Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Al Vaughn of World Vision Is Helping To Change Our World

Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine
Published in
7 min readOct 25, 2021

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When you’re fighting through a sickness like COVID-19, you have to stay positive and lean on the community you have around you to help you make it through. Even when I was relearning how to walk, I was determined to run another half marathon with Team World Vision. I know that if I remain resilient, I will be able to complete this next run.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Al Vaughn, a member of Team World Vision.

Bakersfield native Al Vaughn is a retired oil field electrician, an avid runner, and a member of Team World Vision, which raises money to provide access to clean water for children around the world. Al has been married to his wife, Joyce, for 53 years. Al is training for the Los Angeles Half Marathon in 2022 with Team World Vision.

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?

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Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine

A “Positive” Influencer, Founder & Editor of Authority Magazine, CEO of Thought Leader Incubator