Community

Learn more about how you can foster goodness in the world with a variety of stories and articles about creating community.

Mother and son smiling with each other in Salvation Army shirts

Community

September 6, 2016

Raising volunteers

Starting early makes a child more likely to give back later

byJackeline Luna

Community

August 26, 2016

How to be a kind traveler

As a multi-trillion-dollar industry, travel and tourism has become one of the

Community

August 20, 2016

Why you should grow your own berries

I love my morning routine

Community

August 19, 2016

How to make friends and create your own community

When I was young, my father was a petty officer in the US Navy

byLaura Poff

Community

August 10, 2016

#Refugees welcome | responding to fear and guilt with faith and hope

If you are like me, you are listening and watching the reports of the world’s

byDanielle Strickland

Community

August 9, 2016

On neutral ground

It seems that there is a new story each week about the tensions between “black

Person with gym bag standing outside Olympic building

Community

August 1, 2016

Without a flag of their own

Are you watching the Olympics this summer?

house with wood walkway leading up to it at night

Community

May 29, 2016

Home

We put the building blocks of life together in the home

byBob Docter

Community

April 13, 2016

Advancing Good: Editor’s Note

“What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good

byChristin Thieme

Community

April 11, 2016

Serving with skills

In her office near the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Mackenzie Neitling

byChristin Thieme

Young children standing in line outside holding clothes

Community

June 20, 2015

Rags to resources

Youme Clothing has a collaborative, repurposing approach to affect community

byLauren Wallis

Community

June 3, 2015

A lemonade stand like no other

At 4, Alex made it her mission to end childhood cancer

byLaura Poff

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Raising volunteers

How to be a kind traveler

Why you should grow your own berries

How to make friends and create your own community

#Refugees welcome | responding to fear and guilt with faith and hope

On neutral ground

Without a flag of their own

Home

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Serving with skills

Rags to resources

A lemonade stand like no other

From Guatemala to Los Angeles: How a pastor discovered his faith

Salvation Army livestream auctions connect shoppers with secondhand finds

How one mother’s search for help led to inspiring hope for others

Club 60 nourishes the body and spirit in community