Volunteer

I recently read a very uplifting post in The New York Times, “Charities That Inspire Kids: Family Gateway.” I recommend reading it. The family whose experience is detailed in the article is affluent, so not all families have the means to do what they do. However, it’s a wonderful example that…

A recent article by Debra Monroe brought up the issue of how school volunteers tend to be parents who can afford, in terms of time and/or money, to do so. It seems obvious that you have to be able to afford something, at least time, in order to volunteer, but the way it skews the…