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...responsibility to ensure that mentally ill people received minimal assistance. But despite the surge in homelessness that followed the shift away from government oversight, nothing we’ve done since has helped to stem the tide. Would forced rehabilitation completely solve vagrancy? Sadly, no. Would it attract a swarm of lawyers? Sadly, yes. But those of us who truly believe it is our duty to help fellow citizens in need must be willing to try new approaches. Next time you give 50 cents to the man on the corner, think about where it will to be spent. Also think...
...need; it's given money and advice to more than 60,000 young people to help them start their own businesses. As a kind of charitable entrepreneur, Charles runs 15 other foundations, all but two his own brainchildren, that raise over $190 million per year, employ 1,400 and attract 10,000 volunteers, making his the biggest multipurpose philanthropy in Britain. Charles' goals are not exactly radical, but neither are they blandly inoffensive. He promotes organic farming, alternative medicine and urban planning reforms to make communities more livable. He wants business to be more environmentally and socially conscious. Many...
...boss from Wilson that a few days later, he called to rebuke me for not having used the whole quote in the piece. We updated the online version of the story, and I went on to co-author a piece for TIME.com called "A War on Wilson?," which would attract the attention of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald...
...exchange the enthusiasm of one era's religious trendsetters for that of the next: that's a trapeze trick that would be the envy of many a living author. Lewis' fans hope the new Lion film will not only amuse kids but also attract more adults to his oeuvre, further extending a remarkable trajectory...
Other volunteers want to steer away from work-related projects, as long as the assignment engages them at a high level. Innovative nonprofits are designing projects accordingly. The Medicare Rights Center in New York State set up a program called Seniors Out Speaking to attract recent retirees who would like to develop a useful new field of expertise. The center gives the retirees intense training in the complex array of available Medicare plans, after which they can choose to give monthly hour-long presentations at various community venues. Or they can sign up for "Medicare Minute," returning regularly...