Generosity Philosophy Podcast | Nonprofits | Charities | Inspiring Stories of Generosity & Kindness

Check out the post for this show at http://GenerosityPhilosophy.com/85   This week's guest on the Generosity Philosophy Podcast is the Founder of Joshua's Heart Foundation. His name is Joshua Williams. At the age of 4 1/2 years old Josh was inspired by a homeless man he saw on the street. A few weeks later he saw a commercial for Feed The Children. This combination of events inspired Joshua to want to help people who are hungry.   STAY CONNECTED:  Get Updates about Generosity Philosophy Join the Generosity Philosophy Heroes Facebook Group Leave a Voicemail Message Instagram Twitter  

Fellow podcaster, Kathy Kelly, talks about how she generously gives out valuable information to the families and folks who have special needs in order to have their best possible experiences when visiting Disney Parks (cruises too!).  Simply CLICK HERE to learn more about how you can support her Kickstarter Campaign and help back her book, Walt Disney World With Autism: A Special Needs Guide  Want to get your free copy of 25 Ways To Share Your Generosity and join the Generosity Philosophy Heroes Newsletter? CLICK HERE and your PDF will be emailed to you shortly :)  Thanks for listening to the show!

Teenager who sends letters and cards to the elderly from all over the world.  Jacob Cramer started Love For The Elderly in 2013 as a simple act of writing letters to Seniors in facilities he was volunteering for. He talks about how much he enjoys providing them with happiness and love in this interview with me. This has grown and now he collects letters and distributes them to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He's received letters from all over the world, including Greece, Thailand, and Japan! He's also then turned them around and sent them to various people in assisted living facilities. If you would like to join the Generosity Philosophy Heroes Movement, please do so to stay updated with episodes and behind-the-scenes announcements by CLICKING HERE. I'll also send you 5 free ways to show your generosity! :) 

Providing a safe home for orphaned children in Zambia Africa.  After working as a volunteer with children in Zambia in 2005, Malerie Pratt, from Bend, Oregon, realized that something desperately needed to be done to help the children in Zambia. In Zambia she met social worker, Violet Membe, who had always dreamed of starting a home for orphaned children. Malerie came back from that trip and experience wanting to make a difference in the lives of the children she had met there. She teamed up with Marlena Bellavia and they co-founded Vima Lupwa Homes. You'll hear in our interview how their home is unique in many ways and the impact they've made so far. They are working diligently to raise money to start building a second home.  The Cards for Kids event information can all be found here. You can also visit the GoFundMe campaign to learn more and donate there if you'd like. 

Repurposing flowers and giving them to those who adore receiving them! Joyce Bellefeuille is today's guest on the Generosity Philosophy Podcast. She is the founder of The Power of Flowers Project. Wedding, memorial services, events, and retail services donate flowers after their use and then The Power of Flowers Project works to repurpose flowers, arranging them into bouquets, and gives those flowers to people in nursing homes, shelters, soup kitchens, etc. If you'd like to share this on social media, please be sure to visit the Generosity Philosophy Podcast website. If you'd like to give the podcast a rating/review please do so by clicking HERE. To stay updated about my upcoming children's book, George The Generous Giraffe, CLICK HERE.  Thank you for listening! You are a HERO!!!  

Michael Liimata, one of the co-founders of Connecting for Good is the guest of this week's episode of Generosity Philosophy. Connecting for Good is a nonprofit organization that has been bridging the Digital Divide since 2011 using wireless Internet, community technology centers, low cost refurbished PCs and free digital life skills classes. Michael mentioned was the Director of Education for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. While he was with the association, they began to use the internet to help those running the shelters. He's now the academic Dean of a college called City Vision College.  Connecting For Good helps provide internet to folks by providing at a significant discount refurbished computers (including laptops) to people who cannot afford a full-priced computer. Being intimidated by the technology is another barrier and factor in why not everyone is online. Connecting For Good provides training to people to teach them about how to us

In this episode of Generosity Philosophy, my new friend and fellow podcaster, Chuck Wang, and I decided to record our conversation and each produce shows out of it. Chuck has a great podcast called The Inspired Works Podcast. This conversation is very real and not planned in any way. My hope is you will enjoy hearing our conversation and will be excited to connect with him and become a listener of his podcast.

