Amway One by One

At the heart of the Amway commitment of caring is the ONE BY ONE CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN®, created to help disadvantaged children around the world live, achieve, learn, and – of course – play. Since the program launched in 2003, we have partnered with employees and Amway Independent Business Owners to help more than 10 million children. Together, we’ve logged 2.7 million volunteer hours, and raised $190 million dollars for children’s causes worldwide.

Read more stories about the great philanthropic work of IBOs, IBOAI and Amway at Amway.net.

Amway in North America proudly supports:

Easter Seals Disability Services – Amway IBOs and employees are celebrating a 30-year relationship with Easter Seals in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean, volunteering at Disability Centers and on local Boards and walking and raising more than $30 million to help children and adults with disabilities.

Easter Seals provides exceptional services that are individualized, innovative, family focused, and tailored to specific needs that enable the disabled to learn, play, and work in their communcities.  At their 550 nationwide sites, the organization helps more than 1 million children and adults each year through services that include:   Autism; Children’s Services; Adult and Senior Services; Camps and Recreation; Medical Rehabilitation; Employment and Training; and Military and Veteran Support.

U.S. Dream Academy – Amway and IBO leadership have joined together to bring greater visibility and new funding sources to this growing organization that provides mentoring to at-risk children across the U.S.

The Dream Academy empowers kids who are the most at risk of incarceration to believe in themselves and succeed.  This after-school program focuses on breaking the vicious cycle of incarceration by giving children of incarcerated parents the skills and vision necessary to lead productive and fulfilling lives.

Operating in 9 cities, the Dream Academy has already helped more than 6.500 young people to believe they can overcome their circumstances through building skills and dreaming big dreams.  The program focuses on:  skill building; character building; and dream building.

Other national programs supported through the Amway ONE BY ONE CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN include the annual Today Show Toy Drive, The National Constitution Center, and disaster relief efforts.

Support your favorite One by One for Children organization online!

Support your favorite One by One for Children organization online!

February 23, 2012 1 comment

GREAT NEWS! You can make a donation to your favorite AMWAY ONE BY ONE FOR CHILDREN organization when you place an order through Amway.com. Simply search for the organization product page by entering it in the search box on the home page. Select the organization of your choice to your …Read Full Story

First Things First Foundation

First Things First Foundation

February 22, 2012 0 comments

From the Ground Up “When I came on board, there was no foundation.” Executive director, Marci Pritts, has been with the First Things First Foundation (FTF) ever since its inception in 2001. “I was the director of community relations for the St. Louis Rams. That’s how I met Kurt and Brenda,” …Read Full Story

Ron McCaslin

Ron McCaslin

January 9, 2012 1 comment

So Young, So Eager – “I just like to give back.” Ron McCaslin decided that he wanted to build houses when he was 12 years old – but not just any ordinary houses. His uncle, an Amway IBO, had told Ron about a trip he was taking to Guatemala through …Read Full Story

Shawn Patrick Degan

Shawn Patrick Degan

January 9, 2012 1 comment

Seeing Life Differently – Acquiring one’s first pair of glasses is usually a less than remarkable event, but when Shawn Patrick Degan was told he needed glasses, the whole course of his life changed in an instant. “I pretty much thought for most of my high school career and first …Read Full Story

Keep the Change – Angelo & Claudia Nardone

Keep the Change – Angelo & Claudia Nardone

August 2, 2011 3 comments

  Keep the Change! A stitch in time saves nine…an old adage that means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because if left undone, the need will only get greater. In his keynote address at Easter Seals’ 2010 Celebration of Giving; Easter Seals president …Read Full Story

Wife, mother, and champion of those with no one – Katie Solodyankin

Wife, mother, and champion of those with no one – Katie Solodyankin

July 28, 2011 3 comments

Katie believes she has a different perspective than most people in the U.S. She grew up in the Ukraine and moved to the U.S. in 1990. “What I notice that is different in the U.S., is that there are programs here to offer  hope and help people that are not available in other countries.” Katie …Read Full Story

Home Building Project

Home Building Project

March 10, 2011 0 comments

Habitat for Humanity Zacapa, Guatemala | February 16-23, 2010 “We welcome you here. Guatemala needs your hearts and your hands.” Estuardo Sosa, Administrator, Habitat for Humanity Zacapa Volunteers change lives As yet another wheelbarrow was filled with orange, craggy dirt, it was becoming clear that there wouldn’t be enough to …Read Full Story

Sun and Fun in Guatemala!

Sun and Fun in Guatemala!

