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Schoolhouse lessons confront small-town racism

July 8, 2014

Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white. When…

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Family from Uganda finds respite at Children’s Inn

July 8, 2014

Recently a Ugandan family, with three teenagers affected by a seizure disorder called Nodding syndrome, stayed at The Children’s Inn. The disorder strikes at about…

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Move it Monsters!

July 7, 2014

Things that creep and crawl, shadows lurking on the wall, scary thoughts running through your head or even monsters under your bed can all be…

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The Truth About Skin Cancer

July 7, 2014

Fifteen years ago, Heather Haux, a high school teacher in Long Island, New York, noticed what appeared to be a scrape on her arm. When…

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Yoga For a Cure to Breast Cancer

July 7, 2014

On February 13, 2014, Maggie DiNome, MD, Director of the newly developed High-Risk Clinic at the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Margie Petersen Breast Center…

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How MADD and Nationwide are Working Together to Save Lives

July 7, 2014

One in three people in this country will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.  Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is working…

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Programs for Social Good Create Higher Satisfaction at Every Level and Performance Function

June 30, 2014

By Russ Blinch Not everything is about the “bloody ROI,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook famously sputtered in his scolding of a conservative shareholder rights group at…

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Can Purpose and Social Responsibility Set a Startup Apart?

June 30, 2014

By Denise Morrison As a CEO, I’m passionate about having a personal mission. I believe leadership is service to others and that companies can be…

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A Fallen Hero and the Company He Kept

June 30, 2014

By Ryan Scott The other day, I received the terrible news that Stephen Robinson, a leading advocate for veterans and a friend of Causecast, had…

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Job One for America: Put Young People to Work

June 30, 2014

By Hillary Rodham Clinton A few weeks ago, I met an impressive young man named Oscar during a visit to the Intertech Plastics manufacturing factory…

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Chief Seattle Council Venturing Crew 310 Embarks on Denali Expedition

June 30, 2014

By Patrice Eulin On June 12, Venturing Crew 310, chartered by Cascade Leadership Challenge (CLC) in Seattle, Wash., began an expedition to climb Denali, the highest peak…

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Team USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard: Comfortable in His Own Skin

June 30, 2014

By John Strubel Tim Howard is hard to miss. After all, he’s a 6-3, 210-pound goalkeeper who became the face of the U.S. men’s national…

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