Standing O: Joe Golan provides wheels for those who need them

Golan spends his days repairing and assembling bicycles so children and adults can get to school and their jobs. Source: Standing O: Joe Golan provides wheels for those who need them

Families to start Hope House Children’s Hospices Dark Runs

Two families will be starting off Hope House Children’s Hospices Dark Runs this October in Telford and Chirk as hundreds sign up to light up the night. Over two Saturdays hundreds of people and families of all ages will get together to ‘glow’ crazy and raise money for Hope House Children’s Hospices. You can complete…

‘It gave me hope’: Art helps Edmonton woman overcome homelessness

After getting diagnosed with schizophrenia and living in Edmonton’s homeless shelters, it was through art Madeline LeBlanc was able to regain control of her life.  As a kid, LeBlanc was interested in becoming an artist. However, in high school she was dissuaded as her friends said artists make too little money and made too little difference in…

Furnishing Hope helps Boston families rebuild after plight with homelessness

Furnishing Hope, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, provides furniture and home goods to families and individuals transitioning into stable housing. Furnishing Hope of Massachusetts, Inc., a Cambridge-based nonprofit that provides furniture and home goods to families and individuals transitioning from homeless and domestic-violence shelters into stable housing, resides in a studio-like office in an Mt. Auburn Street…

Together We Are Stronger!

We have allowed religion and politics to divide us, and many of those with or seeking power use these levers to further divide and conquer, making them stronger and “we the people” weaker.  It is up to us to reject those who divide us and embrace our common humanity as husbands and wives, sisters and…