Making An Impact: Help a Kid Take the Leap from the Mean Streets of L.A. to a College Campus

October 28, 2009, The Huffington Post — When we launched HuffPost Impact, our new section devoted to service, causes, and giving back, I wrote about my longstanding (and, now, finally realized) desire to put the spotlight -- 24/7 -- on the work of nonprofit groups in a way that enables people to be inspired and immediately take action to address the urgent needs in our society.