Betty Tisdale
She’s spent 35 years helping and loving the orphans of the world, and she’s not doing it from a distance — she moves to disaster-stricken areas to provide as much help as possible.
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Life Lessons From Coach Bill
We see the stories all the time about youth sports coaches who lose control or erupt in profanity-laced tirades. Fortunately, most are dedicated volunteers who just want to give back. The best ones make a difference not just in a game but in a life.
Glenn Fenster
How far would you go to make a difference? Would you ride a bike 100,000 miles over 10 years? That’s what Glenn Fenster has done to shine a light on a disease that affects his son and hundreds of thousands other Americans.
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Bob Votruba
He ditched all of his belongings and hit the road to perform 1 million acts of kindness. He’s on a mission to get you to pay it forward, too.
Tim Borland
With a jogging stroller in his hands, Tim Borland ran 63 marathons in 63 days to raise awareness about children suffering from a rare neurological disease.
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Gregory Carr
He was one of the leaders of the technology boom in the ’90s, but these days he’s making a living out of giving money away and he’s passionate about making a difference.
Nicole Bouchard Boles
What if you don’t have a lot of money or a lot of time, but you still want to make the world a better place? Learn how.
Growing Bolder is Volunteering
We hear it all the time. Volunteers get paid in satisfaction and that’s something money can’t buy. Julia’s retirement isn’t what she imagined. It’s better. Long hours and hard work never felt so good.
Alison Arngrim
She may have played a nasty, selfish child on “Little House on the Prairie,” but in real life, Alison Arngrim is anything but. Find out how she’s changing the lives of children across the country.
Whacking Away at All Obstacles
They sure don’t make them like Virginia Ferrigno anymore. How many weed-whacking, blunt-talking, active-living 85-year-olds do you know?
David Mills
Author David Mills is issuing a call to arms to the Boomers: it’s time to rise up and make a difference in the world.
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
A distinguished sociologist and Harvard professor is combating our youth-obsessed culture’s negative portrayal of older adults. She says people over 50 are reinventing themselves and changing the world.