Episodes
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Dec. 1, 2023
Rachel Huston: Taylor Anne Foundation
In this episode, Rachel Huston, president and founder of the Taylor Anne Foundation, talks about their inspiring work honoring the life and legacy of Taylor Anne Burns Huston while raising awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research. Each day 47 children in the US are diagnosed with cancer and it is the leading cause of death by disease for children yet only a small fraction of funds is designated to find treatments and cures. Our goals are to honor our Taylor Anne while helping to fund r...
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Aug. 7, 2023
Matt Baehr: Homes for HOPE
In this episode, Matt Baehr, Executive Director of Homes for HOPE, talks about their inspiring work partnering with the building industry to alleviate global poverty through Christ-centered microenterprise development programs.
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Dec. 18, 2021
Carol Rosenstein: Music Mends Minds
In this episode, Dr. Carol Rosenstein, co-founder and Executive Officer of Music Mends Minds, talks about her inspiring work creating musical support groups for individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and other neurological disorders.
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Oct. 9, 2021
Paula Foust: Baby Bundles
In this episode, Paula Foust, Executive Director of Baby Bundles, talks about their inspiring work providing clothing and other baby essentials to families in financial need to help give newborns a positive start to life.
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Aug. 9, 2021
Sarah Kelley: Set Free
In this episode, Sarah Kelley, CEO of Set Free, talks about their inspiring work rescuing children from slavery, providing fresh water and medical aid, and planting churches.
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June 22, 2021
Meghann Gunderman Sehorn: The Foundation For Tomorrow
In this episode, Meghann Gunderman Sehorn, founder and Executive Director of The Foundation For Tomorrow, talks about their inspiring work offering vulnerable children the opportunity to succeed through quality education. The Charlotte, NC native credits her parents with her entrepreneurial and philanthropic spirit. At just 12 years old Meghann wrote and published an athletic log and diary for children and used the proceeds to fund her first non-profit, The Charlotte Youth Sports Foundation, to...
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May 14, 2021
David Rose: Advocating on Behalf of the Rare Disease Community to Bring about Dramatic and Wide-Reaching Change
In this episode, David Rose of Rare Revolution Magazine talks about his inspiring work advocating on behalf of individuals living with rare diseases to bring about dramatic and wide-reaching change.
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April 20, 2021
Col. Richard & Janet Munn: Advocating on Behalf of the Poor, Marginalized, and Oppressed to Put an End to Injustice
In this episode, Colonels Janet and Richard Munn, directors of The Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission, talk about their work advocating on behalf of the poor, marginalized, and oppressed to put an end to injustice in the world.
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Feb. 28, 2021
Amy Eldridge: Providing Hope and Healing to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
In this episode, Amy Eldridge, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Love Without Boundaries, talks about her inspiring work providing hope and healing to orphaned and vulnerable children.
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Feb. 15, 2021
Linda Rozell-Shannon: Advocating for the Accurate Diagnosis and Appropriate Treatment of Vascular Birthmarks
In this episode, Dr. Linda Rozell-Shannon, President and founder of the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation, talks about her inspiring work advocating for the accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of Vascular Birthmarks.
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Jan. 31, 2021
Samir Lakhani: Saving, Sanitizing, and Supplying Leftover Soap
In this episode, Samir Lakhani, founder and Executive Director of Eco-Soap Bank, talks about his innovative work saving, sanitizing, and supplying leftover soap for the developing world. Samir Lakhani is a social entrepreneur dedicated to restoring health and dignity to developing countries. Before founding Eco-Soap Bank in 2014, Samir was deeply involved in aquaculture and nutrition projects in northern Cambodian villages. He has also developed solar lighting solution projects in Cambodia, Ban...
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Jan. 3, 2021
Ray Zahab: Educating and Empowering through Expeditions
In this episode, Ray Zahab, founder and Expeditions Director of impossible2Possible, talks about the charity’s innovative work using experiential learning-based expeditions to educate and empower students across the globe. Ray Zahab is a Canadian Explorer, ultra-distance runner and Founder of non-profit impossible2Possible. A recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, Ray is an Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Fellow of the Royal Geographic...
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Jan. 2, 2021
Bryan Springer: Providing Mobility via Free Joint Replacements
In this episode, Dr. Bryan Springer, co-founder and Medical Director of Operation Walk Carolinas, talks about the charity’s inspiring medical mission trips performing life-changing joint replacement surgeries at no cost for people in need in Developing Nations. Bryan D. Springer, M.D. completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic and his Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction of the Hip and Knee at the Harvard School of Medicine/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is currently an a...
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Jan. 1, 2021
D’Anne Rudden: Connecting the World through the Gift of Hearing
In this episode, D’Anne Rudden, AuD talks about her inspiring mission work as a global hearing ambassador with the Starkey Hearing Foundation fitting hearing aids for people in need around the world. D’Anne Rudden is a Doctor of Audiology and the owner and CEO of Longmont Hearing & Tinnitus Center in Longmont, Colorado. As a Doctor of Audiology, D’Anne Rudden is no stranger to the power of sound and vibration. It has been her work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation, however, that has opened he...
Dec. 1, 2020
Al DeCesaris: Difference Makers
AL DECESARIS: DIFFERENCE MAKERS GLOBAL COMMUNITY Al DeCesaris is the founder of Difference Makers Global Community and an advocate for charity work. His passion for charity work developed over a decade ago when he and his sister started organizing events to raise awareness and funds for the research and treatment of Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that afflicts his niece Jenna. Following the ground-breaking discovery of the cause of Sturge-Weber syndrome in 2013, Al created...