For Beverly Sanders, living on a budget used to sound like going on a diet: It's the right thing to do, but it’s hard to know where to start. That began to change in early 2014, when friends persuaded Sanders . . .
In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 22, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing the exceptional work of volunteer families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet today's family, the D’Ambra-Coplan Family of Scarsdale, NY, and nominate someone . . .
In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 22, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing the exceptional work of volunteer families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet today’s winning family, the Koran Family of Holly Springs, NC, and . . .
Birthday celebrations are not always affordable, and many homeless parents do not have the resources to celebrate this milestone. But they matter to kids who may not have a permanent home or many special family moments they can call their . . .
Today, Points of Light honors the exceptional work of volunteers at its Tribute event, hosted this year by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. In celebration of emerging opportunities for volunteerism that strengthen the bonds between Asia and North America, . . .
A new report released this week by Opportunity Nation, with support from the Citi Foundation, provides fresh and compelling evidence that certain types of civic engagement predict positive outcomes for at-risk and low income youth and the economic health of . . .
When high school athletes Ian Niggles and Sam Zeng learned there was no program in their community to help special needs students get out on a soccer field and participate in their favorite sport, these two local stars started a . . .
In a suburb of Orlando, Florida, one organization is creating positive change by giving adults with cognitive disabilities the opportunity to make a salient contribution in their hometown. Based in Apopka, Florida, Alliance Supports Corp (ASC) organizes volunteer projects as . . .
Every community needs that person who goes above and beyond to support and lift up the community. On the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, Enrique Acosta-Gonzalez is that person. Enrique has been a non-stop volunteer for this community since returning to . . .
When Ethan Cruikshank was 10, he learned that his school district in Hanover County, Va., was eliminating its strings program from the music curriculum because of budget cuts. He had studied viola through that program, and was concerned about how . . .