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NBC Nightly News "Making A Difference" Week Profiles Celebrity Causes

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, Tim McGraw, Glenn Close, Jon Bon Jovi, Lester Holt, Halle Berry, Neighbor's Keeper Foundation, Make a Difference, Alicia Keys, Keep a Child Alive, Faith Hill, Jenesse Center, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Impact News

All this week, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams will be featuring celebrities who "make a difference" in local communities and around the world. F...

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Make A Difference Day: Saturday's Event Brings Together Millions Of Volunteers

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: USA Today, Usa Weekend, Volunteering, Make a Difference, Create the Good, Make a Difference Day, Aarp, Paul Newman, Volunteerism, Public Service, Newman's Own, Impact News

Nineteen years ago, USA WEEKEND magazine initiated Make A Difference Day, an event to encourage volunteerism and action on the fourth Saturday of ever...

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Get Out Your Dancin' Shoes

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Volunteering, Nia, Health, Make a Difference, Donating to Charity, Volunteer Stories Obama, Hospital Outrach, Dance, Youth Leadership, Living News
Lisa Honig Buksbaum

My latest experiment in empathy has truly given me more appreciation of the little things, such as the person who gives me a seat in the subway, or holds a door open for me.

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How Happy Is: 5 Ways To Live Your Life Without Regrets

Sophie Keller | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Risk Taking, Happiness, The Balanced Life, How Happy Is, Make a Difference, Be Here Now, No Regrets, The Inner Life, Living News
Sophie Keller

I don't know why, but ever since I was young I was always concerned that in my old age I would have regrets and, as a result of this fear I don't like...

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1,500 Philanthropists and I Rock the House at Craigslist Bootcamp

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Craiglist Foundation Bootcamp, Make a Difference, Service, Soaringwords, Living News
Lisa Honig Buksbaum

Soaringwords has embraced over 250,000 children nationwide and invited them to "pay it forward" to do something fun and meaningful -- to inspire other ill kids to heal.

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Every Monday Matters: "Addicted to Dying?"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Quit Smoking, Yes We Can, Kelly Bozza, You Matter, Make a Difference, Monday, Matthew Emerzian, Be the Change, Every Monday Matters, Personal Health, Health, Mondays, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

There will be 1 billion fewer cigarettes smoked and 274 million fewer cigarettes littered if nobody lights up today. People say it is hard to stop smoking, but isn't it harder to keep doing it?

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Every Monday Matters: "Are You Really Going to Read Them Again?"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Make Change, Get Involved, You Matter, Make a Difference, Every Monday Matters, Literacy, Importance of Reading, Adult Illiteracy, Income Gap, Reading, Learning, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

61% of low-income families have no books in their homes. Survey your bookshelves and pull out books that you won't read again. Donate them to a local literacy organization, school or library.

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Every Monday Matters: "They Give More Than They Take."

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Matthew Emerzian, Kelly Bozza, You Matter, Make a Difference, Every Monday Matters, Monday, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

Animals are unconcerned about age, looks, or physical ability; they accept you just as you are. If you're thinking about getting a pet, seriously consider adopting.

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Every Monday Matters: "Putting The World Back Together Again."

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Homeless, Get Involved, Hunger, Aids, Water Crisis, Make a Difference, You Matter, Every Monday Matters, Monday, World News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

Every 3.5 seconds someone dies of hunger. Every 11 seconds someone dies of AIDS. Every 15 seconds a child dies from a waterborne illness. 1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water.

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Every Monday Matters: What Matters Most?

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, What Matters Most, Kelly Bozza, You Matter, Yes You Can, New Years, New Years Resolution, Matthew Emerzian, New Years Resolutions, Every Monday Matters, Health, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

At the end of 2009, don't you want to look back and see that you made a difference? That you matter? This is the first Monday of the New Year. Start it off by making a difference.

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Every Monday Matters: "Learn, Grow, Escape... Read"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Literacy, Monday Matters, Books, Read a Book, You Matter, Every Monday Matters, Read, Make a Difference, Literary Escapism, Stephenie Meyer Twilight, Twilight, Adult Literacy, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

Reading is like exercising -- mental and physical benefits flourish with regular practice. It relaxes, entertains, and inspires your soul. So take time to read... this column doesn't count.

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Every Monday Matters: "They Missed... By One House"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Volunteer, Get Involved, You Matter, You Can Make a Difference, Social Change, Make a Difference, Every Monday Matters, Los Angeles Burglary, Burglaries, Los Angeles Neighborhood, Los Angeles, Neighborliness, Home Burglary, Crime Statistics, Home Burglaries, Neighborhood Watch, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

A safe neighborhood is created when the people who live in it look out for one another and their property. Let's make it more difficult for burglars to do their job.

