A School for the Homeless In Las Vegas

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June 18, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. - Les Brown - A School for the Homeless In Las Vegas Principal Sherrie Gahn knew she had a problem that a traditional public school could not fix. Inside Whitney Elementary School in East Las Vegas, nearly 85 percent of the children are homeless. That's 518 kids out of 610. "When I saw the children eating ketchup for lunch, and wanting to take it home," she says, "it just crushed me," says Gahn. So she came up with a plan involving the kids, their parents and the community. "I told the parents that I would give them whatever they need," Gahn says. "All I need them to do is give me their children and let me teach them. In turn I will give you food and clothes and we will take them to the eye doctor. I will pay your rent, pay your utilities, but keep your child here." { read more } Be The Change Consider volunteering with a school or mentoring students in your community. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The 3 A's of Awesome A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago Mall Shoppers Get a Surprise The Wisdom of Old Ted DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,555 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism

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June 17, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement. - Shunryu Suzuki - 25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism Criticism isn't always easy to receive -- and yet, it can be transformed into an opportunity for personal growth, emotional development, time efficiency, improved relationships, and self-confidence. This article shares 25 reasons to embrace criticism: "I realize criticism doesn't always come gently from someone legitimately trying to help. A lot of the feedback we receive is unsolicited and doesn't come from teachers -- or maybe all of it does. We can't control what other people will say to us, whether they'll approve or form opinions and share them. But we can control how we internalize it, respond to it, and learn from it, and when we release it and move on. If you've been having a hard time dealing with criticism lately, it may help to remember the following:" { read more } Be The Change This week, keep yourself open to criticism -- and turn it into an opportunity to grow. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Life Without Worry How a Wandering Mind Affects Your Mood Quiet Justice: Teaching Mindfulness to Lawyers Outdoors and Out of Reach: Studying the Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,553 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Social Media for Social Change

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June 16, 2011 a project of CharityFocus If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Mother Teresa - Social Media for Social Change Kecia Cruz's son had been sleeping on a cold linoleum floor since returning to live with his mother nearly two weeks ago. Cruz has served time in prison and her son is a recovering drug addict. Cruz sees her child's return as a second chance. She didn't want him sleeping on the floor, but she didn't know where to turn. Her neighbor had an answer: Beremedy -- an organization that utilizes social media such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs to streamline the donation of food, clothing and furniture to people in need. The name is a short way to say "you be the remedy for someone in need. Within 15 minutes of posting Cruz's need, a hairstylist with a spare mattress responded. In the spirit of generosity Beremedy connects the dots this way multiple times a day -- every single day. { read more } Be The Change Find a way to connect to needs in your own neighborhood. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral 82 Hour Hunger Fast The Wisdom of Old Ted DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,570 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Neuroscience of Improv

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June 15, 2011 a project of CharityFocus When you enter the moment with heightened awareness, what you need to do becomes obvious. You discover that you already have the answers. - Patricia Ryan Madson - The Neuroscience of Improv How does an act of imagination happen? How does the mind create on command? Recent experiments have attempted to figure out the mystery behind this kind of creativity, from John Coltrane letting loose on a saxophone to Jackson Pollock dripping paint on a canvas. These are works made entirely in the moment -- their beauty is spontaneous. Researchers have found that before a single note was played, jazz improv pianists exhibited a "deactivation" of the DLPFC, a brain area associated with planned actions and self-control. They were inhibiting their inhibitions, which allowed them to create without worrying about what they were creating. There was also a spike in the medial prefrontal cortex, an area often linked with self-expression. This article delves further into how creativity springs from a choreographed set of mental events. { read more } Be The Change There are times to plan, and times to substitute attention for preparation. A Stanford Theater Professor on knowing when to improvise: { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 8 Ways to Sleep Better Life Without Worry Meditation More Effective Than Morphine? Outdoors and Out of Reach: Studying the Brain DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,587 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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5 Classic Commencement Speeches

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June 14, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices. - Jeff Bezos - 5 Classic Commencement Speeches It's graduation season, so commencement addresses by actors, politicians, writers, musicians and other luminaries are sweeping the world of higher education, sharing advice ranging from the humorous to the profound. Even for those of us that aren't students, it becomes an opportunity to reflect on the most compelling, provocative and deeply inspirational speeches of years past. This article highlights five favorites -- including offerings from J.K. Rowling, Steve Jobs, and Meryl Streep -- that delve into the benefits of failure, what calligraphy has to do with Apple's success, and the nature of gifts vs. choices. { read more } Be The Change Consider what your own "words to live by" would be, and take steps to be in increased alignment with them. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago Rappin' to Be the Change A Neighbor's Kind Act DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,562 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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