Articles in Advocacy
You may have heard about New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg recent proposal to ban the city’s residents from purchasing soda with food stamps.
A lively debate happened on the topic over at Change.org. Some proponents argued …
When mentally composing my holiday gift shopping list, I rarely think of getting social change tools for people I love. That’s sort of silly, and a wasted opportunity, considering that the people I love share …
We’re so grateful to Babble.com for including us in their recent list of 50 Best Charities for Babies and Small Children!
We’re over the moon to be included in this list of amazing organizations – both …
Quickly, so in case you missed this NPR story about midnight shopping at Walmart. There’s been such a spike in middle of the night, last day of the month sales, that Walmart makes sure there …
The services that HAMO and Children’s Council provide for families are vital at a time when families’ budgets are stretched to the limit. A recent report showed that a California family with two working parents and two children needs an annual income of $75,500 to make ends meet. To earn this income, both parents would need to work full-time, year-round, and earn an hourly wage of $18.15. This scenario is out of reach for many families in our recession-ravaged state, not to mention families headed by single parents.








