Impact Stories

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Impact Stories

July 12, 2015

GED program launched at Santa Monica ARC

Research shows a GED certificate leads to $385,000 more income over a lifetime

July 7, 2015

Boston Central Hispanic Corps greets increasing population

Growing nearby Latino presence reflects statewide trend By Drew Forster— As

Homeless woman smiling with cardboard sign

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June 18, 2015

Messages beyond the cardboard

One organization uses handwriting to help homeless individuals

byLizeth Beltran

Woman in green shirt and hardhat next to solar panel

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June 18, 2015

California offers free Solar Panels to Low Income Homeowners

Rooftop solar panels are rarely sighted in low income neighborhoods, where those

byJackeline Luna

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June 18, 2015

Home-school in hindsight

Deregulating home-schooling institutions places the trust solely in parents, but

byJared McKiernan

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June 8, 2015

Using Robotics to lend a hand

A French start-up looks to use robotics to improve the lives of those diagnosed

byLizeth Beltran

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June 1, 2015

Four-star General cites Salvation Army as model

General Barry McCaffrey spent a day with the Army and acknowledged veterans at

Person Walking between shelves in library

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May 27, 2015

A Trivia Game that Pays Off Student Debt

“Play trivia, do good, win a million

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May 27, 2015

A Handwritten Tweet to Our Troops and Veterans

May is National Military Appreciation Week and snack maker Kind wants to send

byJackeline Luna

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May 25, 2015

Joyful giving

An executive’s thoughts on the motives behind giving

byJason Franklin

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May 25, 2015

Too Good to Waste

Last week, France passed a law banning the common practice among supermarkets of

Man sitting outside on other side of fence

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May 24, 2015

Prisoner to programmer

The Last Mile teaches inmates coding and programming in prison so they can put

byNatrina Gandana

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