One of the most important ways to have a large impact in life is by focusing on communities that are ignored and overlooked. These communities are often the ones most in need of help, tools, and services but for a variety of reasons the largest players in most industries chose not to work on serving them. We’ve been so touched by the thousands of members of our community who are working on serving the underserved from tackling food deserts to building empowering solutions for the neurodiverse. Each week, you’ll find us highlighting folks serving underserved communities.

John Weiss

There is a shift in the beauty industry toward beauty professionals, renting their own salon space. There are number of options available to them, but each beauty professional often times has to figure things out for themselves. These people are typically artists, with little business experience as business owners. Read more>>

Melanie Cristescu

One of my greatest pleasures is sponsoring the Glam Lounge for women modeling in the annual Soroptomist International of Valencia’s Bras For A Cause breast cancer fundraiser. I am lucky enough to find makeup and hair artists willing to donate their time to make these women feel brave and beautiful. Read more>>

David Welker

I’m the lead pastor of a local church in Urbana, Ohio called the Crossway Vineyard. As a local church we support organizations that bring life to our community. Some of those organizations are Safe Harbor, which is an organization that empowers women toward healing and equips them with life skills and quality living. Read more>>

Hernán Colmenero

The Institute for Ecology, Scholarship, and Health was established with the mission of facilitating environmentally conscious decision-making in institutions to promote health among their constituents. Our society grapples with systemic challenges that leave large segments of the population disconnected from essential information, Read more>>

Dahlia Canes

Dogs give unconditional love, which we are incapable of doing. Yet they are one of the most abused animals on the planet. They deserve to be served.Too many times they fall either int the wrong hands, become abandoned or abused. They have served their human counterparts for centuries, still have never been given their true place in our lives. Read more>>

Jeff Flathau

There are still people in our area who do not have enough to eat. We donate rice and beans to 2 ministries here, EDWARDS STREET MISSION and THE PETAL CHILDREN’S TASK FORCE. Read more>>