Leading social entrepreneurs Diana Wells, President & CEO of Ashoka, & Kevin Trapani, President & CEO of The Redwoods Group, held a townhall meeting at the NAYDO conference. The meeting addressed scaling the social impact of Ys. The content was rich and the discussion was engaging, with more than a hundred people listening and...
Last week, almost 100 Y professionals shared their time and talents to make a positive difference in Pittsburgh during Philanthropy Live! at NAYDO. It was exhausting work–painting walls, building a community garden and refurbishing medical supplies. See the difference we made and learn about the organizations that benefited from our collective efforts. To get a...
Did you know that shaving your head is one of many ways you can help cure cancer? And on March 3, 2012, a sea of green descended on the Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub in Raleigh, NC for the annual charity event. This day of fun, laughter and baldheads supports St. Baldrick’s Foundation and their research...
When Ryan Hill and Rich Kochik returned to Honduras, it wasn’t just for the plush land and grandeur of the mountains. For them it was to continue the great work they had been a part of last year. On their first trip, they worked at Escuela Juan Pablo II in El Rosario Santa Rosa...
Three years ago, Amanda Nieman went with Habitat for Humanity to build houses in Zambia. And this month she returned to Zambia to assist the local Habitat chapter. She worked in the Chipulukusu village, historically a “safe haven for criminals” fleeing the city of Ndola. The arrival of Habitat Zambia and the resulting development...
Recently, the team from our partner, ResourcePro, in Qingdao, China, volunteered their time with the Elim Autism Center. 35 volunteers joined in and helped the center take care of over 30 children. The staff from the center, and parents of the children, expressed their appreciation for the work that ResourcePro did and hope that they can...
Finding the words to describe the experience in Honduras is difficult. It always seems like expressing the emotions and experiences we’ve had lacks the profoundness of the event. As a volunteer and guest in this beautiful country, it is quite humbling to be treated so well by strangers. The culture of Honduras, as we observed,...
Hola, As most of you know we (Rich Kochik, Ryan Hill, his wife Jenn, and Bill Strathmann) are traveling to Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras to work with Habitat for Humanity. We first want to say thank you to The Redwoods Foundation for providing this amazing opportunity. We are truly blessed to be...