Making Change Archive: August 2010

The free- and reduced-lunch program

More than 30 million children benefit daily. Read about the program from the perspective of a former free-lunch kid. Published August 24 2010
U.S. government appoints an adviser

Read about a regular guy getting onto a federal committee. Published August 15 2010
Mighty Mississippi soon to be science lab

Young people are learning life skills as they work on a riverboat destined to be a floating classroom. Published August 10 2010
Micro-finance: Let's get it going in U.S.

How one U.S. town is making micro-financing capital and support available to "want-to-be entrepreneurs." Published August 4 2010

Donna Rae Scheffert is a facilitator, consultant and writer. Find more information online at www.online-leadership-tools.com.

She lives in Minnesota with her husband and teenage son and daughter.

Honors and awards include University of Minnesota -Distinguished Extension Campus Faculty ...

TV Den

Television commentary, reviews, news and nonstop DVR catch-up.
- Donald Driver winner & champion of Dancing With The Stars 2012
  Driver and partner Peta Murgatroyd take the title, making him the third NFL player to win the Mirror Ball Trophy.
- LIVE CHAT: Dancing With The Stars 2012 Final Results Show May 22, 9 p.m. Eastern
  It will all come down to the fans to decide who takes home the Mirror Ball Trophy as the winner of “Dancing With The Stars” Season 14 Tuesday night.
- Driver scores with freestyle on Dancing With The Stars 2012 final
  All three finalists performed well, but Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd went for it all with their unexpected, bold, crowd-pleasing Texas freestyle.
- LIVE CHAT: Dancing With The Stars 2012 Finals Monday
  Who are you rooting for: Team Fuego, Team Driving Miss Peta, or Team Kmark?
Middle Class Guy

What does the middle-class conservative think about everything? Find out here.
21st-Century Pacifist

Musings of a bilingual, agnostic, combat veteran and jewelry maker.
Space Center

As the Space Shuttles are crated up to be shipped to museums, including the Smithsonian Air and Space in Washington, DC, writer Todd Stowell records the process.
World View

Columns from Voices around the World talking about the events, people, politics and social issues that concern us wherever, and whoever, we are.

The free- and reduced-lunch program