By Krystin Gollihue In 2011, DoSomething.org was texting about 3 million users a week, inviting young people from all over the country to get involved with a campaign or political action that they were passionate about. Young people were responding to issues of social...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Karen Kincaid Dunn “With Club Nova as a part of my life, I have not needed hospitalization for 12 years. I no longer feel caught in a raging storm of being cast out or apart from, but a part of something greater than...
By Jordan Smith Imagine a child who is diagnosed with Global Development Delay Disorder, a condition that occurs in a child’s developing years that will, among other things, impair that child’s ability to communicate. Loved ones sink their time and money going to one...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Tessie Castillo In 2012 Mary Rogers, a 61-year old woman in Mebane, North Carolina, learned that her 27-year-old son had died of a drug overdose. Pain and grief so consumed her that she was sure she had reached the limits of what...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Naomi Lippel In January 1960, in a modest home in Los Angeles, California, Overeaters Anonymous was born. Founder Rozanne S.*, who had for years struggled with her weight and numerous attempts at dieting, attended a Gamblers...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Laura van der Veer What does recovery look like? It could be finding stable, substance-free housing after years of living on the streets. Or rebuilding broken relationships with loved ones. Or even acceptance into law school. For...
By Sandra Cyr Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis serves the populations in their communities who are most in need. Through their work, they are able to identify some of the more challenging people to serve. People whose needs are so unique, services may...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Tracy Harmon In early 1998, a local 12 step group in Dalton, Georgia lost their meeting space, a state-operated low-intensity residential substance abuse treatment program, due to funding. With the loss of the state facility, it...
