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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 family. Jones and fellow Landmark Forum graduate Danielle Olsen were written about recently in Real […]

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 loss what her project would be. Two weeks into the course she realized that not only […]

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. Upon receiving a check from Mundy’s family, someone from the foundation remarked that this money […]

Landmark Education 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 homeless children attending schools in Phoenix area.

The mission and purpose of the Real Gift Foundation […]

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 outlet for artistic expression. Several years ago, he realized that he was uncomfortable around homeless […]

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.
Here is the story from the Rocky Mountain News
Kristina Yarrington, and her husband, David, sit amid construction material as work continues Monday on a soon- to-be-donated house on Mariposa Street […]

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 Rajiv, Geetha Prem, Ritu Jain, Savita Singh and Nondini Das. Coming from different backgrounds, these ladies, […]

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 he was struck by his personal reaction to being around homeless people.  He did not […]