How Can I Help?

Caitlin McHugh Stamos
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Do you want to make a positive impact on the world, but don’t know where to start? Does learning about the challenges people face make you want to help, but you don’t know how? Do thoughts and prayers sound fine, but you think taking action is better? On this podcast, Caitlin McHugh Stamos finds nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who are making a positive impact in the world and she figures out how to help their causes. 

  1. Jul 1

    Help the Starfish Project

    Jenny McGee is the founder and CEO of Starfish Project, a nonprofit social enterprise that helps women escaping exploitation to build new futures through meaningful employment, education, and holistic care. For more than twenty years, Jenny has lived in Asia, where she and her team have had the privilege of walking alongside women as they discover their worth, develop their gifts, and achieve independence. What started as a small jewelry business around a kitchen table has grown into an international organization currently employing around a hundred women and creating opportunities for survivors to thrive. Jenny is passionate about using business as a force for good and believes that every person deserves the chance to pursue their dreams and reach their potential. When she's not leading Starfish Project, Jenny enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, running, and sharing stories of hope and transformation from the women whose lives inspire her every day. LINKS: starfishproject.com Discount Code: HELPER15 for 15% off

    18 min

  2. Jun 10

    Help Children Flourish with CHLA’s Literally Healing Program

    Mads Gobbo is the program supervisor of Literally Healing, an innovative literacy program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Mads worked in independent bookstores for a decade and is also a writer, illustrator, and teacher. She has published two books for children, one for adults, and is currently at work on a picture book. Links: https://www.chla.org/literally-healing

    22 min

  3. Apr 30

    Helping guide and protect you in the age of AI

    Catharina Doria is an AI ethicist, consultant, and content creator with an audience of more than 200,000 followers across social platforms.  Recognized in 2023 as one of the 100 Most Brilliant Women in Ethical AI™, she empowers people worldwide to understand artificial intelligence and protect themselves from its risks. She has spoken on global stages, including MIT Horizon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), TEDx, and Campus Party, sharing insights on #Tech4Good and digital safety. Fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and German, Catharina creates bilingual content that resonates with diverse audiences.  She earned a BA in Communication & Digital Media and a Master’s in Business Analytics & Big Data—both with honors from IE University in Spain. Now based in São Paulo, she blends expertise with creativity to inspire worldwide, guided by her motto: “making learning cool again!

    47 min

  4. Apr 14

    Help Conserve our Planet with Jason Wise

    Jason Wise is an outdoor and online (@jasonjourneyman) environmental educator, a Certified California Naturalist, native plant dad, and a proud tree hugger. He has a masters degree in environmental policy (MPP) and loves helping everyone see the beautiful diversity of our urban ecosystems that’re all around us so we will fight to repair and preserve them. After a mid-career burnout at a government affairs desk job, he pivoted to search for meaningful work outdoors.  Countless volunteer hours in plant and wildlife habitat conservation, as many local science classes he could fit into his schedule, and video making skills honed during the pandemic downtime, brought him to his current career as an environmental educator in person and on social media. Today he journey's around the western United States, documenting hopeful stories in nature and highlighting the conservation battles where our help is needed. He believes that by connecting to nature, we connect to ourselves and each other, which helps this world become a happier, gentler, more sustainable place. If you'd like more California Native plants, sent a two sentence email to D7Inquiries@dot.ca.gov (for LA) and Sustainability@dot.ca.gov (for the rest of CA). Links: Jasonjourneyman.com CivicSoul.org projectmonarchla.org Sierraclub.org Treepeople.org inaturalist.org nrdc.org give.nationalparks.org On Instagram @jasonjourneyman @blackforager, @mixerchristiannn @goldernstatenaturalist @queerbrownvegan @goldenstatenaturalist @civicsoulorg

