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Submitted by Santiago Urena Jr.
A minority by definition, is a smaller ethnic population but can mean a wider variety of things like socioeconomic and gender.
Submitted by Meredith Warbinton
I got an opportunity to go to Kenya for 16 days and it changed my life forever.
Submitted by Becky Lorraine
Learning: During our Summer vacation last year in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, my 7 year old grand-daughter Hayleigh, enjoyed a peaceful moment in a hammock practicing her reading skills.
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Opportunity Hero: Prem
Submitted by My hero's name is Prem. He has created the Prem Rawat Foundation to show solidarity with people in need and suffering from lack of water, food or natural disasters. At the same time he spreads good values and appreciation for life by traveling aro... Read moreOpportunity Hero: Jimmy
Submitted by Jimmy was the cousin everyone looked up to, the Head Honcho, the cousin who was always there to help the little ones along. He accepted everyone for who they were and what they had to offer, no matter how different they truly were in their life o... Read moreOpportunity Hero: Richard
Submitted by Richard and his wife (Myra) have been teachers in some way all their lives. They have helped in ways we only wish people would really take time and effort to do. Without expectation of any return, they have touched so many lives, old and young, ... Read moreOpportunity Hero: Scott
Submitted by Scott truly is "passing it on." He volunteers in prisons, providing workshops for prisoners ready to be released back into society. He has given 15,000 pairs of glasses to needy children and is doing a huge 7,000 person event in Utah, in... Read moreOpportunity Hero: Austin
Submitted by Austin is my hero. After he learned of Africa's fifteen million AIDS orphans through his family's sponsorship of two Ugandan children, he became determined to help on a larger scale. Austin spoke with the relief organization World Vision, and real... Read more
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How much is enough?
Submitted by Patricia R Handfield I left corporate America a little before things fell apart. I felt I needed a break. To think. My kids were almost grown-up, adults. I'd been working for so long. I'd done well. I knew that I could use my time to real... Read moreKeep Hope Alive Baltimore!
Submitted by My question to you today is...is it possible to now write 7 success stories of people affected by the downturn economy? It seems that all we read, see and hear these days from the media is negative jargon. We all know... Read moreReceived Stem Cells
Submitted by In the summer of 2000 I was diagnosed with a form of Leukemia that could only be cured with a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. My family was not a match. Through the summer I had to hope that a complete stranger ... Read moreMy son saved my life
Submitted by When I was 30, my mother died. I had a boyfriend who was not interested in marrying me. I found myself pregnant and alone at 31. My father was horrible, he and my baby's father called me constantly to urge me to gi... Read moreMY DADDY
Submitted by I still remember the first time I was “qualified” to go to a football game with my daddy. My parents had eight children; so they had a million rules for when you could “qualify” to do things. ... Read more
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QuotesA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Sir Francis Bacon English Statesman, Scientist, Author (1561-1626);
Sir Francis Bacon English Statesman, Scientist, Author (1561-1626);
May the spirit of the season be with you today and throughout the new year!
Edith Lovejoy Pierce English Poet -
Edith Lovejoy Pierce English Poet -
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce English Poet -
Edith Lovejoy Pierce English Poet -
Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
Emily Dickinson Poet (1830-1886);
Emily Dickinson Poet (1830-1886);
All endings are beginnings, we just don't know it at the time.
Mitch Albom Author, Screenwriter, Musician (born 1958);
Mitch Albom Author, Screenwriter, Musician (born 1958);
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Perhaps one of the most important things we can do for someone is to give them a chance. When we allow someone the opportunity to fulfill their dreams, it gives us the pride of knowing we helped t... Read More
Perhaps one of the most important things we can do for someone is to give them a chance. When we allow someone the opportunity to fulfill their dreams, it gives us the pride of knowing we helped t... Read More
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