Category: Stories of Impact

I was so grateful and thankful that ASSETS was able to approve me [for an ASSETS’ Emergency Fund loan] because this meant I could pay my rent, utilities, my one […]

Just wanted to inform you that I have received PPP finally. I would like to withdraw my application for the $5,000 grant from the Emergency Fund. At the beginning of […]

“I don’t know how I would’ve been able to navigate during this pandemic if it wasn’t for the team at ASSETS.” Laurie Newman, Owner, Cafe 301 Back in March – […]

ASSETS believes that well-rounded employees are better employees and that our passionate, innovative, committed team works their best when they have opportunities to refresh, revitalize, and reflect. In pursuit of […]

Just like individuals, B Corps have the greatest impact when they work in their specific areas of talent and passion. For Fig Industries, care for the community is job number […]

Business owners tend to approach B Corp certification along a spectrum of motivations: at one end is the desire to affirm values and goals that were already in place before […]

Lancaster Works selected as 2019 “Best for the World” Honoree. ASSETS’ for-profit social enterprise employment agency, Lancaster Works, has already worked its way to the top ten percent of all Certified B […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, Credit Analyst & Financial Coach at ASSETS For many of us, our credit score doesn’t begin to cross our minds until we become adults. Then, we […]

It’s usually evident when someone moves beyond simply working to finding and living out his or her true vocation. An undercurrent of purpose and passion runs just under the surface […]

By the time she arrived for her interview for this story, LaShonda Whitaker had already been in not one, but two fender benders—neither of which were her fault. LaShonda’s car […]