February 23, 2011 0 comments

Lest the headline mislead you, this isn’t just a post about a mid-winter trip to a sunny tropical location for fun.  It’s much more than that! Most of our Ada-based team is back from the Habitat for Humanity/eFinity build in Zacapa, Guatemala.  Sun-tanned, yes – that happens when it’s sunny …Read Full Story

Building, Building, Building

Building, Building, Building

February 21, 2011 0 comments

Hola! from our guest blogger, Jesse Hertstein, Sr. Corporate Citizenship Specialist, on site in Zacapa, Guatemala. Today we added more dirt to the floors, added concrete columns to the houses, and built the walls higher. This meant more shoveling, more hauling, and more “bucket brigades” with the concrete. We also …Read Full Story

Working Together for the Benefit of Guatemalan Families

Working Together for the Benefit of Guatemalan Families

February 18, 2011 1 comment

Working Together for the Benefit of Guatemalan Families Amway IBOs and ABOs from the Caribbean, United States, Central America and  South America are in the remote Guatemalan village of Zacapa this week.  They’re there for a Habitat for Humanity build.  They’ve come to work; they’ve come to share.  In the …Read Full Story

Orlando garden is built with Magic!

Orlando garden is built with Magic!

November 23, 2010 0 comments

Boys & Girls Club member quotes: “I was inspired by my Granddad to help plant this garden.” ─ Jeremiah (Club member) “I’m planting because it saves the Earth!” ─ Destini (Club member) “I just planted an apple tree the other week, but my brother tore it out of the ground, so …Read Full Story

Tim Foley and friend.

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala – Join the build team!

August 19, 2010 12 comments

Amway and ex-NFL player Tim Foley pledge $750,000 for Guatemala homes. Music and smoke blasted onstage at Orlando’s Marriott World Center. It was the home coming event for eFinity. Amway Latin America and ex-NFL player Tim Foley, an eFinity leader,  announced a commitment of two gifts totaling $750,000 to Habitat …Read Full Story

Friending Latin America – Deatons & Jenkins

Friending Latin America – Deatons & Jenkins

August 13, 2010 2 comments

Dorsey and Pam Deaton IBOs since 1969 | Double Diamond Woody and Diane Jenkins IBOs since 1990 | Founders Emerald Throughout Latin America, thousands of children have received shoe boxes filled with simple supplies: sturdy shoes, clean socks, vitamins, toothbrush, toothpaste, and sometimes a toy. Thanks to Dorsey and Pam …Read Full Story

In it together.

Alain Guerin – Ain’t No Building High Enough

July 19, 2010 0 comments

Alain Guerin, IBO since 1995, Founders Platinum For Alain Guerin of Quebec, a good challenge equals great inspiration. So when he was invited to raise money for Easter Seals, he considered the upside first: helping people with disabilities live fuller lives. Then he considered the downside: rappelling a 26-story building …Read Full Story

Nick & Kristen Agneto – Building Homes and Building Lives

Nick & Kristen Agneto – Building Homes and Building Lives

July 8, 2010 0 comments

Nick and Kristen Agneto IBOs since 2006  In May 2007, Nick and Kristen Agneto led a team of 15 volunteers to build three houses in the Dominican Republic village of Nagua. In this coastal hurricane zone, the cement block homes provide more secure shelter than traditional wood-and-tin construction.  Nick credits …Read Full Story

Adrian Fenderson – A Healing Touch

Adrian Fenderson – A Healing Touch

June 23, 2010 0 comments

“When I do charitable work, it’s pure dentistry,” says Adrian Fenderson.

See What’s Growing

See What’s Growing

June 21, 2010 1 comment

Were you one of the more than 120 IBOs and their families who came to a Boys and Girls Club Positive Sprouts event in Philadelphia, Denver, Seattle or Grand Rapids?  Perhaps a friend or business associate of those IBOs?  Just curious about the program?  Browse through the growing Gardens photostream to …Read Full Story

XS Energy Drinks keeps everyone moving.

Kanti & Lata Gala – Walking in New York

June 17, 2010 0 comments

Our IBOs shone as people leading with their hearts, giving of their time and financial support to provide children a safe, stable environment in which to grow and learn.

Positive Sprouts – Philadelphia Garden

Positive Sprouts – Philadelphia Garden

May 17, 2010 0 comments

Great weather + excited kids + energized staff + much appreciated, hard-working Amway Global IBOs = our first and very successful Boys & Girls Club, Positive Sprouts Garden Build in Philadelphia.

One by One

One by One

May 17, 2010 0 comments

The One by One Campaign for Children focuses the efforts of Amway, its distributors, and employees on a single cause: improving the well-being of disadvantaged children. There are One by One programs in more than…