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Telecommuting Success Honored
AT&T is the 2001 recipient of the Vision for America Award for its environmentally sound workplace practices.
Through AT&T’s telework program, employees who telecommuted from...
Forgiving the Unforgivable
Why would Peter and Linda Biehl, a wealthy, conservative Newport Beach couple, leave their privileged community for South Africa to work arm in arm...
Healing on Her Mind; Surviving a Brain Tumor
As Cheryl Clark began a weekend horseback ride one sunny October afternoon in 1997, a time bomb went off. A violent seizure threw the...
Woman Donates Part of her Liver to a Child She Didn’t Even Know
While the season of giving flourished in department stores, the true meaning of the word was demonstrated in a hospital in North Carolina. A...
Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes
Today was an interesting day. The phone had rang last night and told me where to go.
The program was teaching disabled children how to...
A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work
Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
29 Year-Old Single-Handedly Raises Relief Supplies for Hurricane Victims
Esther Stevens’ dining table in Colorado Springs, CO, has become a makeshift operations center for getting aid to the victims of Hurricane Mitch.
“I’ve never...
Wildlife Thrives in Restored Chicago Wetlands
The northwest corner of Chicago, framed by the lanes of traffic along Interstate 94 and State Route 14, seems an unlikely address for wildlife....
UPS Sends Senior Managers Into Hell’s Kitchen to Help Poor
Call it a crash course in “The Shocking Facts of Life 101”, when United Parcel Service executives from around the country are air-dropped into...
Operation Smile Turning Disfigured Faces into Smiling Faces
In 16 years, Operation Smile has treated over 45,000 children and young adults with deformities in the U.S. and abroad, offering hope and changing...
Post Cereal Feeds the Needy
In celebration of their 100th anniversery, Post Cereal Company (of Battle Creek, Michigan), in collaboration with Second Harvest, is feeding America's hungry. "We're not...
Maxwell House Builds 100 Homes for 100 Families
In a partnership with Habitat For Humanity, Maxwell House has built 100 homes for 100 "hard-working Americans" in 100 weeks. The program, called "Build...
Today’s Students Choose Social Causes Over Surfboards During Spring Break
Spring break may mean beaches, bikinis and beer for some, but students participating in Break Away, a national nonprofit group that steers people to...
The Flying Hospital: Medical Missions of Mercy
"The Flying Hospital", an L-1011 wide body jet transformed into a medical care facility, visited Ecuador on a medical mission of mercy for three...
Finding Jewels In A Soup Can… Would You Turn Them In?
Jeanna Dodd was worried about making ends meet so she went to the Fairfax, Va., food bank for help. And, believing one should give...