Making a Difference on NBC Nightly News

As Brian Williams, Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News and Rock Center explains, the "Making a Difference segments have become a signature of the broadcast. They adhere to a simple goal of highlighting the good works being done across the country and around the world." On Chelsea Clinton joining the broadcast to report on these stories, Williams has said, "We are so excited she's joining us to tell the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things."

The Feed Foundation

The FEED Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to ensure nutritious school meals for all children as a first step to improving the global food system. In partnership with FEED Projects, LLC, the FEED Foundation has provided over 50 million school meals to children in the developing world through the United Nations World Food Progam school feeding operations.

CNN Heroes

The CNN Heroes campaign shines a spotlight on "everyday people changing the world."

Doing Good Together

We love this organization and its mission! The idea behind Doing Good Together is to inspire, encourage and equip families to volunteer together, to spend time with loved ones while also helping the larger world. In the process, we raise children who are compassionate, aware of social issues, and are instilled with the lifelong habit of giving. DGT provides hands-on tools specifically for parents, and also teaches organizations how to more effectively engage families in service.

Urban Zen Foundation

Disappointed by the current state of healthcare after spending years at her husband's bedside in and out of the hospital for lung cancer, fashion designer Donna Karan founded this non-profit committed to improving the healing and treatment experience for patients and families.  Urban Zen aims to integrate Western medicine with Eastern healing techniques, and also connects, creates and collaborates with others in order to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of healthcare, the preservation of cultures, and empowering children.

The White Ribbon Alliance

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international grassroots coalition which pushes for change to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for women and newborns around the world.  The White Ribbon Alliance influences policies, harnesses resources, and inspires action to save the lives of women and newborns around the world.

Canyon Ranch

Canyon Ranch has been at the forefront of expanding the concept of a health resort by introducing a comprehensive professional approach, with a staff that includes registered dieticians, board-certified physicians, exercise physiologists, licensed therapists and other highly skilled, caring staff in order to provide guests with every possible resource. Their mission is creating environments that promote health and the highest enjoyment of life for all people.

Heart MD Institute

Heart MD Institute is an educational web platform containing news, inspiration, and information on healthy living.  Making use of both conventional and alternative medicine, the articles and videos on the website are based upon the work of Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.N., C.N.S., C.B.T.  Dr. Sinatra is a board-certified cardiologist, certified nutrition specialist, certified bioenergetic psychotherapist, anti-aging specialist, and long-time friend of the Good for You Network!

Ultraprevention

Created by two physicians who both survived catastrophic illness, the Ultraprevention program is designed to work for absolutely everyone – old, young, healthy, sick or somewhere in between.  Visit the website for information on preventing disease, or just pick up the book, Ultraprevention, by Dr. Mark Liponis, Medical Director of Canyon Ranch, and Dr. Mark Hyman, Former Co-Medical Director of Canyon Ranch.

Yahoo! Health

Medical dictionary, disease symptoms and treatments, resources for healthy living, and information on drugs and medicines.

Organic Soul/ South Florida Health Coaches

Odette Worrell and Michelle Kramer, both members of South Florida Health Coaches, blog about some of the most interesting and useful aspects of Integrative Health and nutrition.  These friends of the TGFY Network update their blog frequently with tips on simple, easy ways to improve one's health and well-being.

Jill's List

On this newly developed site, you can find a practitioner, review your practitioner, recommend a treatment, and browse the conditions and treatments database to learn about how others are approaching a particular healthcare issue or wellness program.  Jill's List is a community primarily focused on Comprehensive Health, meaning it embraces the use of the least invasive (yet effective) treatments for health conditions, and encourages a focus on healthy eating, healthy living, and a personal routine for living well. 

Consumer Reports

At TGFY Network, we like that Consumers Union- an independent, non-profit organization- has no ties or affiliations to any particular companies or brands, and we are therefore confident that the information they publish in Consumer Reports is non-biased.  The mission of Consumers Union is "to empower consumers to protect themselves."

