On Aug. 25., 2017, as Texas began to feel the wrath of Hurricane Harvey as the Category 4 hurricane became the first major hurricane to strike southern Texas since Celia in 1970, two Wildland Firefighters, Kevin Conley and Jay Anderson from Montana, left their jobs to go help those who were looking at their life in tatters after the catastrophe natural disaster. […]
Exactly a year ago, we started documenting the story of Paul Gaumond, a retired vet who was preparing to walk the 2,190 miles along the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is the 3rd longest trail in the United States, ranging from Maine to Georgia. It covers 14 states, and a year ago, Paul estimated twelve months […]
Last May, we started chronicling the story of Marian McGlocklin, who then at just 19-month’s, was diagnosed with a fatal genetic disorder called Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC). Over time, NPC children slowly lose the ability to move, eat, speak or even breathe. Most diagnosed with NPC are not expected to live past their teenage years and the life expectancy of those diagnosed with […]
L.A. is in the grips of chronic homelessness –a ceaseless epidemic that shows no signs of abating. In the past six years alone, the numbers of those without a home, sleeping on the streets, and in shelters in the city of Los Angeles has surged 75%. Currently, it’s estimated that nearly 59,000 people lack a […]
Since May this year, it has been reported that more than 2,300 migrant children have been separated from their parents under Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” border policy. The national and international outcry as images of crying children emerge has become deafening as people take to the streets to rally and protest against what many claim is […]
They’ve bravely stood up to the government, vowed that “never again,” will there be a mass shooting at a school. And the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 of their fellow students were killed, are marching for their lives, and the lives of others. On March 14. at 10 […]
Kindness and Hope is a great name, and kind of genius as a concept, as the two go hand-in-hand. I’ve never quite established where these ideas come from, but they come when I am ready for the next chapter in my life. In recent months, I have grown at breakneck speed and changed tremendously, and […]
On Wednesday, America again witnessed a scene all too familiar: Sending their children off to school to get an education, to create a better life for themselves, only to be slaughtered at the hands of a mentally ill teen, who had a history which would have raised alarm bells everywhere — yet he could purchase […]
It’s important to remember that we should show our appreciation and love for those around us every day, not just on that day where love is traded as a commercial commodity. With that in mind, it was my neighbor who taught me the very essence of what that day should mean and here is a story […]
The homeless crisis is not just an American problem, but one that extends well beyond these shores. In Britain, for example, figures released in 2017 by the charity Shelter. show that more than 300,000 people in the U.K. are officially recorded as homeless or living in inadequate homes. To put that into perspective, the numbers equate to […]
In theory, each and every one of us should have an equal playing deck from the very beginning, to give everyone the best shot at this business called life. In reality, however, some are dealt a good hand of cards, others a bad one. But, regardless of our cards, we are all human beings and […]
He was once a globally revered sports physician, responsible for the health and well-being of America’s Olympic women gymnasts. But Larry Nasser abused his position in the most sickening of ways — so far, 156 young women have shared their stories of how he abused them (he was also a doctor at Michigan State University). The […]
For the past six months, I have hit the streets daily to document the life of those who are homeless. Los Angeles County’s homeless population is escalating — it soared 23% in 2016. It is no longer a problem, but a crisis. The number of people on the street is estimated to be 58,000. L.A […]
On October 10, 2017, when I first came up with the idea of doing #58RandomActsofKindness in memory of the 58 Angels who were taken too soon, I never would have never imagined that we would have over 5,200 Kindness Ambassadors around the world participating just three months later! Every day, I am inspired by the […]
