The New York City-based non-profit Read Alliance has developed a unique approach to promoting literacy that benefits both student and tutor.

The UNC Addiction Medicine program is tackling the opioid epidemic head-on and provide lifesaving care to patients throughout North Carolina.

Senior PharmAssist promotes healthier living for Durham seniors by helping them obtain and better manage needed medications, and by providing health education, Medicare insurance counseling, community referral and advocacy.

Located in the South Bronx, N.Y., The Bronx Academy of Letters is dedicated to developing the authentic voices of its students.

Sasha D’Jamoos and Sasha Pohilko climb Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, on prosthetic legs.

To launch their Diverse Books Project, — an initiative designed to fill students’ shelves with brand new and diverse books—Reading Partners South Carolina partnered with Charleston’s Chris Singleton, author of Your Life Matters.

StepUp Durham provides employment readiness training for people with challenges to getting a job.

StandUp-SpeakOut of North Carolina fights to end sexual assault and domestic violence through advocacy, prevention training, group therapy, mentoring and a fundamental concept for survivors called Healing Thru Art.

Nadine and Mike Mohney’s journey to get cochlear implants for their young son James.

The Durham Public Schools Hub Farm teaches environmental education and gardening to students from Kindergarten to high school.

Since 1970, Project U.S.E. has inspired personal growth through connected Newark, N.J. students with the outdoors.