We talk a lot about building a more caring community. When Erik introduced us to Marquis and we heard his story, we started to understand a new reality. A new reality for us is that no matter who you are - that to grow you must be willing to let your present and...
Update: Monday, December 2, 2013 The Scouts of Pack 32 in Marion, made a huge difference today! In November the scouts participated in their soap box derby and used the event to: help help a local family, collect donations for a food pantry and collecting...
We need adult volunteer help in the mornings, while our student volunteers are otherwise occupied, to help us process donations and fill orders. With over 30,000 SouthCoast children living in poverty, the need is overwhelming! Winter is our busiest time of the year...
Song Available on Itunes - "It's called respect" by the Fearless Lions. Students sing/perform a rap song about respecting others.
From the New York Times, 11/12/13 Lindsay Beck came up with an idea in business school of a stock market for nonprofits. What if? That’s the way Lindsay Beck, a two-time cancer survivor and the founder of a successful charity, started thinking about how the world of...
There really is something in failing!
What a perfect example of a good education!
On Saturday, 300 elementary students from our neighborhood visited the mill with their families and we celebrated reading and family. Older students from ten area middle schools, high schools and universities were exemplary role-models. They staffed literacy-based...
There we were ... early on a Friday afternoon getting ready for our Saturday event, The Third Annual Great Pumpkin For Early Literacy. It was the end of a long week, the end of a long day and there was still a ton of work to do. Then a bus pulled up in front of the...
This year's freshmen class set new GiftsToGive records! Not only in making a huge difference but they collectively processed a week's worth of donations in a morning! Besides setting a new record for the most amount of donations processed in a morning, this year's...