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A personal exploration of generosity

August 5th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

Lawrence Scanlan spent a year exploring big questions about doing good

Can one person make a difference? When we write a cheque to a charity or volunteer at a food bank, we’re part of the solution—aren’t we? Author Lawrence Scanlan went looking for answers to those questions. He selected twelve different charitable organizations and spent a month in each, and what he discovered during his year-long odyssey was the new face of philanthropy—its players, its politics, its undeniable satisfactions and its fundamental perils.

We speak with Lawrence Scanlan about his book, A Year of Living Generously.

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