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Compassionate "Meals for Moms" Campaign

Trailblazers for Good - Sat, 05/07/2011 - 23:00
This Mother's Day, the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) is launching its second annual "Meals for Moms" campaign to bring food and smiles to senior homebound moms. MOWAA is partnering with Gallo Family Vineyards to sponsor...

On a Mission to Transform the Dairy Industry

Trailblazers for Good - Fri, 05/06/2011 - 22:00
Laloo's is on a mission to transform the dairy industry, and they are doing it with ice cream;  Not just any ice cream,  goat milk ice cream.  Yes, goat milk. "We want to promote goat milk products that can taste good and be good for ...

Climate Change Activist Suing the Government, Organizing a March -- And He's Only 16!

Trailblazers for Good - Fri, 05/06/2011 - 04:00
For most 16-year-olds, the month of May is spent cramming for finals and Advanced Placement exams, planning prom night or impatiently counting the days until summer break. For Alec Loorz, it's a time to sue the United States Government and hit the str...

Driving Viral Social Change: How Will You Get People Talking?

Trailblazers for Good - Thu, 05/05/2011 - 03:00
Have you ever wished that more people were talking about solutions to pressing social problems? Have you ever imagined a world where people were buzzing about the latest initiative designed to curb child marriage in eastern Africa, instead of going...

Learning Anything From Anyone: An Interview with Michael Karnjanaprakorn of Skillshare

Trailblazers for Good - Thu, 05/05/2011 - 00:30
Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the CEO/Head of Product of Skillshare.  You can follow him on Twitter.Can you tell us a little bit of how Skillshare works?Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. All of the classes happen i...

Miracle Workers: Ethiopian Girl Has Facial Cleft Repaired In Toronto

Trailblazers for Good - Wed, 05/04/2011 - 00:30
Canadian charities are making a huge difference to children and adults worldwide by providing them with something they are unable to get in their impoverished countries: surgery to repair their faces. Two weeks ago, six-year-old Yeabsra Hailmarim unde...

4th Grader Teaches Restaurants How To 'Be Straw Free'

Trailblazers for Good - Tue, 05/03/2011 - 23:30
Most people might assume that elementary school kids are oblivious to issues of waste or over-consumption, but not Milo Cress of Burlington, Vermont.When the 9-year-old learned that 500 million plastic straws (that's enough to fill 9,300 40 foot-long ...

Do You Love Your Mama? [VIDEO]

Trailblazers for Good - Tue, 05/03/2011 - 18:30
A woman in Tanzania once sold chickens to raise money to build a primary school and now teaches over 400 children a year. A woman in Nepal is working to get children out of the slums and provide them education, food and a safe place to live.&nbsp...

A Sustainable Insurance Company for American Workers

Trailblazers for Good - Mon, 05/02/2011 - 05:30
"We are building a sustainable social support system for the next generation of American workers," says Freelancers Insurance Company (FIC) President and CEO Sara Horowitz. FIC is a model social enterprise (and a B Corp). It is a model not just ...

Facebook Page Returns Lost Treasures To Tornado Victims

Trailblazers for Good - Sun, 05/01/2011 - 03:15
In the aftermath of the tornadoes that ravaged Alabama and other regions of the South, one woman has helped victims piece together the lost fragments of their lives by starting a Facebook page. It's a virtual lost-and-found where people are connecting...