Amy Kwakya-Amoah is a 17-year-old senior at Out-of-Door Academy in Florida.
She's also the Youth Humanitarian of the Year for her volunteer work with Healthy Teens, a community education program...more
The Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation has awarded more than $5 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in education, mental health, humanitarian causes, and the arts and...more
A woman who came to the US from Argentina as a young woman has been named the new executive director of Manatee Community Foundation in Florida, the Bradenton Herald reports.
"As a woman who...more
When Hurricane Irma slammed into Florida in September, one group in the state that was especially hard-hit was the elderly, and they needed a little extra help.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune...more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.