Too Good to Waste
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 so that it could not be eaten by anyone desperate enough to rummage through them. Arash Derambarsh,
Just the ticket
Tix4Cause flips empty seats for charity cash. Another weekend, another game day. Though routine in Mary Nemetz’s household, she still hadn’t come to grips with sacrificing her favorite television program to watch grown men run around chasing a ball. On this day,
Play everywhere, anywhere
Imagine a place where your child could not enjoy the simple notion of playing ball with friends. For many children living in war-torn countries, playtime means kicking around the closest thing that resembles a ball. Tim Jahnigen, a former lyricist, came
Tips on Conserving Water
It’s no secret that California is running low on water. Images of dry reservoirs, shrinking lakes and dead almond trees are popping up everywhere online. This is the fourth year the golden state is in a drought, one of the worst
The Little Shoe That Could
Imagine a shoe that could withstand wear and tear, all while adjusting to a child’s growth each year. Founder and Executive Director of The Shoe That Grows, Kenton Lee, did just that. Built to last, Lee and his team came up
The Future of Tourism
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 tour company based out of Arlington, Va. along with a conflict-resolution professor and a former financial adviser.
‘It all starts in the soil’
Ron Finley threw some seeds in the ground and got the whole world talking food in 2011. Now he’s transforming a vacant lot behind LA’s oldest library into a food forest. Ron Finley never had much trouble with the law—until he
Chico dedicates new transitional housing
New Salvation Army homes to aid single-parent families in recovery. By Sydney Fong - The Chico Corps recently hosted a dedication event to celebrate the new Ann and Emmett Skinner Transitional Living Program (TLP), constructed in 2014 by student volunteers from California
Roots & Wings
A head start for kids in Maria Elena She clings to her mother’s skirt. Dania, nearly 2, goes with her mother, 19, to collect recyclable materials in the garbage dump at night and to buy and sell recycled goods during the day.
The Salvation Army and K-LOVE partner for EDS training
Training aims at engaging community members interested in volunteering with The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army and Alaska K-LOVE, a Christian radio station in Anchorage, teamed up to offer free Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) trainings for emergency first responders and
Coming home
Harnessing a simple feeling to weaken fighters in the Lord’s Resistance Army Coming home is a powerful feeling. As someone who enjoys the comforts and ease of a familiar place, I am not a prime candidate for living and working
We need a cultural revolution against cyberbullying
Monica Lewinsky says she was patient zero, and is out to bring awareness to the viral problem. Though we know the name well, we haven’t heard from Monica Lewinsky directly—until now. White House intern made famous by an affair with the president,