Gerald’s girlfriend left for work with one request: Put the dresser together before she got home. Gerald looked at the box, the instruction booklet and the bags of screws. “You know I can’t put this together.” By the time she returned, only a...
A single conversation changed Yvett’s future. After losing her job at an Amazon warehouse, Yvett began worrying about how she would support her family. “I started to stress about everything,” she said. “How was I going to pay rent? Was I going to...
Excellence in collaboration. That’s the hallmark of CORE Academy’s fourth cohort of marketing interns – a trio of individuals who learned skills in social media, podcast production and videography this spring. “This was the strongest cohort we’ve...
Children crowded around a conveyor belt loaded with fake produce, cans, cardboard and plastic, sorting the everyday items into recycling, organic waste and trash. They celebrated when they got the answers right and quickly jumped back in line for another turn....
Volunteers were still unpacking boxes for this year’s Beauty, Bubbles & Bites event when a woman approached the Hooked in Haven table and bought four handmade crocheted bags. Before the station was fully set up, seven bags had sold. Musbah, 10, Hila, 11, and Sana,...
Orange cones stretched across Veterans Memorial Park in Ontario as children weaved through drills, celebrated goals and chased soccer balls across the grass. Nearby, parents unfolded lawn chairs while Empire Strykers players greeted young athletes with encouragement...