    33 min
  5. Support the LGBTQIA+ Community with Andrew Levitt AKA Nina West

    09/23/2025

    Support the LGBTQIA+ Community with Andrew Levitt AKA Nina West

    NINA WEST (Andrew Levitt) He rose to international prominence on the 11th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Other notable credits include Weird: Tina Romero’s Queens of the Dead, The Al Yankovic Story (Divine), “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch” (Alice), and voiceover work for Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues,” “Baby Shark’s Big Show,” “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race,” the recent “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9,” “Drag Me To Dinner,” Bobby Moynihan’s “Loafy,” Hulu’s “The Bravest Knight”,  and documentaries Lady Like and Kings, Queens, and In Betweens. On stage, he starred as Edna Turnbald in the national tour of Broadway’s Hairspray The Musical. Nina has hosted events around the world. Of note: 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, Disney+ Pride Special, events at San Diego Comic-Con, and galas for SAGE and Bring Change to Mind, among others. His charitable foundation, The Nina West Foundation, has raised over $3 million dollars for charities in central Ohio and around the world. His first children’s book, The You Kind of Kind was published in 2022 by PA Press. Nina has performed with Kermit the Frog and The Muppets. It does not get better than that. Links:  https://www.ninawest.com/

    36 min
  6. Help Spread Kindness with Steven Sawalich

    09/16/2025

    Help Spread Kindness with Steven Sawalich

    Steven Sawalich’s latest work, Case for Kindness, is an award-winning documentary exploring the transformative impact of kindness on society and emphasizes its critical role in shaping our future. The film has earned over 75 awards worldwide. Sawalich is President & CEO of Articulus Entertainment, combines a passion for humanitarian work with a commitment to capturing emotionally compelling and thought-provoking human experiences on film. Under his leadership, Articulus has consistently delivered commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies, television shows, and original programming to audiences worldwide. His directorial debut was Music Within (2007), which won the Audience Award at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival and was distributed by MGM. In 2015, he launched Operation Change on the Oprah Winfrey Network, a documentary series featuring global changemakers like the Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton, and Elton John. His 2019 film Where the Light Shines followed two Afghan skiers striving for the Olympics and offered a rare hopeful look at Afghanistan. Sawalich has worked with numerous organizations, including Starkey Hearing Foundation, Eastern Congo Initiative, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Program, Sentebale, X-Prize, THORN, Virgin Unite, Special Olympics, and Clinton Global Initiative. Links: https://caseforkindness.com/ https://www.starkey.com/ https://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/ https://www.citizensofsound.com/

    26 min
  7. Help Rewire America with Stacey Abrams

    09/09/2025

    Help Rewire America with Stacey Abrams

    *Interview recorded in February 2025. Rewiring America is looking to electrify the country!  Whether it’s replacing your gas stove top, changing out your heat pump, adding a solar roof, or getting solar panels, going electric can save you money and save the planet.   Stacey Abrams is a New York Times bestselling author, business owner and political leader whose innovative approach has continued to break barriers and support transformational progress. She served as Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives, and she was the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in United States history. Abrams has launched multiple nonprofit organizations devoted to democracy protection, tackling policy issues and building a more equitable future. Abrams founded Sage Works Productions, Inc., a media company dedicated to leveraging the power of storytelling to craft creative solutions. Link: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ https://www.staceyabrams.com/

    27 min
  8. Help Habitat For Humanity rebuild after the Eaton Fire with Bryan Wong and John Stamos

    09/02/2025

    Help Habitat For Humanity rebuild after the Eaton Fire with Bryan Wong and John Stamos

    Habitat for Humanity has been helping to put roofs over people’s heads for decades and in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in January of 2025, CEO of Habitat for Humanity San Gabriel Valley has promised to build 200 homes for those fire survivors.  Caitlin and John Stamos recently volunteered at a build day and want to get more people involved in the many upcoming build days on the road to recovery for the Altadena area. Bryan Wong has been leading a team of 50+ individuals in the mission of building homes, community and hope in the San Gabriel Valley since April 2021. Prior to his role as SGV Habitat CEO, the Cal Poly Pomona graduate founded his own affordable housing nonprofit, The American Homeownership Foundation, served 10 years on the board of directors for Los Angeles Nation Bank, and on the Monrovia Board of Education for about 17 years – highlighting his greatest passions, education and homeownership. Link: https://sgvhabitat.org/

    28 min
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Do you want to make a positive impact on the world, but don’t know where to start? Does learning about the challenges people face make you want to help, but you don’t know how? Do thoughts and prayers sound fine, but you think taking action is better? On this podcast, Caitlin McHugh Stamos finds nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who are making a positive impact in the world and she figures out how to help their causes. 

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  • Creator
    Caitlin McHugh Stamos
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
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