Nonprofit organizations across the country are navigating a period of significant uncertainty. Economic pressures, shifting philanthropic priorities, increased competition for charitable dollars, and growing community needs have made it more challenging than ever to... 
Our supporters may recall that today is a special day for our organization. It is the day that the remarkable life of Mary Powell began. Well today, on Mary’s birthday, as we verified the service hours of another young volunteer, we made yet another... 
As 2023 comes to an end, we are proud to recognize another shining example of a young student dedicated to helping others by volunteering her time and talent. Marlin worked with three separate organizations to share her time and her math and computer skills as a... 
We met fifteen-year-old Juan, his mother Yanise and his younger sister Naliah at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia in the summer of 2022. Juan had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, a diagnosis that no boy or his mother and family should ever have to face.... 
Rarely do we meet volunteers who are eligible for the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. That’s because it requires 4,000 hours of voluntary service to qualify. It takes a remarkably dedicated... 
Tiffany is a bright H.S. student in New York City who is committed to volunteering her skills and compassion for the sake of others. Fascinated by books and numbers as a child, Tiffany has become quite knowledgeable in her own right as she’s gotten older. She... 
As we continue to rebound from the impact of the covid pandemic and are reminded daily about the dysfunction and evil that exists in our world, this day is one that serves annually to remind us of the good in the world and people like Mary Powell, born exactly 104... 
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The MPF and MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grants to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham and Marine Park in Brooklyn. At the MMHCA Civic Meeting, Sydni, a local Girl Scout and 3-year member of her... 
The Mary Powell Foundation awarded eight President’s Volunteer Service Awards & Medallions (1 Gold and 1 Lifetime Award and 6 Group Member Awards) to a wonderful group of volunteers helping patients at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C.... 
The MPF and the MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grant to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham JHS and Marine Park JHS in Marine Park, Brooklyn in June. The MPF Awarded the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award to Sung Ji (Jenny) of Fairfax, VA for selflessly volunteering over 250 hours of service to the Georgetown University Hospital over the past year. Sung Ji received a letter from the White House, a... 