Chris McGilvery was the guest on this week's episode of Generosity Philosophy Podcast to talk about the nonprofit he Founded, Give More H.U.G.S. The mission for Give More H.U.G.S. is to unite giving souls to help provide youth with the tools to inspire a love for learning, reading, and creativity. Watch the video below to see and hear the dreams of these young children from all over the world. Visit Generosity Philosophy's Website Visit the show notes for this episode 

Founded in 2011 Stovall's Sacrifice For Soldiers is a nonprofit developed in honor of 1st Lieutenant Matt Stovall who sacrificed his life when deployed to Iraq. His wife, Natalie Stovall Frady, is the guest on this week's episode of Generosity Philosophy. She explained she and her son would wonder how Matt would have wanted to be honored if he would have returned home from Iraq. The idea of Stovall's Sacrifice For Soldiers (S.S.S.) was created because all military men and women deserve to be honored for their bravery and the sacrifices they make for American civilians to live their daily lives and enjoy our freedom. They founded S.S.S. to carry on Matt's Legacy. If you were inspired by this podcast episode, please share on social media so your friends and family can also experience the inspiration given by Natalie Stovall Frady and Stovall's Sacrifice For Soldiers. 

Bob Knotts is the Founder of The Humanity Project and the guest on this week's Generosity Philosophy podcast. The Humanity Project is a 501c3 nonprofit who's mission is the following: To create and implement innovative programs that teach children and adults how to use cooperation and social connection for individual development and grassroots community improvement. You can learn more from the Generosity Philosophy Website.  Also, if you listen to the end and DO want the "bonus" audio simply CLICK HERE and I'll email that audio file to you.   

ResQwalk is a mobile app you can download for free in order to walk (with or without your pet) to support an animal rescue organization. The Founder of ResQWalk, Bailey Schroeder, is the guest on Generosity Philosophy Podcast this week and shared with us how the app works. Each week ResQwalk has a donation pool and as a walker your distance of walking is recorder and added to the rescue's weekly total. At the end of every week the donations are then paid out to the rescues proportionally to the total distance walked by people that week. ResQwalk helps several animal rescues and shelters all over the United States and Canada. If you haven't given the Generosity Philosophy Podcast a review and 5 stars, please do so by CLICKING HERE. Thank you SOOOOO much!

The Kindness Offensive is a group of individuals who are not a part of any nonprofit, charity, or company. Rather they are like-minded individuals from London who have been going out to places around London to do small and large random acts of kindness. This week's guest on Generosity Philosophy is one of the founding members, David Goodfellow. He and his 2 friends have been doing this since 2008, and have done quite a bit of kind acts over the course of the years.  

If you love animals, you'll love this episode of Generosity Philosophy Podcast. The guest is the Founder and CEO of LoveAnimals.org, Sarah Timms. LoveAnimals.org is a non-profit crowdfunding website aimed at helping animal charities connect with donors to raise money for critically needed projects. On the LoveAnimals.org website, they make it fun and easy for you to donate to animals. Sarah shared her story of how LoveAnimals.org started back in the Spring of 2013 in this week's episode. They are doing what they can to get the donor's money directly to the animal nonprofit organizations, and do not retain any percentages or a fee to get funding. Another unique and great thing about LoveAnimals.org is they provide the funding to the organizations-even if they don't get 100% funded. If you're interested in the children's book I'm working to get published, you can watch the Kickstarter Video HERE. 

