By Sandy Cyr When Paul Perkins was a rookie running back in the 2016 NFL season, he was vying for Rashad Jennings’ spot in the lineup. Jennings told Perkins, “I want you to play like you are a starter.” Going into his 9th year in the NFL, Jennings wanted Perkins to...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Karen Martinsen Fleming In May 2017 Green Mountain College (GMC), a small private, non-profit college celebrated its 180th Commencement. Since our founding in 1834, we have constantly innovated to meet the educational...
By Sandy Cyr Change happens to individual people, but structures and systems shape the way individuals live. So how can we work on both fronts? How can we be a stronger, better, more compassionate person and how do we create systems and structures that take care of...
By Sandy Cyr If you ask Executive Director Kati Mullan what makes Read and Feed so successful, without hesitation she will tell you it is the volunteers. Read and Feed has over 425 active volunteers, as well as community partners who not only help ensure the programs...
By Charlena Wynn Moving to North Carolina after having lived in the Middle East, Canada and Europe proved one thing to Beth Dehghan, founder of WomenNC; that women’s rights transcend North Carolina. Due to the nature of globalization, she believes everyone...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal WakeEd Partnership After 30 years and two name changes, WakeED Partnership has refreshed its image to better convey its purpose—improving public education by advocating for an excellent educational opportunity for all students in...
By Jordan Smith The John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation, which operates the Mazie Mentoring Program, will celebrate another round of successful program graduates this June. The Mazie Mentoring Program, started in 1998, has served 650 high school sophomores until...
By Jordan Smith Keith Hemstreet and Patti Wheeler, co-founders of the Youth Exploration Society (Y.E.S.) and co-authors of Travels with Gannon & Wyatt, emphasize adventure to promote literacy. The impact of Y.E.S. and Travels with Gannon & Wyatt stems from the...
By Sandra Cyr Shortly before 1:15 on a recent Wednesday afternoon, the multipurpose room at the Exploris School Elementary Program is quiet. Volunteers filter in, grab their materials from Explorations Coordinator Andrea Wallenbeck, and stake out corners of the room...
By Charlena Wynn Why do we educate children? Kriste Dragon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWC), wants educators, parents, care-givers, and child advocates to ask themselves just that. For parents of CWC students,...
