Child Hunger: Mile High Mamas Visit Food Bank of the Rockiesgiving back • my world • bettering communities • bettering communities
Over 17 million kids in the US are at risk of hunger and nearly 1 in 4 children are not certain where their next meal will come from according to national statistics on childhood hunger. 20 percent or more of the child population in 16 states and D.C. are…
Freedom: Raising Awareness About Human Traffickingmy world • bettering communities
Warning: what you are about to read will either make your skin crawl or your eyebrows rise to impossible heights in disbelief. Here it is: slavery—the forcing of one or more humans by another for the purposes of forced labor, bonded labor, or forced prostitution—and human trafficking are alive and…
Hope: Experiencing The Pain and Beauty in Indiamy world • bettering communities
My first trip to India was in 1998. After a month there, in rough conditions and bringing home an unwanted parasite, I vowed I would never go back. Fast forward 13 years and I'm asked to go back. Maybe it was the maturity that had naturally happened, but I was…
Tucson: A Community Coming Togethermy world • bettering communities
I was at the Cancer Center in Tucson receiving my first chemo treatment for breast cancer. When my husband and I walked out to our vehicle in the parking lot, we noticed the Ben's Bell…
There are thousands of stories like this one on the Ben’s Bells website. Almost 19,000…
Famous Woman In History: One of Many Firstsmy world • bettering communities
When you're faced with an uphill battle, one perhaps not dealt with before, think of Nancy Kelsey. She was the first white woman to visit Utah, the first to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the first to make it to California, at the age of 18. She was the…
Famous Women in History Under 30: Group 3my world • bettering communities
Once again, we highlight three young women who did great things before they turned 30. They all had a passion for something and put that passion into action -- something we should all try to do today as well. Please visit America Comes Alive for their full stories. Young and …
