Making A Difference

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Foundation helps developmentally disabled reach their potential

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer In 1946, a group of concerned parents and community activists pooled their resources to create a day training program as an...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Foundation does a lot of ‘Good’ in the community

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Alan-Michael Graves is the kind of person who likes to make a difference. As the senior director of teaching and capacity building...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Woman’s blog leads to animal rights organization

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer In 2013, Nina Jackel started writing a blog about animal rights. It was a space where the unapologetic animal lover wrote about...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Concern Foundation targets kids’ cancer research

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Derek Alpert was living his best life as a successful music industry executive at A&M Records, a gig that included celebrities,...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization provides free resources, services to needy families

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Virginia and Thrinicko Beaboa and a handful of volunteers can be found at...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Reentry organization offers a new way of life

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Formerly incarcerated women reentering society have a soft place to land at A New Way of Life Reentry Project. The organization promotes...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Together We Rise helps children in foster care

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Reportedly, there are currently more than 35,000 children in foster care in Los Angeles County. Nationally, there are more than 400,000 children...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Vital Transformation helps people help themselves

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Debbie and Eliyahu Jian used to be full-time volunteers at a spiritual organization until they began to “disagree with some things.” That’s...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Reading To Kids wants to enrich young lives

By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Reading to Kids is not only an admirable thing to do, it’s also the name of a grassroots organization that is...

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