Students Helping Honduras Staff Highlight, Amanda Fennell (Chief Operating Officer)
I had the privilege of interviewing one of my best friends and the person who I spend the most time with at work: Amanda Fennell, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Students Helping Honduras. In this [...]
HOW A STUDENT AT UMD RAISED $30,000 FOR STUDENTS HELPING HONDURAS THROUGH LETTER WRITING–with Melissa Frankenberry
While studying at the University of Maryland, Melissa Frankenberry raised more than $30,000 for Students Helping Honduras. She did it mostly through letter writing fundraising. In this episode, she breaks down her process step-by-step and talks [...]
SURVIVING 2,200 MILES ON A BICYCLE THROUGH EUROPE FOR STUDENTS HELPING HONDURAS–with Cristy Falcone
Cristy Falcone, Bike for Honduras Want to learn how to raise money for your favorite charity by traveling across a continent on a bicycle?Long-time Students Helping Honduras support Cristy Falcone biked 2,200 miles through Europe [...]
HOW ONE MAN CLIMBED 58 MOUNTAINS TO RAISE $12,000 FOR HIS FAVORITE CHARITY–with Johnny Zeng
Back in 2011 while at the Coast Guard Academy, Johnny Zeng envisioned climbing the 58 fourteeners in Colorado. The fourteeneers are mountains that each exceed 14,000 feet in elevation. Five years later and after many [...]
LEAVING CORPORATE AMERICA TO HELP LOW-INCOME KIDS THROUGH BASKETBALL–with CNN Hero Marquis Taylor
Marquis Taylor, Founder of Coaching for Change Social entrepreneur Marquis Taylor started Coaching for Change by racking up $15,000 in credit card debt. He believed in his mission that much. Marquis Taylor grew up in [...]
THE 17-YEAR-OLD SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR DELIVERING COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD—with CNN Hero Chris Cao
Chris Cao, Founder of Reboot for Youth Most high school students are too busy with school work, video games, and their social lives to do much else. But Chris Cao, a 17-year-old senior at Thomas Jefferson High [...]