by Bonnie Pond | Sep 10, 2018 | Community Building, Extraordinary People, Help the Homeless, Hope, Inspirational, Transformation
We are badly in need of some signs of hope in America. It’s been one heck of a week in our country (again). It feels like we’re stuck in the middle of a very badly written play. We need stories about regular people who are changing their communities...
by Bonnie Pond | Feb 16, 2018 | Help the Homeless
You’ve spotted a homeless person. Maybe he’s standing on the corner with a cardboard sign asking for help. Perhaps she’s dirty and disheveled, sitting in a coffee shop trying to be invisible. What’s your first reaction? Do you avoid eye...
by Bonnie Pond | Jan 22, 2018 | Recycling & Upcycling
Hope can spring from the most unlikely of places. Places like trash piles. Garbage dumps. Plastic bottles. And paint peeling from old brick buildings. What does it take to take trash and turn it into hope? First it takes compassion. Caring about the homeless, the...