Press Coverage
My philanthropic adventures have caused me to run into the press quite often. I enjoy sharing my opinions of volunteerism with others, encouraging them to pursue a life of service.
August 31, 2018: Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund expires, but new fund may take its place
Using the Whole Whale Podcast: In Episode 92 of Using the Whole Whale, we talk to Craig Wiroll, the Gigabit Portfolio Manager with the Mozilla Foundation, about the Foundation’s work to save the Internet… and maybe all of the people that use it?
April 2018: Eugene Magazine: Tech in Eugene - Outgrowing “The Silicon Shire” to become a Gigabit City
February 2018: KLCC NPR: City Club of Eugene: Eugene as a "Gigabit" City: Mozilla Grantee Showcase
June 2017: KEZI: Mozilla Has Landed in Eugene
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Community service at UWM inspires White House intern
ABC News WBAY 2 - Sheboygan native participates in White House Internship Program
ABC News KEZI 9 - UO Student Helps Rehabilitate Elephants in Thailand
KEZI News story
University of Oregon - Around the O - Fellowship will fund internship at Thai elephant rehab center
Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee, WI covering a food sort hosted by the Center for Volunteerism and Student Leadership at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
CBS 2 Palm Springs - AmeriCorps Building Homes in the Coachella Valley
KPSP Ch. 2 Palm Springs, CA
Sheboygan Press - City Man Serving with AmeriCorps NCCC
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber -Volunteers descend on Camp Sealth for a month of outdoor work
Sheboygan Press - Letter to the editor: "Don't ignore the growth industries"
Volunteer Work
America Reads, 2008-09
Anacostia Riverkeeper & Ocean Conservancy, 2016
Animal Rescue Center, 2011
Arts Integration Conference Northwest, 2018
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee, 2008-10
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin: Tour de Fat, 2010
Boys and Girls Club Youth Baseball Coach, 2011
Brewers Community Foundation 5k Run, 2010
Camp Mendocino, 2011
Camp Sealth, 2012
Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, 2011
Community Shares, 2013-14
Corvallis Stone Soup Meal Program, 2011
Da Vinci Days Corvallis, 2011
FOOD for Lane County, 2014-2015
Growing Power, 2013-14
Hack for a Cause, 2018
Hack for Change, 2018
Heartland Humane Society, 2010-2012
Home Run & Walk for Foster Care, 2010
Hunger Clean Up, 2010
Hunger Task Force, Food Sorts, 2010
Joshua Tree National Park, 2011
Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (Great American Clean Up), 2008-2010
Lane STEM Advisory Council, 2017-18
Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute, 2012
Linn-Benton Food Share, 2010-11
Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center, 2010
Milwaukee Catholic Home, 2010
Milwaukee County Parks, 2010
Milwaukee Radio Alliance, 2008
Mozilla Global Sprint, 2018
Mushroom Festival Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 2011, 2014
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, 2012
Obama for America, 2008
Project Homeless Connect, 2010, 2011
Pet Rescue Center, 2011
Ride for the Arts, 2010
Sacramento Tree Foundation, 2012
Saturday Academy Tutor, 2008-09
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 2013
Scooter’s Garden of Hope, 2010
Silver Falls State Park, 2012
Spencer Butte Middle School, 2017-18
Tacoma Food Bank, 2012
United Way Day of Caring, 2011
United Way of Lane County, 2014-15
Urban Ecology Center, 2010-14
UWM Post, Writer, 2008
Vashon Community Care senior living center, 2012
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank, 2012
Victory Garden Initiative, 2014
Walk to End Alzheimer's, 2013
Wehr Nature Center, 2010, 2013
White House: My Brother's Keeper: What Works Summit, 2016
White House: South By South Lawn (SXSL), 2016
White House: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2016
Willamette Riverkeeper, 2014
Woodlake Elementary School, 2012
WUWM Public Radio, 2013
Social Media Prowess
I have been featured on the front page of both YouTube and Reddit. My YouTube account has 1.9 million views and, at one point, more views than both President Obama and Oprah Winfrey. #FunFacts