Once homeless, now owners of business

LANCASTER —What started, about six years ago, as a small weekly gathering with people experiencing homelessness at Jane Reynolds Park culminated in a grand opening celebration of nonprofit Street Company’s new roasting facility in the Lancaster Business Park, on Friday night, with the company’s founders, donors, community partners and supporters in attendance. “Tonight is a…

Widespread Collaboration Will Make The World A Better Place

For motivated businesses, collaboration isn’t only a great way to make more money, it’s an awesome way to help make the world a better place. If you’ve spent time reading my writing, you know that I’m a major proponent of collaboration in the business world. Collaborative efforts don’t just have the potential to help companies resolve…

​2016 Active Year for Bendix in Corporate Giving, Volunteering

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems donated nearly $250,000 through corporate grants, employee sponsorships, donations, and employee fundraisers in 2016, benefiting nonprofits and community organizations across North America. Activities included local-level employee-driven projects; community initiatives funded by Bendix; and programs supported by Knorr-Bremse Global Care. Global Care is a nonprofit organization founded by the Knorr-Bremse Group, Bendix’s…

Corporate Giving Awards: PricewaterhouseCoopers

What societal issue do you wish there was more awareness of, and why? Half of today’s teens are financially illiterate, and more than three-quarters of teachers who teach financial literacy indicate a need for more appropriate curriculum resources. At PwC, we have been on a journey to help address the systemic lack of financial education…

Wake Forest student turns cancer diagnosis into philanthropic business

Amid all the ordeals, large and small, that came from being an active college student diagnosed with cancer, Jake Teitelbaum showed his frustration in one place: the plain, white “hospital socks.” Standard-issue for all in-patient stays — the Wake Forest University student had several while battling a resistant form of Hodgkin’s lymphoma last year —…