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Spotlight Nonprofit: Creating a new kind of call center that puts college kids to work and on track for a prosperous future

Aug 31, 2012, 3:42 PM 0

LatinaLista — In the last ten years, more than a million customer service jobs have moved offshore. In our country where there are 25 million Americans unemployed or under-employed, it’s a cruel reality. What’s even more cruel is the…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Working towards teaching change to an old school system

Aug 24, 2012, 2:55 PM 0

LatinaLista — Out of all the school supplies a child needs to be ready for the school year, the backpack is one of the most essential. Unfortunately, it can also be the most costly, not counting calculators or uniforms….

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Giving hope and help to spinal cord injury survivors

Aug 17, 2012, 2:37 PM 0

LatinaLista — Nineteen-year-old Melinda Martinez, 26-year-old Kristine Reyes and 73-year-old Evaristo Herrera have something in common — they each suffered a catastrophic accident that has left them with significant spine problems. In some cases, their spines are so damaged…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Improving the odds of natural disaster survival in third-world countries with first responder education

Jul 27, 2012, 3:47 PM 0

LatinaLista — When disaster hits countries like Haiti, Guatemala, rural areas of Mexico, etc. the loss of life usually rises after the initial tragedy for one simple reason — medical personnel on the scene don’t know how to respond. It…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Local farmers join forces to feed the hungry

Jul 20, 2012, 3:11 PM 0

LatinaLista — News about food prices isn’t getting any better. In fact, there are predictions that it will get a lot worse because of the massive drought across the country. That’s really bad news for families who are already…

Causes, General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: “Sewing” a new story for victims of sex trafficking

Jul 13, 2012, 4:03 PM 4

LatinaLista — In a 2007 report by the U.S. State Dept., it was found that between 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year. More than 70 percent are female and, according to a 2009 UN…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Non-profit: Military veteran gives his fellow servicemen and women “new hope”

Jun 29, 2012, 4:20 PM 4

LatinaLista — While serving in the United States Air Force as a Crash Rescue Firefighter, veteran William H. Moore had his share of close calls but it’s one particular call that he remembers both with pride and regret. Moore…

General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Helping children of homicide victims see hope in life

Jun 22, 2012, 10:28 AM 0

LatinaLista — News of murders happen every day in every city. Yet, aside from the victim’s name, age and where the murder took place, it’s rare for the public to know if the murder victim had a family, especially…

Causes, General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Fashion industry veteran helps Latina students “sew up” their career dreams

Jun 15, 2012, 12:53 PM 1

LatinaLista — It’s a safe bet to say that every Latino family has at least one person who sews. For some, their family sewer should really be called the family designer, especially if they make their own patterns. Yet,…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Las Vegas homeless high-schoolers get helping hand from caring community

Jun 8, 2012, 3:43 PM 0

LatinaLista — Word in the street is that the US economy is not getting better. People continue to be laid off, homes continue to be foreclosed upon and families continually find themselves homeless. There’s no city in the country…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Colorado Catholic bishop targets immigrant advocacy group’s funding

Jun 1, 2012, 4:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — With a worsening economy, more states passing anti-immigrant legislation and the White House endorsing the controversial program known as Secure Communities, undocumented immigrants are under siege. These men, women and children are impacted financially by the nation’s…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Coming to the rescue of cash-strapped families whose pets need critical care

May 25, 2012, 1:21 PM 0

LatinaLista — One of the most heart-wrenching signs of this sputtering economy is when families, forced to watch every penny, don’t have enough money to pay for critical medical care for the family pet. With veterinarian costs rivaling that of…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Teaching both Latino and non-Latino youth cultural pride through Mariachi music

May 18, 2012, 3:18 PM 0

LatinaLista — There’s no single genre of music that can accomplish three different sets of emotions — get feet tapping and hands clapping, bring tears to your eyes and swell the chest with pride — like mariachi music. Dating…

General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Teaching kids with cancer to kick away pain and fear through martial arts

May 11, 2012, 3:53 PM 0

LatinaLista — Cancer sucks! For anyone diagnosed with it, it’s a horrific, painful, scary thing to go through. Watching someone go through the treatments, especially loved ones, is hard but watching a child endure the pain and fear of…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Giving teen moms the “hope” of a better future with help to get through college

May 4, 2012, 10:42 AM 0

LatinaLista — May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, a time focused on encouraging young girls to be smart about not getting pregnant. Yet, for those girls who have gotten pregnant and are raising their children, there is not…

General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Summer camp brings back the “magic” for children of cancer patients

Apr 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — There are over one million cancer cases a year in the United States. The process of getting well takes its toll not only on the cancer patients but their families too — especially the children. A child…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Borrowers get a “Grace Period” to repay free loans

Apr 20, 2012, 10:30 AM 2

LatinaLista — Living paycheck to paycheck is scary enough for the millions of people who live at or below the poverty line. Yet, as anyone knows, living such a hand-to-mouth existence doesn’t leave any wiggle room for life’s unexpected…

Nonprofit

Non-profit Spotlight: Giving immigrant and low-income bread bakers a chance at entrepreneurship

Apr 13, 2012, 5:16 PM 0

LatinaLista — Starting a new business is tough for anyone but if you’re low-income or aren’t completely fluent in English the odds of getting the kind of credit and help needed to launch that business automatically increases.

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Spotlight: College students help orphans discover a passion for learning

Apr 6, 2012, 1:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — In 2011, Arizona State University (ASU) biomedical engineering junior Tina Hakimi read an article posted on the university’s web site about a fellow student’s work with orphans in Mexico. The article sparked an idea and gave her…

General, Nonprofit

Non-profit Spotlight: Connecting children and adults to a love of reading

Mar 30, 2012, 2:51 PM 0

LatinaLista — For those who know how to read, reading is the most natural skill to possess. For those who don’t know how to read, it is a huge obstacle in achieving a higher quality of life. The importance…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Low-income teens earn college scholarships being accountable in their communities and schools

Mar 23, 2012, 2:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Among the many creative ways people have tried in the past to get kids to do well in school has been to pay them to make good grades. Critics have pointed out that while it may motivate…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Using the art of crochet to lift lives out of poverty

Mar 16, 2012, 5:32 PM 0

LatinaLista — What’s the best thing to lift a person out of poverty? A job, of course. Yet, what if that person has never received an education or training in any skill, and on top of that, they live…

Causes, Nonprofit

Spotlight Non-profit: One teen helps homeless children get their “sole”

Mar 9, 2012, 2:46 PM 0

LatinaLista — Doing good deeds has nothing to do with age. We just have to look at the success one Providence, Rhode Island boy has had in fulfilling a mission he started at the age of five! Nicholas Lowinger,…

Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Building positive relationships between daughters and daddies

Mar 2, 2012, 4:26 PM 1

LatinaLista — The saying “Daddy’s girl” is destined to become obsolete as the rise in single mother families continues and fathers are only a parent in name only, not to mention the outcomes for fatherless girls is traditionally not…

Causes, General, Nonprofit

Spotlight Nonprofit: Helping poverty-stricken, single moms get their MoJo

Feb 24, 2012, 3:29 PM 0

LatinaLista — According to the U.S. Census, there are 157 million women in the United States (men number only 151.8 million). Of that total, 85.4 million are mothers; 9.9 million are single moms — the group most likely to…

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