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Repairing Bikes and Lives
Jim Gardner “What goes around, comes around,” is one western interpretation of Karma, and there’s probably no better illustration of the concept than Good Karma Bikes of San Jose, where those who once...
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Giving Back: Great Guidebook for Volunteering, Donating Decisions
If you’ve ever struggled with where to volunteer your time, or the most efficient way to donate money, Giving Back by Steven P. Ketchpel, Ph.D., is the book for you. Underscore that advice if you have...
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Good Karma Bikes Spins Forward With Grand Opening
Good Karma Bikes and its founder and CEO Jim Gardner got a little of that good karma back for all his efforts to help the community, during the grand opening party at the group’s headquarters in...
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Rural Chinese Children, Schools Prosper With Help From Bay Area Volunteers
President Steve Ting and one of the students Shin Shin Educational Foundation is helping. Photo courtesy of the foundation. “A group effort will bring prosperity,” goes the old Chinese saying. In the...
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Wounded Soldiers Catch Some Waves Thanks to Operation Surf
Mark Brazwell (front) steadies himself while surfing with Operation Surf in Santa Cruz. When San Jose native Mark Brazwell suffered debilitating leg injuries in Afghanistan as part of a U.S. Navy...
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Habitat’s Carter Work Project in Bay Area Begins!
This morning marks the beginning of the 30th anniversary Carter Work Project (CWP), Habitat for Humanity’s annual large-scale volunteer event, and I am ready for the roller coaster ride about to launch...
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Carter Work Project Day 1: ‘A Culture of Kindness’
I spent the day with dozens of volunteers today in San Jose for Day 1 of Habitat for Humanity’s Carter Work Project. One of the best lines of the day was from a long-time volunteer who told me she...
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Carter Work Project Day 2: ‘Habitat a Gift to All of Us’
Tuesday was Day 2 of Habitat for Humanity’s Carter Work Project (CWP) in San Jose, or rather, The Big Day, since President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn came to work side by side with a partner...
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Carter Work Project Day 5: Getting Busy Building Community
If I had to boil my five days of volunteering for Habitat for Humanity’s 2013 Carter Work Project (CWP) in San Jose, it would come to this: good people can make a difference in their communities, even...
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Furry Good Neighbors at San Jose Airport Spread Cheer
Kyra Hubis and Henry James at Mineta San Jose International Airport. I get to meet a lot of really wonderful people as someone who writes a lot of stories about helping others. Recently I got to meet a...
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