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GoodWeave’s Afghanistan Child-Free Labor Initiative
Ariana factory in Afghanistan by Scott Welker. Saxon Henry, author and fellow blogger, recently shed light on GoodWeave’s Afghanistan initiative in her blog post “Weaving a Better Future: One Carpet at a Time.” She says, “Because a third of all elementary school-aged children in Afghanistan work—many of which have been sold into child labor according to UNICEF—GoodWeave intends to fill a critical gap in programs serving the nation’s economically exploited...
Changing Lives through Mentorology
January is National Mentoring Month, and January 25 is recognized as “Thank Your Mentor Day.” The power of mentoring positively transforms individuals, families and communities. The Over My Shoulder Foundation (OMSF) believes, as Jimi Hendrix best said, “If there is something to be changed in this world…then it can only be done through music.” While some musicians are already a part of the OMSF Mentoring Family, including legendary singer/songwriter Linda Perry and...
The Women’s Lunch Place
Winston Flowers: July Charity in Bloom Design The Women's Lunch Place in Boston is caring in action. Jane Alexander and Eileen Reilly opened the center's doors to serve lunch to 12 women on November 15, 1982. Today, the Women's Lunch Place serves more than 150 women and children each day, offering breakfast and lunch, along with many resources to meet the needs of women who often have no other place to go during the day. Their stated mission: "The Women’s Lunch Place...
Hasbro Community Action Heroes 2011
To inspire, equip, and mobilize youth to take action that changes the world and themselves through service. --Mission of the Points of Light Institute's global youth service movement generationOn People of all ages can make a difference in their local and global communities. Six young volunteers were recently honored for work that shows you're never too young to become part of the service generation, working to change the world. The young people, aged 7 to 17, who are the...
Over My Shoulder Logo Assignment
Recently, I wrote a post about Patti Austin's inspired Over My Shoulder Project and a class assignment that changed lives. I thought you might like to see a few of the logos the students from David Messina's Digital and Interactive Media class at John H. Reagan High School in Houston, Texas created for their Over My Shoulder logo assignment. Over My Shoulder Logo Project David Messina says, "This whole project has changed my teaching outlook. After teaching for so...
Patti Austin’s Over My Shoulder Project
Patti Austin and Lianna Gutierrez “Our goal is to break down barriers that separate generations of people and cultures. Through mentoring, we all are increasingly interdependent on each other, rather than independent individuals. And, because of people’s interdependency, the foundation hopes to foster respect, diversity, culture, and individuality.” –Patti Austin The Over My Shoulder Foundation was created to encourage the art of mentoring, called "Mentorology" through...
Volunteer Vacations: Work on Hiking Trails
Volunteer Vacations: Work on Hiking Trails Combining a visit to a beautiful natural environment with volunteer work is the vacation of choice for many adventurous people. If you're physically fit, love the outdoors and are up for a challenging experience, taking a volunteer vacation in an interesting place to help maintain America's hiking trails might be just what you're looking for. "Volunteer Vacations are a series of trail building projects on America's public lands. Each...