Category: Making a Difference
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Keep on Rowing: Part 1
Katie Spotz used to be a bench warmer at high school. A few years later she had run marathons, ultra-marathons and ironmen, she had run through the Mojave Desert and swum a 525-kilometre river. However, rowing across the Atlantic Ocean single-handed is probably her most impressive feat. She did it to raise money for clean…
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Street Corner Resources: Part 1
The problem: Many young people gather on the street corners of New York. They are engaged in gang activities, drug dealing and gun violence. The solution: Occupy the street corners. Talk to the young men. Connect them with former criminals who have spent years in prison. Make them understand that other people care about them.…