By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 17, 2016
Today, 23-year-old Raul Bravo is an auto mechanic at a car dealership in Chicago. Back when he started high school, Raul never thought he’d have a career working on cars. But then Raul met Clairene Terry, an Automotive Technology teacher at Schurz high school....
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 17, 2016
I am the co-founder and executive director of The Good People Fund where I discover, mentor and financially support grassroots organizations that respond in creative ways to society’s most intractable problems. Together we focus on board development,...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 17, 2016
I live in a real small community – Tennessee Colony, Texas – about an hour and a half from Dallas. One day, someone spoke at our church about the need for volunteers to be advocates in court – and in life – for children living in foster care....
By Gary Hume | Oct 13, 2016
Five years ago, at age 75, I stepped cheerfully into my 2nd encore career. At the right time in the right place, our daughter, the harpist, suggested that I join her to audition at a large facility serving elders here in South Florida. It was an open invitation for...