PHILANTHROPY M I S U N D E R S TO O D New book features 100+ stories of neighbors doing good YOU DON’T HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK big enough to get your name on a building to be a great philanthropist. Swiss Avenue neighbor Bob Hopkins assures us that philanthropy isn’t all about the money in his new book “Philanthropy Misunderstood.” “The purpose of the book is to redefine what people think of as philanthropy,” Hopkins says. “I had the idea that the richer you were, the greater philanthropist you were. I started a magazine and realized [there were people] not being featured because they didn’t have a lot of money to give, but they did thousands of hours volunteering. They did more than those who wrote the check.” Story by JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE | Photography by GABRIEL CANO
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february 2021
