Sherry Riva thinks the key to lifting people out of poverty is helping them build savings and assets, such as a home or business. Source: This nonprofit helps put families on a path out of poverty
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‘Night of Hope’ raises funds for Cityteam Chester
Source: Delaware County News Network / Peg DeGrassa At first glance, the well-dressed crowd, sipping wine and nibbling on hummus and brie while strolling the beautiful grounds of the Tyler Arboretum on a balmy summer evening, would appear like people just out to enjoy themselves. However, many who participated in the Fourth Annual Cityteam Chester Night…
Man’s response to hungry kid a lesson in opportunity, not just charity
Source: The Commercial Appeal / David Waters It’s not just the feel-good story of this miserably hot summer. It’s a parable for a community that is one of the nation’s most generous and most impoverished. It’s also an allegory for a city and a nation still struggling mightily to recognize and reconcile its systemic racism,…
Local charity helping students living in poverty
Source: Local8now.com Almost 400,000 kids in Tennessee are living in poverty. The need for help is greater than ever. Knoxville Pays It Forward helps low income families. Recently they’ve been hit with a lot demand for help. “In the past few weeks we’ve really been hit hard from a lot of people who have been…
Paterson Corporate Sponsor Provides Volunteers and Donations To Help Anti-Poverty Non-Profit Feed The Hungry
Source: PRWEB Paterson-based Rapid Pump and Meter Co. supported Eva’s Village anti-hunger programs as a gold-level Fund-A-Meal sponsor last week, providing critical funding and volunteer support in Eva’s Community Kitchen. Instead of reporting to their jobs on Straight Street in Paterson on a recent Thursday morning, half a dozen employees from Rapid Pump and Meter…