by Bob | Jan 7, 2018 | Give Back
The obstacles to achieving a college degree don’t disappear once a student is accepted into college. We know in the last two decades alone, 36 million Americans of all economic classes started college, but never graduated. For some, money was the reason. For others,...
by Bob | Dec 28, 2017 | Give Back
In the Fall of 2016, Give Something Back partnered with Williamson College of the Trades. Located outside of Philadelphia, Williamson is Give Back’s trade school partner. It is an all-male school where students learn skills like carpentry, horticulture and masonry in...
by Bob | Nov 15, 2017 | Give Back
The Kansas Constitution demands that every child be given the educational opportunity to meet his or her promise. But as Peter and Veronica Mallouk have seen, economically disadvantaged kids in Kansas – as in every other state – face steep barriers to higher...
by Bob | Oct 20, 2017 | Give Back
The goal of creating a just society is never achieved, but it is always achievable. Dr. Susan Cole, president of Montclair State University, delivered this remark at a recent event welcoming more than 60 tenth-graders to the Give Something Back program. I think it was...
by Bob | Oct 9, 2017 | Give Back
Turns out there’s a neural link between generosity and happiness. The New York Times Magazine recently reported on a study that determined generosity changed the activity in people’s brains in ways that increase feelings of happiness, even if the generous act is small...
