Global Change: Start Small to Make a Differencegiving back • tips for giving back • bettering communities
The thought of impacting global change is overwhelming when you think of the harsh reality of what is going on in the world today both at home and abroad. Recently, I discovered I needed reading glasses. What does this have to do with impacting global change, you might be asking…
Lobbying: How to Approach Your Local Members of Congressgiving back • bettering communities
Have a cause you are passionate about? Want to take action, but don't know where to begin? Communicating with your local senators and members of congress is a great first step to making a difference and is much easier than you may think. My Experience Lobbying Last week,…
Global Healthcare: Moms Helping Momsgiving back • bettering communities
Have you ever wondered why all the focus on global healthcare issues when there is so much suffering right in our own communities and sometimes as close as in the next bedroom? My little brother, Mark, was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 16 years old. But his struggles began…
Join Rotary International to End Polio Now and Make Historygiving back • bettering communities
I come from a family of Rotarians. My grandpas on both sides of the family were Rotary Club members and my dad was the president of his local chapter for a short time. My family benefited a lot by my dad's association with the Rotary Club. From meeting other families…
World AIDS Day: The End of HIV/AIDS is in Sightgiving back • bettering communities
I was a teenager in the 80s and remember the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic—the disease that doesn't discriminate. It crossed cultural divides, devastated the rich and the poor, didn't care about your sexual orientation, and went after celebrities as well as those far from the limelight, like babies. Shortly…
