Word: nonprofiteers
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...walked right past each other. We didn’t exchange a word, but a creepy sense of recognition was definitely there.But besides reading time and a freakish connection with Mystery Man From Brazil, three hours a day of transit have given me valuable perspective. Working at a nonprofit social services agency designing a pre-employment program for low-income youth living in public housing (and getting to and from it), I have come to realize my situation is, well, quite ideal. I’m lucky enough to have a stipend to pay for train passes...
That's when Chambers discovered his calling. He founded Bonnie CLAC (Car Loans and Counseling), a nonprofit that attempts to negotiate fair car prices for the working poor and offers them low-rate loans. Since launching his firm in Lebanon, N.H., five years ago, Chambers has underwritten $10 million in loans, and his clients have saved an average of $7,000 over the life of their loan, he says...
Chambers is a finalist. Among the others are Martha Rollins, 63, of Richmond, Va., who runs a furniture store and café staffed by ex-convicts; June Simmons, 64, of San Fernando, Calif., whose nonprofit trains social workers to cut down on life-threatening errors in their care of the elderly; and Charles Dey, 75, of Lyme, Conn., who places high school students who have disabilities in paid internships that provide a workplace mentor. Chambers hopes to use any prize money to expand his New England auto-loan operation across the U.S. If more folks can afford to get to work...
...traditional practitioners. But in South Africa, legislation formalizing the role of healers has met stiff opposition from doctors. "Can you imagine the chaos that would take place in South Africa if traditional healers are allowed to authorize people to receive pensions and disability grants?" says Heinrich Botes of the nonprofit group Doctors for Life International...
Gore says his fight has taught him a lot about politics. "You always hear about the special-interest thing, but I've seen how it works," he says. "There really is a pro-penny lobby. They've got a nice website and look like a nonprofit. But the zinc industry has sponsored this lobby group to scare people. Sometimes I feel outgunned." Still, he thinks this might be the year for Kolbe, who is retiring after this term, to pass his bill. "We're at a tipping point," he says. "The price of a penny has totally changed the landscape...