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Trained canine can even predict seizures: Volunteers, service dogs, help make life ‘Wynnderful’
by Sue Ann Rybak Before Alison Brady received her first seizure alert dog in 2004 from Canine Partners for Life, she felt as if she…
The Relationship Between Innovating and Achieving Transformative Scale
By Bill Shore During a recent address I gave to social entrepreneurs at Duke University, Professor Joel Fleishman asked me about the dramatic increase over the…
The Power of a Mother’s Unconditional Love
When Kathy Ramey found out she was expecting triplets in 2009, the love for her three daughters grew with each day of her pregnancy. She…
Wish Experience Makes the World Huge Again
Sometimes, sitting in my bed for hours on end, I felt quite diminutive and trapped; hidden away from the world like a prisoner in a…
Laurie and Reneshia Share Inspiring Story of How House of Ruth Gave Them a Safe Home and Life Free of Domestic Abuse
Laurie and Reneshia Gaskins talked about their experience at House of Ruth at A Night for the Children, a gala fundraiser held to benefit House…
The Great American Milk Drive
Feeding America has teamed up with dairy farmers and milk companies to launch The Great American Milk Drive, the first-ever national program to help deliver…
Four Learnings for NGOs and Non-profits to Better Align Themselves With Corporations
How can you truly create innovative partnerships? The Social Innovation Summit was held on May 28-29 at the United Nations. While the focus was on…
Boosting Employee Engagement Through Volunteer Work
By Scott Wooldwridge Charitable giving has long been important to both employers and employees. American companies and their workers have traditionally seen giving back to…
Corporate Philanthropy: A First Pitch Worth Seeing
By Caryn Tomer While corporate philanthropy is not new to the business world, it’s always fun to see it in action.  IT consulting firm Daugherty Business Solutions has…
Stories from the field: Teaching Experience Highlights Inequality in Florida School System
By Amir Whitaker My Monday morning routine begins as a group of rambunctious 11th-graders shuffle into their desks at one of Miami’s largest high schools.…
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Global Youth Education, Community Development, and Emergency Relief
Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian non-profit focusing on children’s education, community development, and emergency relief in more than 30 countries around the world.…
Radical Focus and Driving Demand for Scale
By Nancy Lublin & Aria Finger DoSomething.org just cut more than half of its programs. That’s right, we cut the majority of the programs we offered.…