demonstrating what can happen when we all work together.
Here are some of the activities [...]
Atlanta Teen Raises $40,000 For Kenya’s Kids
When then 12-year-old Emily Blake was at a church summer camp in 2007 she heard a speaker talk about doing more than good. He encouraged her and her camp mates to do something that God would be proud of a for her saving poor children’s lives would be that thing. Emily said.
I just couldn’t get [...]
Bartender Helps Turn Wine To Water
30-year-old Doc Hendley is not your average bartender. As he pours wine in Raleigh, North Carolina, he’s also helping to save thousands of lives on the other side of the world — and he’s tapped into his regulars to help. That something is “Wine to Water”, Doc’s organization that provides clean water to people in [...]
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