Just days before I was contacted by a desperate employee of a Bay Area family shelter. Eight babies had recently come through their doors and they were desperate for diapers. After pitching the idea to the school’s director, we decided that doing a good deed for these babies would be a great opportunity for the kids to directly help others.
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A few years back I found myself sitting next to a fellow University employee on an airplane bound for some cold Mid-western city.
“So what do you do for the University?” I asked.
“I’m in development.” said …
Thanksgiving weekend’s New York Times article on food stamp enrollment is a timely one. According to the article, the program is now helping to feed 1 in 8 Americans, 1 in 4 children.
Over 36 million people …
It is going to be a rough season for many families. Food, clothing, and toys are the usual items requested to help make this time of year a little less stressful.
This holiday season we’d like …
On a sunny day in May, I chatted with Katie Couric and 25 members of the Silicon Valley Moms Group on a conference call. The conversation turned heavy and deep, because we were talking about …
Yesterday the U.S. Census Bureau released their 2008 poverty estimates. Their report estimates 1.7 million children living in poverty, or 18.5% of all CA residents 18 years or younger.
The report also estimates there are 534,254 children …
