MAY 05, 2018 By Sacha Pfeiffer GLOBE STAFF – Doris Buffett made a big splash when she moved to the Back Bay a few years ago, asking for local volunteers to help give away her billionaire brother Warren’s fortune. The “Sunshine Lady,” as she’s known, wanted help reading the stream of letters the siblings get requesting money for
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April 30, 2018
$1 Million Endowment Will Continue Doris Buffett’s Gift
Apr 30, 2018 – Sunshine Lady Foundation sets up fund to continue free admission for Fredericksburg residents to public pool * By Cathy Jett, THE FREE LANCE–STAR * Philanthropist Doris Buffett no longer lives in Fredericksburg, but the woman known as the “Sunshine Lady” will continue making admission to the city’s pool free to its
January 19, 2018
The book that changed my life … in prison
Jan. 19, 2018 – After the governor of New York intervened to lift restrictions on prisoners’ reading materials, five current and former inmates explain what books have meant to them Last week, thousands of inmates in three New York prisons stopped receiving reading materials from friends and family. Tens of thousands more, at more than
October 27, 2017
Difference Maker Hall of Fame: Doris Buffett giving fortune away to help improve others’ lives
Oct 27, 2017 By MICHAEL ZITZ The Free Lance-Star on Fredericksburg.com – How did philanthropist Doris Buffett become the person she is? What molded her into a woman determined to spend her life making a difference in the lives of those who are, as she says, “unlucky through no fault of their own?” Why has
Empowerhouse continues ‘the good work’ founders started 40 years ago
Oct 10, 2017 By CATHY DYSON of THE FREE LANCE–STAR – In the mid-1970s, when concerned citizens tried to convince churches and local governments to help victims of domestic violence, they weren’t exactly received with open arms—or generous donations. “We had a difficult time getting funding,” recalled Susanna Botts. “People weren’t aware of the widespread
Hope in Sing Sing Prison
June 13, 2017 8:00 PM by GEORGE WILL National Review @GEORGEWILL Nurturing our capacity for regeneration Ossining, N.Y. — Sparkling in the sunlight that inspired 19th-century romantic painters of the Hudson River School, Sing Sing prison’s razor wire, through which inmates can see the flowing river, is almost pretty. Almost. Rain or shine, however, a
Editorial: Gladys Todd Academy students off to a great start
May 13, 2017 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star – YES, 21 young Fredericksburg-area students have the Sunshine Lady to thank for providing them the chance for a brighter future and a head start on their future academic and professional careers. But they also have themselves to thank for successfully becoming the first class of Gladys Todd Academy
First group of students graduates from the Gladys P. Todd Academy
May 4, 2017 21 high schoolers earn Germanna degrees By ADELE UPHAUS–CONNER THE FREE LANCE–STAR – Matthew Small and Ashley Hodges aren’t typical Germanna Community College graduates. They haven’t even finished their senior year at James Monroe High School yet. But they are among 21 high school seniors receiving associate degrees at the college’s spring
Germanna’s first academy cohort graduates May 5
April 11, 2017 – At 17, Ashley Hodges is already a peacemaker. “I feel like I like to see both sides of a problem and tackle it,” said the James Monroe High School senior. “I don’t like it when there’s an elephant in the room either so usually I suggest coming together and solving the
Risk taking key to effective leadership, UMW colloquium speaker says
Oct 27, 2016 By CATHY JETT THE FREE LANCE–STAR – Former Ambassador Pamela E. Bridgewater experienced unexpected benefits from taking risks when posted to Pretoria, South Africa, in 1990. Bridgewater, who grew up in a segregated Fredericksburg neighborhood, said that she wondered how she’d cope there during apartheid, which wouldn’t end for four more years.