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Bethany Lampland  is taking action to prove that doing good is great for business. “I’ve seen the magic that happens when human altruism and corporate America’s ambitions fit together, when the tension between maximizing profits and doing good are resolved because doing good is good for business,” says Bethany.

 

Bethany is the 37-year-old Chief Operating Office of The New York Foundling, a non-profit with a 146-year legacy of providing services to empower disadvantaged children and families — from an abused child in need of a foster home, to a young mother who lacks the skills to care for her child, or a young person lost in the juvenile justice system.

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Many readers have experienced the magic of summer camp–days spent basking in the sun, swimming and splashing around the pool or lake, playing sports, running around, making new friends, and enjoying beautiful summer nights around a campfire telling ghost stories. Those were the days we lived for as children and the joys we hope our children will know as well. In addition, summer camp instills in children a reliance on daily structure and responsibility for the care of personal items and surroundings, lessons that sneak in amongst the fun and friends.

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Telemundo 47 | Street Art Reaches the Bronx

 

An artist from Brazil came to the Bronx for, alongside students, change the facade of a school with his vision of hope and talent to create urban art. Click here to view the video. 

A Brazilian artist has turned a brown building into a rainbow of colors in the Bronx.

 

Artist Nove brought the tropical culture of Brazil to the Mott Haven Academy with some help from students.

 

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MOTT HAVEN — A Brazilian artist inspired by The Bronx’s legacy of graffiti spent Monday painting a mural with students from the Mott Haven Academy Charter School.

 

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Spotlight on The New York Foundling’s Back-to-School Shopping Day. Here, kids in the child welfare system were able to pick out new school supplies and clothes. READ MORE

“Among the 600 or so guests who are attending a homecoming this weekend to celebrate the Foundling’s 140th anniversary, there is a kinship of loss, renewal and discovery,” writes The New York Times. READ MORE

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