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...imprint he would one day leave on the world. He was 56. The kids were grown. "I was never really motivated by money," he says. "I like to make things happen." So he gave up a six-figure salary in the food-distribution business and launched the nonprofit Farm to Family, which this year will deliver 34 million lbs. of fresh produce for free to low-income neighborhoods throughout California...
...last year alone his organization says the program touched 3 million lives. "So many people think if they don't have an enormous sum of money to leave to a philanthropic group, they can't leave an important legacy," says Marc Freedman, CEO of Civic Ventures, a nonprofit that promotes active aging. "But the way we use our experience--something we all have--may be a more enduring gift to future generations than money." Civic Ventures is recognizing Maxworthy this month with a Purpose Prize grant...
...success, and he's opted to stop taking hormone treatment, a relief, he says, because he found the side-effects, including hot flashes, unpleasant. Today he tries to answer questions from male breast-cancer patients in online cancer forums, and talks with people who contact him through the U.K. nonprofit Breast Cancer Care. But there's no doubt that even a relatively positive experience with male breast cancer can be isolating - even for women. As Place looked for information in online forums, he found that women were used to treating breast cancer sites as women's-only safehouses, a place...
After leaving the Oval Office he started the humanitarian Carter Center and now reflects on the nonprofit's 25th anniversary in a new book, Beyond the White House. Jimmy Carter will now take your questions...
...City of Cambridge received a nationally recognized award last week for its efforts to curb underage drinking. A nonprofit group known as the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) awarded its 2007 National Exemplary Award for Innovative Substance Abuse Programs to the city for a program that trains local alcohol servers and sellers to prevent underage drinking. The initiative, called “21 Proof,” is unique in “the collaboration between the licensees and the license commission,” according to Frank W. Connelly, trainer and community organizer...