Posts for July, 2012
Jul
26
Posted by cmurphy to global volunteer
Today's guest post is written by Laura, a second year pre-med student from the UK. During the summer of 2012 she chose to volunteer with Blue-Med Africa in Ghana, and volunteered on several medical projects while out there. She writes for Degree Jungle, a resource for college students.
Across the world, billions of people suffer from health inequalities that lead to untimely and unreasonable deaths. In the developing world health care is not accessible for many, and the basic living standards needed in order to fight off diseases can also not be achieved. During the summer of 2012 I chose to broaden my view of health care across the world by spending a month in Ghana.
Jul
25
Posted by cmurphy to News Flash
The Civic 100 is a national initiative to survey, rank and recognize corporations on how they engage the communities they serve and institutionalize these practices as part of their corporate culture.
Jul
25
Posted by cmurphy to blog
Today's guest post comes from Mary-Grace Reeves, founder of The American Girl Book Club.
Last month marked a significant milestone for the members of the Pensacola High School Class of 2012, as well as high school seniors across the country: graduation. This ceremony embodied both a celebration of our diligent academic efforts and the start of a new chapter in our lives, as we continue to pursue our education. As the familiar tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed throughout the auditorium and the proud graduates entered with their shining caps and gowns, I could not help remembering discussions I had held just days earlier with my classmates about our intended careers. Dreams of becoming nuclear engineers. Neurosurgeons. Biochemists. Physicists. And myself, a pediatric ophthalmologist.
Jul
24
Posted by cmurphy to
Today's post is written by Lisa Thomas-McMillan, who runs a small nonprofit food bank, Calisa, Inc., and restaurant in Brewton, Ala.
Seventeen years ago when I moved back to my hometown of Brewton I had no idea where I was headed in life or what I was going to do. After a few months at home I noticed a lot of elderly people were struggling with food issues and other problems that they needed help with. I had no funds for the more costly problems, but I did manage to put money together to prepare hot meals and food boxes for people and deliver them. They were ever so grateful and as word spread so did the demands for the meals and food boxes.