America’s Next Chapter Starts With People Like Us

Tim the land manager and community liaison with the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, coordinates restoration events where people come together to tend the land, remove invasive species, and rebuild habitat so that wildlife and people can thrive side by side.

The Horses Helping Heroes program has given me strength, purpose, and real peace in my life again. Multiple Sclerosis took my mobility and my military career; these horses helped me find my strength again.

After moving to New York, Aries discovered Per Scholas and was amazed to find a comprehensive training program offered at no cost. Although she had been out of school for over a decade—and felt the distinct 'rollercoaster' anxiety of returning—she committed to the process.

Too many women tell me their doctors ignore their pains and symptoms. In community care, we sit together and name what’s real: the night sweats, the 3 a.m. wakeups, the restless legs, the exhaustion.

Abdirahman M. started as an initiative that became a nonprofit organization serving young people in our community who need help and compassion. We go to where they are. We are there to acknowledge them, show them care, and build relationships.

When Lily J. was five, her dad taught her to use his mixing equipment. Eventually it got some local attention, and the local radio station WOVU offered her to host her own show. She used the opportunity to promote her sock drive even more, so every year she announce it on the air and it reaches even more people.