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People Making a Difference

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:20 PM by Sam Go
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Below is a list of people and organizations profiled on  Making a Difference:

Week of Nov. 23, 2009
Tim Hammack feeds the hungry at Bay Area Rescue | Find them on Facebook


Week of Nov. 16, 2009
Learn more about the Boy's Town Cowboys

Week of Nov. 9, 2009

MONDAY: Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation | Help USA
TUESDAY: Alicia Keys Keep a Child Alive
WEDNESDAY: Glenn Close Fountain House
THURSDAY: Halle Berry Jenesse Center
FRIDAY: Tim McGraw Neighbor's Keeper

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Dear Brian,

SAME CAFE WHAT A GREAT PLACE IN DENVER-
I will be sending a check to help out.
Thanks for covering this wonderful story !!!
Katie from San Diego

Katie San Diego CA (Sent Monday, November 09, 2009 10:38 PM)

Dear Brian,
I watch you everynight at 5:30 central, because you are my favorite news anchorman. I am 49 years old, and I would like to make a difference. I have working hard for 31 years, and I have decided to help our worlds environment by wanting to move to Phoenix, Az. and assemble solar panels at a company somewhere. After all life is short and I want to help save our worlds environment for all future humans such as our children we care so much about. Thank-you.
John Jankovich-402-290-2165. Call me please.

John Jankovich, Brooklyn Park, Mn. (Sent Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:23 PM)

Dear Brian,

As a bipolar person and former member of Fountain House, I was slightly disappointed in the Making a Difference segment featuring Glenn Close.  Not enough of the segment was focused on the actress and her sister.  Too much was concentrated on Fountain House, admittedly a fine institution that helps many mentally ill people but one structured according to the rigid model of a "clubhouse."  When I was a member of Fountain House, I actually found it detrimental at times to my mental health because of the rigid adherence to the notion of and rules relating to a "clubhouse" by its staff.  I would have liked to have heard more of Glenn Close and her sister's personal and familial feelings and experiences, less commentary by the executive director of Fountain House.  In addition, the actress and her sister conveyed a concern about the mentally ill in general and the issue of stigma specifically, both aspects reminiscent of the mission of Fountain House rather than something more personal and indepth.  Moreover, given that her sister is bipolar, as a bipolar person I would have liked Glenn Close to hone in on a bipolar cause rather than mental illness at large to personalize her sister's experience.  Still, a fine segment, Brian, since few network news outlets offer coverage of mental health.  Well done.  Commendable.

Brian D. Harvey, Mountain View, Calif. (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:02 AM)



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