Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Homeless to Harvard
A teen girl navigates years of homelessness on the tough streets of California and a fractured family to reach academic success and admission to the prestigious Ivy League school.
Thinking about giving up on anything? Let Khadijah Williams's story inspire you to be motivated against all odds.
More @ Linke: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harvard20-2009jun20,0,1882109.story?page=1"
Thinking about giving up on anything? Let Khadijah Williams's story inspire you to be motivated against all odds.
More @ Linke: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harvard20-2009jun20,0,1882109.story?page=1"
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"Field of Dreams" in Compton
NBC recently covered this story & even though it's a couple days late, it's so worth discussing on our blog. It's the story of Tim Lewis - a little league baseball coach in Compton, California, who literally found a diamond in the rough. When he came across an unused baseball field in his Compton neighborhood, memories of his childhood summers on little league baseball teams resurfaced. An idea was born. He started his own baseball team for youngsters - all in the effort to motivate them, create teamwork, and keep them off the streets. But perhaps this is where the beauty lies in this story. Tim is homeless & is not shy about sharing his slip-ups in life. He admits to the mistakes he's made & is determined to be an example for the young men who look up to him. After NBC aired this story, many people wrote in asking to contact Tim & find ways to help him & his team. Because he is homeless, Tim has suggested people reach out to him through a family friend. Here is her contact info:
Ms. Clotilde Sanchez
1202 W. 130th Street,
Compton, CA, 90222
Here's the link to the MSNBC story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31434372#31432809
Monday, June 22, 2009
Incredible Program: Puppies Behind Bars
Out of a prison in upstate New York, PUPPIES BEHIND BARS is underway & changing lives. Inmates at the Fishkill Correctional Facility are training puppies behind bars & in the process being transformed. Inmates are given 8-week-old puppies and taught to train them to become service dogs for the disabled, including wounded returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. The puppies and the prisoners are together for 24 hours a day - the dogs even sleep in crates in the inmates' cells. In return, prisoners experience something they never expected - unconditional love. Glenn Close was recently on The Oprah Winfrey Show sharing her first encounter with the program when she volunteered at a women's prison in her town. "We know the bond that can be created between humans and animals. And there is common knowledge that it's a healing quality," Close says. Learn more at: http://www.puppiesbehindbars.org.
Wiz Kid Investors
They may be young, but don't understimate their ability to teach you a few things about investing. Damon Williams, a 15-year-old investor with a passion for sneakers, explains how to turn a $1000 into over a half-million dollars by investing in the stock market. He started investing when we was a just a kid. Check out his tips & suggestions from a group of fifth-graders on how to make the most of your money in today's economy. Copy & paste this link to learn more: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/are-you-a-smarter-investor-than-a-5th-grader.aspx
Friday, June 19, 2009
Classy until the End!
NPR did this story about an amazing woman who like many other heroes in this world only receives the gratitude and attention she deserves after passing away.
Classy Morant, died recently at 104, after nursing both her younger siblings through to the end of their lives: she had promised never to put them in a nursing home, and she didn't. As she put it to NPR, "I made a promise to the Lord...If he give me the health, the strength, the life to do for them, take care of them, keep them from going in a home, I would do it. And as long as he give it to me, I will give it to them."
More @ Link - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105560988&ft=1&f=1001
In times of global turmoil, when pain and suffering seem to outweigh good, it's often small acts of strength and kindness that we need to be reminded of.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Unsung World War II heroes finally get their due
65 years after their service, the 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots are being honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
The Women Airforce Service Pilots was born in 1942 to create a corps of female pilots able to fill all types of flying jobs at home to free male military pilots to travel to the front.
In the days after the outbreak of the war, Jacqueline Cochran, one of the country's leading female pilots at the time, went to a key general to argue that women would be just as capable pilots as men if they were given the same training.
She won the argument, and the program was launched.
Hear the stories of these incredible women who served America bravely in the video below:
The Women Airforce Service Pilots was born in 1942 to create a corps of female pilots able to fill all types of flying jobs at home to free male military pilots to travel to the front.
In the days after the outbreak of the war, Jacqueline Cochran, one of the country's leading female pilots at the time, went to a key general to argue that women would be just as capable pilots as men if they were given the same training.
She won the argument, and the program was launched.
Hear the stories of these incredible women who served America bravely in the video below:
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