By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Developing youth as long-term stewards for the Gulf of Maine watershed The Gulf of Maine watershed extends from south west tip of Nova Scotia to the tip of Cape Cod, and, until recently, it was the world’s richest commercial fishing ground. Alarmed at the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After retiring from a career in teaching and social work in 2000, Thomas Walz founded the Extend the Dream Foundation (EDF) in Iowa City, Iowa. He had been inspired by Bill Sackter, a mentally challenged man who transformed his mental disability and 43 years of...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Cowboy Fred Ortiz, 63, saw something in the youth of Lubbock, Texas that he recognized all too well, and it pained him. Ortiz grew up in an economically depressed area of South El Paso, Texas, and witnessed many of his peers failing to thrive and resistant to...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
To Jerry Conover, a retired trial lawyer and mediator, the Social Security checks he began receiving in his sixties were nice but not necessary. Financially secure, he, like many of his friends, had no real need for the government entitlement. The challenges facing...