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The Giant Sucking Sound of 2008

Tom Gerdy | Posted 12.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Bullies, Giant Sucking Sound, Ann Coulter, Make a Difference, Joe the Plumber, News Reporters, Political Pundits, Bill O'Reilly, Jaw Wired Shut, Media News
Tom Gerdy

As I read about Ann Coulter having her jaw wired shut, my thoughts turned to the election reporting and commentary. I realized that never in our history has so little been said with so many words.

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One Person Can Make a Difference -- 83 Year-Old Peace Activist

Steven Crandell | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Gandhi, Leadership for Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Climate Change, One Person Can Make a Difference, Safer World, Make a Difference, Wilma Whitehurst, Santa Barbara, US President, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Message to President, Peace Activist, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, California, Green News
Steven Crandell

When we think about global issues like peace it's easy to feel intimidated by the enormity of the task. Ah, but something can be done. And sometimes it takes an 83 year-old woman to show the way.

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Is Micro Lending The Future Of Giving?

E. A. Hanks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: India, Make a Difference, The Giving Life, India Poor, Micro Lending, India Poverty, Micro Finance, Intellecap, Sustainability, Living News
E. A. Hanks

I met Emily Stenning while we were both studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. From the moment I met her, she was constantly working o...

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How To Green Your Christmas Tree

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: LED Lights, Mayor Bloomberg, Green Christmas, Make a Difference, Light Emitting Diodes, Christmas Lights, Christmas Decorations, David Letterman, One Million Trees in New York City, Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Te Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., estimates that 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide could be cut, along with $250 million in energy costs, if every U.S. house switched standard incandescents to energy-saving LED Christmas lights.

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Guerilla Aid!

Barton Brooks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, UN Human Rights, Forrest Gump, Philanthropy, Sally Struthers, Burma, Ethiopian Fuelwood Carriers, Cambodia, Guerilla Aid, Karen Refugees Burma, Random Acts of International Service, Myanmar Human Rights, African Goodwill Tour, Social Activism, Community Activism, Kenya, Living News
Barton Brooks

I imagine everything we do is based on a feeling, and on that day it all became clear for me. These children were going about their day in poverty - but happy - and their indifference to their need struck me. I no longer saw "global poverty" as a Sally Struthers infomercial that made

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GOOD Q&A: Social Entrepreneur Bill Drayton On His White House Years

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, Social Entrepreunership, White House Social Entrepreneurship, White House Jimmy Carter, Ashoka, Living News
GOOD Magazine

Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs, and a GOOD Magazine nonprofit partner. We sat down with founder Bill Dra...

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May Delta's "Force" Be With Us All

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Perry Garfinkel

These are small drops in the planetary bucket but with such industry role models, perhaps we can have our air travel with a little less guilt.

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World AIDS Day: Dancing Our Way To A Better World

Laiah Idelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Living News
Laiah Idelson

Dancing for six hours straight in a college-campus building might sound like a bizarre way for college students to spend a Friday night. But this Worl...

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Jim Whitton Of The Hunger Project

E. A. Hanks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, End to Hunger, Philanthropy, Hunger Aid, India Women's Rights, How to Get Involved With Social Causes, How to Solve World Hunger, India Sexism, Misogynism, Social Activism, Living News
E. A. Hanks

"A dangerous and patronizing cliche we often hear is, 'Give a man a fish and feed him for a day -- teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.' People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about 'fishing' -- the problem is the barbed wire around the lake."

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How To Impress Your Kids

Lane Soelberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Space Flights, X Prize, Astronauts, Fatherpreneurs, The Good Life, Nasa, Make a Difference, Space Entrepreneurship, Living News
Lane Soelberg

Rewind time machine to 18 months ago.... As VP of Marketing for Business.com, I looked for ways to get entrepreneurs in touch with the resources they ...

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Enviro-Spoof: Am I Allowed to Laugh... A Lot?

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Will Ferrell, Make a Difference, Entertainment, Green in Hollywood, John C. Reilly, Murder Boner, Environment, Olivia Zaleski, Green Team, Hollywood Goes Green, Adam McKay, Living Now, Green Humor, Breaking Living News, Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Last week, Huffington Post readers had the following conversations in response to the above "Green Team" video: Green Team on FunnyOrDie.com Balzac...

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Freelancers Need Universal Health Care, Too

GOOD Magazine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, Health Care for Freelancers, Health Care Options, Freelancers Rights, Living News
GOOD Magazine

Words By Daniel Brook Illustrations By Ted McGrath As heartening as it is to see universal health care back on the national agenda, it's puzzling ...

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Saving the World (Starting With the South Bronx)

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Making Cities Sustainable, Sustainable South Bronx, South Bronx Activism, Make a Difference, Saving the World, Local Activisim, Making Cities Green, Green the Ghetto, Community Activism, Living News
Majora Carter

When people ask me what I do for a living, my short answer is, "I'm working to save the world, starting in the South Bronx." Yes, the South Bronx is...

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