Volunteers will create One Million New Businesses
The common denominator among SCORE volunteers is that they will be passionate about creating new jobs and helping their clients launch new businesses successfully.
The common denominator among SCORE volunteers is that they will be passionate about creating new jobs and helping their clients launch new businesses successfully.
Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact
Weddings these days are often about excess: lavish flowers, designer dresses and expensive party favors that gather dust in car trunks and closets for...
Posted 11.27.2009 | Impact
Traveling this holiday season? The burgeoning trend of trips that give back has entered the mainstream, with many top destinations and travel guides c...
2morrowknight | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living
I love the Thanksgiving holiday. I love cooking great food, sharing tall tales with loved ones, and having nothing but big fun. I always use this day to reflect on where I am personally and professionally.
Posted 11.15.2009 | Impact
In honor of the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library, the institution has initiated Five Days of Giving. The library's...
Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact
I grew up under the impression that I was the best trick-or-treater in the whole wide world, because my grandmother invented it!...
2morrowknight | Posted 11.01.2009 | Impact
Profiles of sixteen men doing extraordinary work, and who value service and volunteerism. And, an inside look at which nonprofits are making a difference and positively impacting our planet.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
As I looked over the crowd gathered to build houses for Habitat for Humanity, I saw the faces of about 100 Marines and sailors who had come out to help.
Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Too often, those of us who have benefited from affirmative action forget how and when to give back.
James M. Lynch | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
I'm not racing or chasing death, living under a perpetual doomsday clock; I'm making sure that I live every day as fully as I can.
Ron Mirenda | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business
Here are five ways you can make a difference, create change in our country and, at the same time, ensure that young people will grow up being able to effect change in their lifetimes.
Stephanie Elliot | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living
Giving blood is not painful, and you'll come away from this experience feeling like you've just given someone the greatest most expensive gift: life.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World
Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.
Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.
Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
There is a great potential for a positive change in our society, a change where people take charge of serving the public, living a life that is meaningful and satisfying.
Michelle Cote | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living
After this week's celebrations end, we will have to follow Dr. King's example and reinvest our energy and optimism into efforts whose benefits many not be fully seen for many years to come.
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living
Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!
Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama is bringing service and community back to American youth and this is good for the country and good for kids.
Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living
The power that each of us has in our families, particularly as mothers, is incredible. We shape the world view, the biases, the sense of understanding and compassion in our children.
Michelle Cote | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge was born 29 years ago when a young adventure athlete named Billy Starr decided to bring together a group of his friends to raise money to fight cancer.
Carole Bayer Sager | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
It's as if one day, I just got it: at any given moment we all are just doing the best we can.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business