Polls show that while confidence in our democracy and our government is near an all-time low, volunteerism and civic participation since the ´70s are near all-time highs. Why? Because people, espec...
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the ETM event last night. It was maybe the cutest thing we'd ever seen in our lives, so it was great sharing that pinnacle with you. The kids brought it last night...
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So for the last six months we've been working through the night, under cars and in back alleys to bring you a new project. We've teamed up with NYC non-profit Education Through Music (ETM) to pre...
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At lunch during the first day at the Global Philanthropy Forum, I sat next to two amazing people (one of whom I will write about in a future post). On my right sat Samuel Azout, one of the "social ...
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  See Bob. See Bob run The South Side Gallery & Book Fair. ADBer Bob Berens is organizing the community event this weekend that's bringing FREE, NEW books to the school-aged (K-8th) ch...
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No more teachers, no more books, at least not the pre-Katrina kind. New Orleans had been known for having one of the most corrupt and failing school systems in the country. But it’s been tw...
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We always say that doing good can be fun and nothing embodies that better than PlayPumps, which created a merry-go-round that's also a water filtering pump. Kids spin the pump, providing otherwis...
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