For wounded military veterans returning home from a grueling tour overseas, you’d think that climbing a mountain is the last thing they’d want to do. But The Heroes Project, a nonprofit working closely to help wounded veterans and their families, is giving seven wounded soldiers the chance to climb the highest mountain peaks in the ...
Causes Leader Monica Simo believes everyone should have the opportunity to participate in summer camps. She also understands that camps aren’t financially feasible for some families. “Camps can cost as much as $300 a week, and some families just can’t afford that.” Searching for a place to volunteer and make a difference, Monica talked to ...
It’s likely that at 10 years old most of us were thinking about bicycles, swimming pools, and spelling tests. At that age, Causes leader Lulu Cerone was single-handedly creating, organizing, and executing a large-scale, school-wide fundraiser to help earthquake victims in Haiti. “After the [2010] earthquake in Haiti I realized the world was so much ...
Alec Lopata remembers being really confused when he heard his friend Jack had leukemia. He told me it was the first time he had encountered the idea of someone having a deadly disease among his community of family and friends. Alec was 11-years-old and, as he put it, “I was just a normal, naïve 6th ...
What do you do when life gives you a second chance? Cause leader Melanie Hubert faced that question after living through a tragic episode. Last year, Melanie tried to take her own life, a decision fueled by emotional and physical distress that had developed over the last few years. “I overdosed and came really close ...