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Family Starts Bi-Coastal Nonprofit, Donating More Than 40,000 Books to Kids in Need
In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 19, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet today’s winning…
Retired Web Designer Lends His Time and Talents to Maryland Volunteer Center
Sometimes, volunteering means hard physical work, such as delivering boxes of food to the hungry, shoveling snow for shut-ins or doing clean-up…
Zoe Sanchez Richardson
“Book Lady! Book Lady! Book Lady!” That’s the warm embrace Zoe Sanchez Richardson hears as she enters a room full of 6…
Agents of Purpose, from Detroit and Around the World, Headline Conference Sessions
“Consumers want the companies, the brands they are loyal to, to be agents of purpose,” said Points of Light CEO, Tracy Hoover,…
How One Hero is Creating Waterfalls of Change
This post originally appeared on the generationOn blog. Six years ago, Carter Jimenez Jenkins was looking at a website called Blue Planet…
Delivering on Our Commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative
A STEM major in college and now the mother of two girls passionate about science, you could say that Sandy Marshall knows…
Employee Volunteers Demonstrate Fidelity’s Commitment to Education and Service
Corporations that embrace social responsibility make a lasting impact on the communities where they live and work, and also do better financially…
Jackie Einstein Astrof
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, Jackie Einstein Astrof began her career as a healthcare administrator in New York…
Norman Hurns
As a high school teacher in Detroit’s troubled public schools, Norman Hurns saw a need to inspire and motivate youth growing up…
Nina Faulk-Knight
For as long as she can remember, the act of volunteering has always been a passion for Nina Faulk-Knight. Growing up, watching…
