When Leila Salmons of Houston created the "Supplies for Star Students" project in her Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program, her intention wasn't to collect school supplies for students with good grades. Rather, she and a team of professionals are making […]
Street Smart Aids Neglected Kids
The Deccan Herald of Bangalore recently published an August 30th story on the Self-Expression Leadership Program project of Roshini Davidson. Davidson’s project is designed to ambitiously tackle the issue of child homelessness and poverty through a complete program of education, […]
Give 5 Drive Supports Salvation Army
The Self-Expression and Leadership program project of Wendy Beetle, a resident of Laconia in New Hampshire's Lake's region, was recently covered by the Citizen of Laconia Newspaper. Her project led to increased support of goods, volunteerism and money to the […]
Partypalooza: Mad Max Masquerade Raises Roof for Roots
If you’re looking for a fun party in Redmond, WA, home city of Microsoft, then Susan James is the person you want to see. James is the organizer of PartyPaloozaNW, which holds costume parties three to four times a year. […]
Pedal for Pads
Jeanne Thompson resolved to use her Self-Expression and Leadership program to raise money for an organization that reconnects homeless people to their community. In so doing, she created the Pedal for Pads Bikeathon and raised about $10,000 for an extremely […]
Homeless Man Rediscovers Family
Brent Jones, a Seattle native and Landmark Forum graduate who has received press coverage for his work landscaping a Mexican town, is back in the news: This time for his role in reconnecting a homeless man to his long lost […]
Love Knows No Bounds: Ithaca Graduates Partner with New Orleans
Ithaca resident Catherine Martinez took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program in NYC in the Summer 2006, taking a four hour bus ride into the city on the weekends for classes. Like others in her class, she was at a […]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside–2007 Winter Drive Collects 3,156 Coats for Homeless
Sometimes it starts with with seeing one injustice in the world. Four years ago, New Jeresey Landmark Forum graduate Gini Mundy asked her family to give anything they were going to spend on her for Christmas to the Pediatric AIDS foundation. […]
Landmark Graduates Celebrate the True Spirit of Thanksgiving with Homeless Children and their Families
Committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 homeless children attending schools in Maricopa County, Arizona in direct, positive and meaningful ways, the Real Gift Foundation is a volunteer-based organization committed to impacting the lives of the over 12,000 […]
Ojai Landmark Education Graduate Sets Hearts Afire with Art by the Homeless
Bob Ballard is an Ojai, California graduate of the Landmark Forum who has used his participation in Landmark Education's programs to discover and cultivate his commitment to make a difference with homeless people in unique ways, such as by giving them an […]
Landmark Forum Graduates partner with Habitat for Humanity to renovate a house and generate huge volunteer response
Denver Self Expression and Leadership Program participant Kristina Yarrington worked with her husband to create a community project to renovate a home with Habitat for Humanity. Kristina Yarrington, and her husband, David, sit amid construction material as work continues Monday […]
Residents of a Bangalore apartment complex are inspired to aid street children via an SELP Community Project
Project Aarogya: Health, Hope and Happiness Project Aarogya is an initiative started by some of the residents of Ranka Court Apartments, Cambridge Layout, to provide medical attention to street children in Bangalore. The core team consists of five members:- Asmita […]
Hearts of Fire: Helping fight Homelessness Through Art and Music
Bob Ballard is a musician who lives in Ojai California. He is the creator of a project called Hearts of Fire that is dedicated shifing the public perception of homeless people. Several years ago while taking a program with Landmark Education […]
Trucken for Katrina: Michigan Families Donate Adopting Families on the Gulf Coast
Trucken for Katrina: A project started in the Landmark Team Management and Leadership Program Not long after Hurricane Katrina hit Sherrill Sundberg learned that one of her neighbors had 4 separate family members who each lost their homes. She was participating in […]
Homeless Not Toothless: Raising the Pride and Dignity of the Homeless Through Free Dental Care
Dr. Jay Grossman is a dentist in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles County. In a neighborhood with so much afluence one might be surprised to find that it home to a non-profit that provides vital services to homeless people. […]
Donating Food Instead of Dumping it.
Changing laws so surplus food can be given to the hungry Picture a few food industry workers hanging out at 3:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning, and you probably don’t envision the kind of conversation Guido Pozzebon, Francisco Valles, and […]
LA Landmark Forum Graduate Creates Smorgasbord for the Needy
[quicktime]http://www.foodneed.org/video/ktla_12-05.ram[/quicktime] Michael Herman found it absurd that so much food is thrown away in Los Angeles while nearby homeless people from skid row go hungry. While participating in Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership program, he decided to do something […]