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3 weeks ago | 
womansworld.com | Kellie B. Gormly
Julian Lin was known as the “mayor” of his preschool, and the outgoing little boy was loved by all the kids and staff. When he was 4, Julian knew the names of all the doormen at his family’s Upper West Side home in New York City, and he became friendly with a man operating a street fruit stand.
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4 weeks ago | 
womansworld.com | Kellie B. Gormly
Can you help these kids? They have nothing to eat!” a social worker told WWII veteran William “Bill” Brown. He and his wife, Verna, had been fostering children in their Bronson, Florida, town for many years and knew the struggles they faced. Nobody should go hungry! Bill thought, his heart moved. I’ll do anything to help them.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Kellie B. Gormly
Can you help these kids? They have nothing to eat!” a social worker told WWII veteran William “Bill” Brown. He and his wife, Verna, had been fostering children in their Bronson, Florida, town for many years and knew the struggles they faced. Nobody should go hungry! Bill thought, his heart moved. I’ll do anything to help them.
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1 month ago | 
bluedotliving.com | Kellie B. Gormly
Solomon’s United Church of Christ, situated on a quiet hilltop just outside of Chambersburg in south-central Pennsylvania, is a small church with a sloped roof and a tall white steeple. But alongside the steeple is something less familiar — 30 solar panels that power the building. And at the bottom of the hill on which the church sits, an extensive community garden gives locals a place to grow produce on the church’s roughly four-acre property.
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1 month ago | 
womansworld.com | Kellie B. Gormly
As a mother of two, Lisa Truong’s heart went out to the moms in her community who couldn’t provide for their babies. So she founded Help a Mother Out to provide free diapers and help all mothers feel supported!They give diapers—and hope— to new moms in need!Volunteers serve at the Help a Mother Out warehouse, where they store more than 9 million diapersLisa TruongWhat can I do to make an impact on women struggling like this in the San Francisco Bay Area?
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1 month ago | 
thestate.com | Kellie B. Gormly
As a mother of two, Lisa Truong’s heart went out to the moms in her community who couldn’t provide for their babies. So she founded Help a Mother Out to provide free diapers and help all mothers feel supported!They give diapers—and hope— to new moms in need! Volunteers serve at the Help a Mother Out warehouse, where they store more than 9 million diapersLisa Truong What can I do to make an impact on women struggling like this in the San Francisco Bay Area?
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Kellie B. Gormly
As a mother of two, Lisa Truong’s heart went out to the moms in her community who couldn’t provide for their babies. So she founded Help a Mother Out to provide free diapers and help all mothers feel supported!They give diapers—and hope— to new moms in need!Volunteers serve at the Help a Mother Out warehouse, where they store more than 9 million diapersLisa TruongWhat can I do to make an impact on women struggling like this in the San Francisco Bay Area?
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1 month ago | 
makers.com | Kellie B. Gormly
As a mother of two, Lisa Truong’s heart went out to the moms in her community who couldn’t provide for their babies. So she founded Help a Mother Out to provide free diapers and help all mothers feel supported!What can I do to make an impact on women struggling like this in the San Francisco Bay Area? The question echoed in Lisa Truong’s mind as she watched an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show about homeless families.
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1 month ago | 
womansworld.com | Kellie B. Gormly
Just before his 4th birthday, Roman McConn went to PetSmart with his mother. He noticed many crates filled with dogs, who were visiting from an animal shelter for an adoption event. “Why are there so many dogs in crates here, Mommy?” the little animal lover asked his mom, Jennifer McConn. “Honey, those dogs are here looking for families to adopt them because they don’t have homes,” she told her son. Why don’t all doggies have homes? Roman thought as his little heart broke.
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2 months ago | 
womansworld.com | Kellie B. Gormly
“What’s going on, Brooke?” Dianna and Wade Thomas asked their first-grade daughter when they noticed the money in her school lunch account was vanishing quickly. “Some of my friends don’t have enough food money,” the little girl told her parents. So sweet Brooke let them use her account to buy snacks. How heartbreaking! Dianna thought. How can we help them? The Dade City, Florida, parents did some research and discovered that most students at Brooke’s school came from low-income homes.
