Impact Stories

Learn more about the biggest issues faced by communities today and how you can get involved with a variety of stories and articles about impact.

Impact Stories

October 15, 2015

Let’s make the cure contagious

Cure Violence applies epidemic health model to communities People have known for

byGary Slutkin

Impact Stories

October 5, 2015

Housing first, care second

Pathway to Housing’s simple yet revolutionary way to help the chronically

byLaura Poff

Impact Stories

September 29, 2015

Preserving fruit and transforming lives

How World Harvest is creating an income generator for Somali refugees A man

byJohn Mendez

September 15, 2015

Salvation Army responds to Butte and Valley Fires in Northern California

Multiple mobile kitchens on the scene to feed first responders and evacuees The

September 13, 2015

Finding my voice through Christ

“To the world, I’m a drug fiend with an incurable habit

Impact Stories

September 8, 2015

‘Digital crack’

Neuroscientist Dr

byJared McKiernan

Impact Stories

September 3, 2015

The Freshman 15

September means back to school and many off to college, but this list is really

Impact Stories

August 25, 2015

A Small Shed that Feeds a Million Children Every Day

There’s a tiny blue shed on a farm in Scotland that feeds school children in

byJackeline Luna

Drawing of iPhone with drawing of father and daughter on screen

Impact Stories

August 25, 2015

Digital parenting

Common Sense Media guides new parents through the ever-evolving world of social

Impact Stories

August 21, 2015

Protecting Girlhood

Memory Banda grew up in rural Malawi in a community that practices child

GoodWorks Coffee & Tea Founder Sam Cornthwaite making a cup of coffee overlooking the Bridger Mountain range in his home state, Montana.

Impact Stories

August 4, 2015

Make your mug matter

GoodWorks Coffee & Tea founder shares his effort to empower farmers, train

bySamuel Cornthwaite

August 4, 2015

Salvation Army aids flood evacuees in Florida

By Dulcinea Cuellar Kimrey – The Salvation Army of Florida is responding

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Joan & Sally’s offers place to belong in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Homer homesteading cooking class teaches lost arts

Salvation Army volunteers deliver meals and connection across Billings communities

Impact Stories

Let’s make the cure contagious

Housing first, care second

Preserving fruit and transforming lives

Salvation Army responds to Butte and Valley Fires in Northern California

Finding my voice through Christ

‘Digital crack’

The Freshman 15

A Small Shed that Feeds a Million Children Every Day

Digital parenting

Protecting Girlhood

Make your mug matter

Salvation Army aids flood evacuees in Florida

Joan & Sally’s offers place to belong in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Homer homesteading cooking class teaches lost arts

Salvation Army volunteers deliver meals and connection across Billings communities

The Healing Coop: How chickens are helping women stay sober