Vision Quilt: Teens Educate About Gun Violence

Vision Quilt is a volunteer-based, grassroots organization from Oregon. Their members are teachers, business owners, parents, artists, social workers, journalists, retirees and gun owners. Last year, founder and Executive Director Cathy deForest visited Lighthouse and collaborated with 7th and 8th grade students and teachers as they studied gun violence.

ING Unsung Heroes – Supporting Creativity

Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of meeting an inspiring group of educators and financial service providers.  Yep – you read right, financial service providers; I was attending the ING Advisor Insight meeting in Las Vegas.  The educators in the group were fellow award winners and members of ING’s Educator Advisory Board…