Gotta Have Sole was founded by 17 year old Nicholas Lowinger. At a very young age (when he was 5) his mom took him to visit a homeless shelter in Rhode Island. This opened his eyes to seeing children who either didn't have shoes, or who's shoes were held together by duct tape. Gotta Have Sole Foundation, Inc.’s mission is to provide children living in shelters across the United States with brand-new footwear to call their own. Please provide a rating/review if you enjoy listening to this podcast. Thanks Heroes! You're all amazing!

The Cancer Journal Project was started by the guest of this week's show, Kenan Irving. His wife, Ashley, passed away from stomach cancer in 2013. She wrote in a journal during the time she found out about having cancer up until she died. Kenan decided to share excerpts of his late wife, Ashley's journal with the hope her words will help others to cope and understand what can be accomplished in the face of tremendous adversity. The Cancer Journal Project is raising money to send children to Walt Disney World, as this is a travel destination Kenan and Ashley loved visiting together. Thus far, The Cancer Journal Project has sent a couple of children to Walt Disney World through the Make A Wish Foundation. Please provide your rating/review on iTunes if you enjoy the podcast? Thanks Hero! 

Warriors & Quiet Waters was created in 2013. Their mission statement reads, "To help reintegrate traumatically combat-injured U.S. veterans and active service members from recent wars into society by building hope and resilience, facilitating camaraderie, and providing security and serenity through fly fishing and other high quality therapeutic recreational mediums in southwest Montana.'' It was fascinating and inspiring to learn more about WQW by speaking with Faye Nelson who is the Director of Development.  Visit the Generosity Philosophy Website for more information. Also, don't forget to come like the Generosity Philosophy Facebook Page. 

Trades of Hope is a company working to empower women around the world out of poverty with sustainable business while creating flexible and purposeful entrepreneurial opportunities for the modern American Woman through the social selling of fashion and accessories and home decor. In this week's episode of Generosity Philosophy, I had the privilege of hearing from Colleen Biegger who is a Compassionate Entrepreneur for Trades of Hope.   You can check out these 5 ways of spreading Generosity (for free) and get signed up to get monthly newsletters from the Generosity Philosophy Podcast.    Subscribe to Generosity Philosophy so you never miss an episodes on iTunes or Stitcher Radio.    I appreciate every single listener, subscriber, and generous person who supports the show. 

Another amazing teen helping others! Riley shares her story on this Episode of why share started her organization, and how it's making such a wonderful impact in the lives of the children Rainbow Pack is helping. Rainbow Pack is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing elementary school students with the supplies they need to be successful learners regardless of economic circumstance. Visit the website to learn more.  You can be sure you're not going to miss an episode by joining the Generosity Philosophy email list. 

Breast Friends was co-founded by Becky Olson and Sharon Henifin. In this episode of Generosity Philosophy both women share how they help women survive the trauma of cancer. Becky and Sharon themselves are both cancer survivors. In 1993 Sharon was the first in their circle of friends to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Becky received her first diagnosis three years later in 1996. Both women realized that friends were unsure often times of how they can help provide them support. As a result, Becky and Sharon often found themselves feeling isolated and afraid, and didn't want to fight their cancer alone. So, they founded Breast Friends in 2001 as a resource and support for women and families facing a diagnosis of Breast Caner, Ovarian Cancer, or other Women's Cancers. Next year they will be celebrating their organization's 15th year Anniversary!

Operation Healthy Hearts is located in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. The founder, Jackie Hererra, has decided that no matter how difficult life might be (including herself being homeless) there are others who maybe have it worse off, and she wanted to help them! Jackie started Operation Healthy Hearts in early 2014.Operation Healthy Hearts involves bridging the gap between low income & homelessness for local families (in Los Angeles, California) and teaching the importance of practicing compassion towards others & personal wellness.You'll hear in our interview about how prior to Operation Healthy Hearts, she created a program called "Healthy Girls." The mission behind Healthy Girls was to inspire women through weight loss and personal development.   Learn more at http://generosityphilosophy.com/66