Pride
In 1966, a group of parents who had children with development disabilities got together in the basement of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Auburn, Calif., to try to figure out a way to help their kids find employment and full integration into their communities. From that humble beginning sprang PRIDE Industries, the nation's largest employer of people with disabilities, with 4,300 workers in 11 sta... posted on Mar 26 2005, 999 reads

Project Homeless Connect
Amme Hill had never talked to a homeless person before, never helped out at a soup kitchen. Even though her heart went out to desperate people she saw on the street, she never found an opportunity to turn her compassion into action. That was until she attended Project Homeless Connect, a monthly gathering where hundreds of San Francisco citizen volunteers gather for a day to help city counselors, ... posted on Mar 24 2005, 1,005 reads

Wonder Welders
The self-styled "wonder welders" of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were offered technical training in welding by a local businessman in an imaginative scheme which has changed the lives of polio victims who previously had to beg on the streets to live. The welder's artistic collective has built a reputation for designing innovative and unusual metal animal sculptures that has provided these men with pri... posted on Mar 22 2005, 1,867 reads

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Genius
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Open Heart
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The Only You
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Invisible Forces
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