I have 20 years of volunteer school fundraising; I kept coming home to my husband saying “there has to be a way to apply technology to school fundraising.”
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Nicole Balthazar: Dyverse City– Housing The Artists & Entrepreneurial Community
After graduating from college, I soon realized that there were very few career choices that were available for me to move into.
Tess Hottenroth: ClickStartMe– Crowdfund Your Dreams
ClickStartMe began with a desire to restore the American Dream. People have become disenchanted since 2008.
Alexa Stone: ecoPreserve – Building Sustainability
Success is taking action and progressing toward a goal that benefits the greater good.
Babita Patel: View Finder Workshop– Creating Opportunities For Children In The Slums Of Haiti
While photographing the slums of Haiti, I encountered children living under extreme conditions with no clean drinking water, education or much in the way of material goods.
Simone Bernstein: volunTEENnation.org–Connecting Pre-Teens and Teens to Volunteer Opportunities
At the young age of 12, I was unable to find volunteer opportunities for youth under the age of 18.
Madhura Bhat: Health for America–Empowering Young Leaders to Tackle Health Issues in the U.S.
As I worked in global health organizations, I saw the potential of entrepreneurial, community-based technology solutions in countries around the world.
ElsaMarie DSilva, Saloni Malhotra, Surya Bansal, Aditya Kapoor: Safecity– Using Technology to Pin Sexual Offenders
We have become conditioned to absorb a huge magnitude of horror and are immune to most of it. This had to stop!
Paula Jasinski: Be The Bay–Doing Good For The Environment
We started our brand, Be the Bay, around the Chesapeake Bay to celebrate the unique character of the region and raise money for restoration projects through profit donations.
Annu Insa: Domestic Help In India– Connecting Domestic Helpers To Jobs
I want to help poor domestic helper, because in India domestic helpers are in the worst conditions.
Dr. Leslie Grace: Elements of the Community–Success Through Helping Others
Success is learning how to make sure that HUMAN CAPITAL + SOCIAL CAPITAL = FINANCIAL WEALTH.
Surekha Waldia: ELNA– A New Model For Learning
Deep inside me I had always wanted to be independent and be free of restrictions, but at the same time do such work that would help change the lives of the people I worked with.
Anne Day: Company of Women–Building A Network to Help Women Succeed
I was passionate about seeing women succeed, and so I packed up my consulting practice and focused my energies on Company of Women.
Andrea Paltzer: The Earth Education Project– Empowering Women in Nicaragua
I believe that small businesses and social enterprise charities can offer communities a lasting solution to problems they have come across such as, lack of education and a lack of employment opportunities.
Gauri Singh: The Maids’ Company- Helping Women Get to Work
We support women by providing a professional service, which allows them to return to the work force and maintain their financial independence while giving employment and fair wages to the poor women.