‘Money Matters: Make It Count’ teaches financial literacy to teens.
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Pathway to Housing’s simple yet revolutionary way to help the chronically homeless
Gerard Thomas
Gerard Thomas served with the U.S. Army in the Vietnam W... Read More
Common Sense Media guides new parents through the ever-evolving world of social media.
When Joy Mikles realized that her 8-year-old son was playing an onli... Read More
Memory Banda grew up in rural Malawi in a community that practices child marriage. The girls in her village were expected to leave school to attend an initiatio... Read More
No one likes to talk about menstruation. It's not considered a polite topic of conversation and for that reason it can be difficult to raise awareness and funds... Read More
As many as 67 percent of girls in the developing world don't attend secondary school. She's the First is looking to change that through sponsorship and campuses... Read More
At 4, Alex made it her mission to end childhood cancer.
In 1996, Jay and Liz Scott joined the fight against pediatric cancer when their daughter Alex was dia... Read More
Last week, France passed a law banning the common practice among supermarkets of ruining unsold food by pouring bleach into their garbage bins filled with food ... Read More
In 2008, Emily Pilloton founded Project H, a non-profit that teaches building and design skills to youth, with an emphasis on girls and children of color.
Pr... Read More
Aziz Abu Sarah wants to break down cultural and historical barriers between people through tourism.
In 2009, he co-founded Mejdi Tours, a joint Jewish-Arab t... Read More
Tucked into trendy, walkable midtown Atlanta, Free Fab’rik is a non-profit thrift store offering free shopping sprees to women and girls in need.
“Obviously ... Read More
Projections say there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings by 2020, but currently just .3 percent of high school girls major in computer science... Read More
LAURA POFF is a staff writer for The Salvation Army’s Southern Spirit. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and French from Georgia State University and is a lifelong Salvationist who has worked for the organization since 2006. Laura has read almost every French travel memoir and knows where all the best coffee shops are at home in Atlanta, Ga.
