Service

While most young professionals spend their days holed up in cubicles, Jared Talarski, 29, has made a career captaining a schooner and lending a hand to those in need.
 
He spoke with YPNation about his sailing career and recent relief voyage to Haiti on the Liberty Schooner.
 
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It’s been one month to the day since mother earth’s voice vibrated through the capital of Haiti, and humanity banded together to muster support in the face of this boundary breaking natural disaster. As the chaos slowly settles, concerns are now arising about whether donations are reaching those for whom its intended. Cell phone companies have experienced backlash from costumers demanding that Haiti donation text message fees be waived. Financial institutions had a similar push back with online donation fees.Read more

A group of young professionals gathered last Thursday at a bar in New Canaan, Conn., to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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When disaster strikes, global citizens are moved to act. But how can one make a difference for those affected by a catastrophe as devastating as this week’s earthquake in Haiti?  Where does one even start?
 
While many are willing and able to volunteer today--ready to hop on a plane to Port-au-Prince and lend a hand however they are needed--the reality is there may not yet be appropriate ways for most people to pitch in, especially in the days immediately following a disaster of this magnitude.
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