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By Carolyn Bolton • Dec 06,2022 Culture, Leadership

After Infertility and Miscarriage, These Celebrities Found ‘Hope’ and Healing in Adoption

National Council for Adoption earlier this year at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., hosted its quinquennial gala, featuring headliners who shared their adoption stories—stories that, coincidentally, share a common thread:...

By Carolyn Bolton • Feb 16,2022 AF Community, Culture

Five Enduring Lessons From the World of Figure Skating

Washington, D.C. doesn’t often get a cold snap strong enough to freeze portions of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown. When the temperature does drop enough to freeze parts of the...

By Carolyn Bolton • Dec 22,2021 Culture, Leadership

Five Ways to Manage Your Grief This Holiday Season

“Hercules.” It’s the word I pulled during a game of Taboo in 2011, exactly one week before Easter Sunday. I had recently moved to southern California for a journalism fellowship...

By Carolyn Bolton • Aug 30,2021 AF Community, Culture

Why Middle Class Americans Aren’t Giving to Charity

Fewer middle and low income Americans are donating their hard-earned dollars to charity compared to wealthier Americans, a concerning trend that should serve as a wake-up call to established philanthropists,...

By Carolyn Bolton • Jul 08,2021 AF Community, Leadership

How a Lost Love Taught Me the Value of Money

Five bucks. That’s what my beloved Josh put on the offering plate when visiting a friend’s church years ago. It’s not a lot of money, but it was a lot...

Author: Carolyn Bolton

After Infertility and Miscarriage, These Celebrities Found ‘Hope’ and Healing in Adoption

Five Enduring Lessons From the World of Figure Skating

Five Ways to Manage Your Grief This Holiday Season

Why Middle Class Americans Aren’t Giving to Charity

How a Lost Love Taught Me the Value of Money