Irish Mother of 7 Making Fringe in 1914 (photo credit: Marguerite Mespoulet) Because of my family heritage, Ireland is one of my favorite places to travel. Fellow Finding Freedom board member Mike McNevin is my brother, and we share a mutual interest in the Emerald Isle. I put a lot of thought into my recent…
Maria, with new refrigerator for her micro business Maria, (left) is our first Finding Freedom client, and it was her situation that inspired our board members to start our organization in 2009. Maria and Finding Freedom through Friendship founder Jody met in Guatemala when Maria asked for assistance in obtaining medicine and food for her children….
As board members of a nonprofit that concentrates on the humanitarian and educational needs of Mayan women and children, we tend to focus our informational reading on Central American issues. The internet broadens our horizons, as happened this morning, when I opened my email and received the newsletter from Madre, a nonprofit similar, but much…
When my brother Mike (our Vice President) and I were little, our Grandmother would send care packages to us that were full of delight. Candy, Cracker Jacks, chocolate coins in tiny mesh bags–enough for all five of us. It felt like a box of joy had traveled all the way from Trenton, New Jersey to…
If you grew up in the ’60’s, then you know the rest of the the title. The song sung by Lesly Gore, continues with…”and I’ll cry if I want to.” It was an instant hit with the melodramatic teenagers of that period, of which I was one. Today is my 56th birthday, and while I’m…
I know this is an odd blog post title, but anyone crazy enough to start a nonprofit is a bit “off” to begin with. There are a million reasons not to add to the busyness of daily life by starting a journey of paperwork, legal issues, bookkeeping and fundraising; all so that fifteen abandoned…