Aero Angel Nonprofit Flies Sick Kids
By Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY Having a chronically ill child isn’t just physically and emotionally draining; it can also take a toll on your finances. Specialists might not be available in your area, which can mean repeated trips farther away to seek expert care. With some medical conditions, commercial travel isn’t even an option. Such is the case […]
How to Support Employee Well-Being in the Workplace
By John Hall, Entrepreneur In the U.S., one in five adults suffers from mental illness each year. Despite this, only one out of three people in need of assistance will receive it. Due to this, many people will either miss work or will be unable to accomplish as much at work as they would have liked. […]
Film ‘Everybody Dance’ Tells Inspiring Story Of Disabled Dancers
By Rachel Barnes, Patch The lead-up to a big performance is always nerve-wracking for any performer. The documentary “Everybody Dance” by South Bay producer and director Dan Watt showcases the journeys of six kids with different disabilities as they prepare for a dance recital with their Agoura Hills dance studio “Ballet For All Kids.” “These kids changed […]
4 Unsexy One-Minute Habits That Save Me 30+ Hours Every Week
By Akshad Singi, Medium You don’t lack time. You just waste most of it on useless busyness. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to accept this. An average user spends two and a half hours daily on social media in 2022. As of 2020, Netflix users watched an average of 3.2 hours of video per day through […]
How (and Why) To Use Mentorship To Inspire Teams And Fuel Personal Growth
By Heidi Zak, Inc. Before the internet gave us access to everyone, everywhere, those of us looking for mentorship were limited to our rolodexes. We either had a connection, knew someone who might, or went on wild goose chases in search of wisdom. As such, mentorship opportunities were scarcer, and mentoring relationships tended to evolve […]
UC Berkeley Professor To Award $1,000 Each Month For Act Of Kindness
By Sunny Skyz Professor Alan Ross has named it the “Chris Kindness Award” and recognizes one person every month for their kindness. That person is then rewarded with a $1,000 prize. Ross named the award after Chris Walton, the greatest teacher he had ever known. Walton was a pre-school teacher at the Berkeley JCC pre-school […]
Kindhearted Boy Used His Birthday Money to Start a Food Bank in His Garden Shed
By Andy Corbley, Good News Network A kind-hearted 11-year-old boy used his own birthday money to launch a food bank service which he runs from his garden shed. Isaac Winfield fills bags of groceries which have been donated and hands them out to the needy around his hometown. Since starting the food bank in 2020, […]
Why Gratitude Makes Leaders More Effective
By John Rampton, Entrepreneur Recently I had one of those days. Although nothing catastrophic happened, there were a series of minor events that didn’t make for a good day. In turn — as a result of my mood — many of the daily road bumps felt worse than they really were. By the end of the day, I […]
The Mentor Effect: How Investing in Mentorship Pays Off Financially, Emotionally, and Societally
By Sloane Keane – CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Sometimes I feel like that old Hotels.com character, Captain Obvious. Whenever I pitch a new partnership, meet a potential donor, or welcome a new volunteer, I catch myself saying the most self-evident things about creating positive social impact in […]
In a Crisis, Great Leaders Prioritize Listening
by Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten, Harvard Business Review How leaders navigate a crisis — big or small — has an enormous influence over the impact that crisis will have on their organization, not to mention the personal impact it will have on the people and leadership of that organization, in its aftermath. The […]