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12/5/2019

Helping communities get on track for homeownership

For NHS of Baltimore, the road to creating successful and sustainable homeownership in the communities it serves is paved with financial education, training, networking and other resources uniquely designed to help prepare individuals and families reach their homebuying goals.

11/26/2019

Giving Thanks for a New Home

Anthony, Vonnie and their daugher, Ava, are celebrating their first Thanksgiving in the home they purchased with down payment assistance from the LIFT program.

2/14/2019

'50 stories' campaign spotlights milestone anniversary

Every nonprofit tries to dream up creative ways to commemorate milestone anniversaries in meaningful ways. And St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center in Baltimore, Maryland, came up with a campaign that others may want to emulate.

12/10/2018

Holiday ‘ugly sweaters’ can earn donations for nonprofits

Want a way to combine holiday fun with fundraising and corporate partnerships? Consider launching an "Ugly Sweater Challenge"!

11/1/2018

Engage next-gen leaders with young-professionals board

How do you engage and train young professionals so they turbocharge your fundraising and form a line of prospects ready to step into your board when needed? Read about this innovative program adopted by one nonprofit in Richmond, Virginia.

10/30/2018

Transportation: often missing link in comprehensive community development

Affordable housing is a must, and so are jobs, health and education. But what if you can't access any of these due to a lack of transportation. NeighborWorks network member Penquis fills the gap.

9/4/2018

Johnny Carter: Leading by example

When Johnny Carter moved to his new neighborhood in Moorhead, Mississippi, he found a host of problems. But he stepped up and helped lead the residents in a lawsuit to help residents get the attention and resources they needed to clean up their community. And now Carter is being recognized with a NeighborWorks America Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership.

8/23/2018

Audrey Stubbs: Following her calling

Audrey Stubbs of Cleveland, one of NeighborWorks America's Dorothy Richardson Resident Leadership Award recipients, sees it as her mission to help youths find their way to a positive future.

8/22/2018

Gloria Cartagena: Overcoming trauma with ‘smooches’

This Philadelphia recipient of a resident-leadership award from NeighborWorks America has been called the 'mayor' because she knows how to use whatever it takes—from butterflies to prayer—to bring people together.

8/21/2018

Alama Uluave: Adopting service as a way of life

For Alama Uluave of Salt lake City, service is a way of life. It is this dedication that later led him to be nominated for a NeighborWorks America Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership.

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