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Nita Mosby-Henry founded The Kaleidoscope Project in Denver, Co. in 2007 to address two major needs in her community. First, to recude…
Children growing up in poverty stricken neighborhoods surrounded by violence, drugs and ignorance are vulnerable to a variety of negative outcomes, from…
Since 2007, Desiree Williams has reached beyond her nation’s borders to address educational, vocational, motivational and spiritual issues in the adoloescent community…
Michele (Shellie) Fischer devotes her time to generating funding for rare genetic disorders, collecting building materials for patient accomodations and sending computers…
There are thousands of children who sleep on the floor, not because they want to, but because they have no place else…
Kathleen Conner is the President of Angie’s Spa, a one-of-a-kind corporation that provides free spa services for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Kathleen…