The greatest gift I have received from Share our Strength founder, Billy Shore—beyond his friendship—is his brilliant notion that creating community wealth is the most effective way to achieve lasting social change. Instead of relying exclusively on individuals to make charitable donations or on governments to make grants or subsidies (the two traditional—and self-limiting—means of fund-raising), Share Our Strength has encouraged the corporate community to create self-sustaining, for-profit businesses and programs that in and of themselves add consumer value, build business, and do the
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