Fast Company

Fast Company is where we at TGFY Network go to find out about the latest and greatest innovations in business and technology.  Here we can read about the things companies are doing to improve themselves and to move towards more sustainable practices. Written for, by, and about the most progressive business leaders, Fast Company inspires readers and users to think beyond traditional boundaries, lead conversations and create the future of business.

NY Times: Living with Less- Survival Strategies

This is a unique and interesting resource because it's a place where everyday people have posted their own simple tips for surviving the recession.  You can see what has worked for other people... you might actually learn something useful!

Parenting- The Home of Parenting and Baby Talk

Parenting Magazine has long been the premier magazine for moms looking for honest, real-world advice on raising children; it also strives to provide the emotional support moms need to enjoy their full lives.  Expectant mothers and new parents will also enjoy Babytalk.  Information for both audiences can be found on their full-featured, information-packed educational website.

Parents Connect

At TGFY Network, we really like this company's motto: "We're not pefect. We're parents."  How refreshing!  The website was actually created by Nickelodeon, an authority on what kids like.  The website states, "At ParentsConnect we don't believe that parenting is a science. There's no one way or right way to do it. So while we might not have all the answers, we can try to support you and help make your life a little easier. We provide parents with daily tips, recipes, activities, product recommendations and expert (but nonjudgmental!) parenting info... and family-friendly resources in your area. We also want you to share your parenting expertise by submitting your own tips..." 

Parenting.org

This is from the folks at Boys Town.  Basically, they've put together everything they've learned (and they're constantly learning more and updating the site accordingly) about caring for children and families over the past 90 years and adapted it and made it available to all parents via this website.

Celebrity Health and Fitness

Celebrity Health & Fitness is a health, fitness, fashion and lifestyle Web magazine based in New York City. It publishes in-depth features and daily updates on news, opinion and gossip involving celebrity health, fitness, beauty, diet and fashion tips and secrets.

Unfinished Business

Lee Kravitz's first book -- the highly acclaimed memoir UNFINISHED BUSINESS: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things -- chronicles the journey he took to reconnect with his life after he lost his job as editor-in-chief of Parade in October 2007. This journey is also the topic of the blogs he writes for Psychology Today and his own website. In his book, Kravitz tells his whole story -- it begins with his unexpected departure from Parade and his subsequent realization that he had allowed work to distance him from everything important in his life, including his friends, family and ideals. He commits himself to a year of closing circles and making amends. "All of us have unfinished business." he writes. "It can be a friend we lost touch with or a mentor we never thanked; it can be a call we meant to make or a pledge we failed to honor. It can be a goal we lost sight of or a spiritual quest we put on hold. Too often, life takes over and pushes the experiences that might enrich, enlarge or even complete us to the bottom of our to-do list." On his website, Kravitz, a friend of the Good for You Network, offers extensive tools for readers who want to address their own unfinished business.

Psychology Today

Psychology Today is devoted exclusively to our favorite subject: ourselves!  The publication has been around since 1967 and it covers all aspects of human behavior and mental health, including the bonds between people and the larger cultural forces that drive our most intimate decisions.  We like the website because it is actually a collection of over 600 blogs written by the leading academics, clinicians and authors in the field!  The accumulated knowledge bank represents the largest archive of its kind in the world.  We find the Relationships section to be especially helpful.

The Daily Green

The Daily Green is a great resource for up-to-date news on the environment and on what people are doing to live "greener" lifestyles.

Mother Nature Network

The mission of Mother Nature Network (MNN) can be found at the top of every page on their site:  “Improve Your World.”  But while many sites limit “your world” to only "your planet,” MNN defines it in much broader terms. Just as your world encompasses many different aspects—your family, your health, your lifestyle, your business, your community……AND your planet—so too does MNN.  MNN  provides up-to-date news and information on a broad scope of environmental and social responsibility issues, in a way that is engaging and easy-to-understand. 

Working for Green

Friends of TGFY Network, Working for Green believes every individual has the ability to make simple changes in their daily life that will help improve the environment, without needing to rely on government or corporate assistance.  Their website is full of inspirational success stories, many in the form of video, about people making a difference in the world.

Green America

Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. (They went by the name "Co-op America" until January 1, 2009.)  Their mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.