Supporting A Cause http://www.akgmag.com/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:02 -0600 By Nancy L. Young-Houser. On the very day Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States, faces were filled with hope as tears of joy ran down faces of the spectators. Hope was something so many of these people had not seen for a long time, and listening to the words of this man brought to the forefront a feeling which had become a rarity. People began to be filled with a desire to step forth within their own communities and their country, with a strong desire to help those less fortunate. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Staying_Power_of_Hope.htm Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Staying_Power_of_Hope.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. No matter how low the economy becomes, caring people still have the desire and the will to help struggling people, regardless who they are and where they come from. It seems as if there is always somebody for someone in need. We have become a world of one—a world where someone in Paraguay or Peru can suffer and that pain and loneliness can be felt in the United States or Britain. One such example is the KIVA organization, helping someone to lift themselves out of poverty while paying back donate http://www.akgmag.com/article/Donating_to_KIVA_Becoming_a_Personal_Banker_to_Entrepreneurs_in_Poverty.htm Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Donating_to_KIVA_Becoming_a_Personal_Banker_to_Entrepreneurs_in_Poverty.htm