Another great HBR Article! "The Top Complaints from Employees About Their Leaders"
Listening to Steve Silberman: The forgotten history of autism
In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness” — a pair of doctors with an accepting view, an unexpected pop culture moment and a...
Nadine Harris – How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. (Another TED talk)
2nd Annual Acushnet Clamboil and Lobster Dinner – Sets Record!
What an amazing night! What an amazing food fest! What an amazing group of neighbors! Photos from our evening are here. Two hundred neighbors spent their Saturday evening together! It was a blast! None of this would have been possible without a most wonderful group of...
A story about tempered glass, but not really!
This is a story about tempered glass, but not really. This is really a story about a remarkable woman, Iris Wallace of Glaser Glass. It's also a story about the power of giving. Where to begin? We opened our thrift store in Acushnet to help offset our programming and...
How The Red Cross Raised Half A Billion Dollars For Haiti And Built 6 Homes
We struggle as a non-profit to be as transparent as possible. Every dollar that we raise is categorized and accounted for. Our tax returns and our independently reviewed financial statements are available to anyone that wants to access them at any time. When we see...
Santander Volunteers, Set A New Record For Clothes Processing!
Last Monday, Santander colleagues spent the day with us. Shirley Gantz, VP of Partnership and Training said - "It was an overwhelming experience just to be able to see the amount of donations that come into the center on a daily basis. Tons of clothes, from infant to...
Radio PSA – Thrift Store Magic!
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Patchwork Oversight Allows Dubious Charities to Operate
We struggle constantly, raising money to fund our programming and overhead. We have a bookkeeper, a bookkeeping firm, an accounting firm (all mostly probono) and we even pay an outside auditing company to review all our financials after they are done, even though...
One door closes, another opens!
At first glance it is bittersweet - to see our original home being demolished - but then we think about what Paul Bloom said - "We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our...