New year, new Nonprofit Spotlight, and this month we want to shine a light on the tireless community-building efforts of the folks at Project Boon. They bring together neighbors, businesses and whole communities while addressing food insecurity impacting local families. Our company’s founder, Ruth, had the opportunity to hear Project Boon’s founder Chris Suchánek speak …
Tag: love
11-28-2023 ~ Spotlight: Loose Ends Project
Handmade goods come infused with the love of the person who made them, and this month we want to spotlight the work done by volunteers who have kept that love alive by completing the projects started by people who have passed away, all thanks to the Loose Ends Project. The project was launched by Jen …
11-22-2023 ~ Gratitude For You
Last year around this time, we wrote about developing a daily gratitude practice for better mental and physical health. This year, we want to focus on the gratitude we feel for all the people and organizations working to make the world a better place, and not just the ones with whom we have partnerships! When …
10-31-2023 ~ Spotlight: Innocence Project
This month we are shining the spotlight on the Innocence Project and the work they do to get wrongfully imprisoned people exonerated. Recognizing the need to focus on innocent people who are wrongfully convicted of crimes, the Innocence Project has been working tirelessly since 1992. With the help of DNA testing, they have proven the …
09-20-2023 ~ Swatches of Whimsy
Artist Rachel Spelling began creating tiny paintings on a color chart during the lockdown of 2020 and discovered a way of working that made her really, really happy. From large-scale murals to tiny swatches, art has the power to infuse delight, whimsy, care and self-reflection into our lives, and for that we are grateful to …
09-06-2023 ~ Spotlight: Waterdrop LA
Access to clean drinking water is a human right and the dedicated volunteers of the mutual aid group Water Drop LA have made it their mission to ensure that right is respected for the unhoused community of Skid Row. This month’s Nonprofit Spotlight is a 100% volunteer-run community organization that was started in the summer …
08-16-2023 ~ Kindness Creators
If we all took a moment to celebrate and spotlight someone else, we could send ripples of kindness and connection out into a world that needs it. And that’s just what one Instagrammer did. Grandparents can play such an important role in the lives of children, and Grandpa liked to read comics to his grandkids. …
08-02-2023 ~ Spotlight: World Harvest Food Bank
In a city that depends heavily on the film industry for employment, the current strikes are both necessary and potentially devastating to the folks who were already having trouble making ends meet. The nonprofit World Harvest Food Bank recently started offering free groceries for members of the two unions in an incredible act of solidarity. …
07-26-2023 ~ Second Chances to Save the Planet & Each Other
A new program from Homeboy Industries, one of the preeminent organizations working to reduce gang activity and foster re-entry by former gang members, aims to reduce the burden on our landfills by tackling textile waste. US consumers throw away approximately 81 pounds of clothes every year and buy a new garment every 4 to 5 …
06-28-2023 ~ Puppy Parade
A neighborhood’s worth of dogs and their humans helped to celebrate one man’s 100th birthday and made it extra special. We can’t get over how adorably touching this story is and think that it was a very sweet gesture on behalf of Robert’s daughter for organizing, and all the neighbors for participating. The cards, the …