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There's More To Fighting Poverty Than Writing Big Checks And Claiming Tax Deductions

Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Our Executive Director Thane Kreiner, was recently featured on Forbes.com in an article by Janet Novack. Here's a taste, "An onslaught of designated shopping days— Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday—have assaulted our senses, urgently urging us to buy gifts for all of the special people in our lives. Here in the heart of Silicon Valley, it’s easy to pine for the iPad Mini, that 55-inch flatscreen TV, or the latest Kindle. In this season, it’s easy to forget that nearly 4 billion people on our planet live in poverty, on a daily average of less than the cost of one Starbucks specialty coffee."

You can read the rest of the article on Forbes.com by clicking here.

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