Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Paula DuPré Pesmen of ‘There With Care’ Is Helping To Change Our World

… It will be forever changing. I have always felt the need to get things fully together and have that sense of “we know it all now”. What I’ve learned is that starting and running a non-profit is forever changing based on the needs of those we serve and the impacts that daily life, economy, local and cultural events, etc. have on a non-profit.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Paula DuPré Pesmen.

Paula DuPré Pesmen left a successful feature film career to found There With Care, now in its fifteenth year of service for families facing critical illness. During her time as the Associate Producer on the first three Harry Potter films, she was inspired by over 60 families of critically ill children through a program she started with film director Chris Columbus, welcoming them to the Harry Potter movie set for their wish-for-a-day. As founder of There With Care and a member of its Board of Directors, Paula oversees the daily…