By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
With 14 years of experience at the helm of a community grassroots housing organization in upstate New York, Joseph Sluszka knew the importance of having a roof over one’s head, regardless of income. He was also skilled in financial management from his years in the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1999, Michael Gould’s brother, Allen, made a dying wish. He wanted Gould to use $700,000 from his estate to help low-income youth in Washington, D.C. “I am leaving $700,000 to charity and am too tired now to figure out what to do with it,” he told Gould. “I know...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
What difference would it make if pregnant women spent nearly two hours for routine visits with their obstetrician, midwife or nurse instead of 15 minutes? And what if they met with and learned from other pregnant women at the same time? After 27 years as a...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After 16 years as a neo-natal nurse in St. Louis watching too many newborns leave the hospital, then return with life-threatening medical conditions, Sharon Rohrbach knew it was time to take action. In 1992, she founded the Nurses for Newborns Foundation to bring...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Nancy Morgans-Ferguson had recently retired from a 30-year career in pharmaceutical and medical sales when one day in 2005 a homeless woman knocked on the door of her church in Chico, Calif. The woman asked for a glass of water, but she needed much more: She had...
