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Holiday Fund: Overcoming adversity, transforming lives

Original post made on Dec 14, 2014

Both of Mark's parents suffered from serious mental illness: his mother from schizophrenia and his father from bipolar disorder. Between his mother's frequent hospitalizations and his father's extreme mood swings, there was a persistent feeling on Mark's part of depression and loneliness.

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Posted by Chuck Hagel
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 14, 2014 at 8:59 pm

We should not forget that giving to plain old charities instead of organized philanthropies is something that we as a society have a responsibility to follow. I stumbled upon this piece written by a real estate developer of all people, explaining the difference between the two.

This article with a link at the top struck me as a promotional piece for a specific philanthropy that is tied to this publishing company. Not quite as independent as you would want it to be.

Mr. McNellis nailed the point.

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Thank you.

CH
Atherton


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