Check out these articles featuring former President Bill Clinton and Beth Briggs (of NCGives partner Creative Philanthropy) as they invite everyday citizens to become seriously engaged in giving back...and then read the inspiring story of Catalino Tapia, a California gardener who has put it into practice!
Clinton Discusses Ways Charity Could Be More Effective
(from The Morning News, by Jason Wiest)
LITTLE ROCK -- More people without deep pockets need to give to charity, former President Bill Clinton said Monday to a group of people who donated the most money in the nation last year.
"I think it's important for us to keep trying to find ways to get more people involved in this kind of work in an intelligent way," Clinton said in an address to the Slate 60 conference held at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library...
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Become a Strategic Philanthropist
(from Philanthropy Journal, by Beth Briggs)
Philanthropy is a big word that describes that inherent desire in each of us to help one another, to give back and do something for someone else.
It comes from the Greek philanthropos, "phil" meaning loving and "anthropos" referring to human beings.
Congratulations: You are a philanthropist because you give.
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Immigrant Gardeners Provide Seed Money for College Scholarships
(from San Francisco Chronicle, by Tyche Hendricks)
Catalino Tapia came to the United States at age 20 with $6 in his pocket. He worked hard, as a baker and a machine operator, and eventually started his own gardening business. He and his wife bought a home in Redwood City and raised their two sons, putting the eldest through college.
Though he never studied beyond sixth grade, Tapia was so inspired to see his son, Noel, graduate from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley that he decided to help other young Peninsula people make it to college. Now 63, the Mexican immigrant is giving back to the country he says has given him so much...
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