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Adolfo didn't know any English when he first came to Manchester. But at the Boys and Girls Club, he made friends, kept up with his homework and played sports. Now he's planning to go to college to get a teaching degree.

Anita from Manchester lost her job and her apartment after getting pneumonia. She was living in her car until Families in Transition helped her find a new apartment.

Sherry Gamble of Concord says she found help from a teacher who mentored her. Now, she mentors a young woman through The Friends Program because she knows how much it helps.

Jennifer Costa of Keene works with the Samaritans. After giving a suicide prevention program in a school, two students came up to talk. By opening up the discussion, they create opportunities to save lives.

Sydney Finkelstein is a professor in the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He spent several years looking at how businesses come to grief. His book, Why Smart Executives Fail, examines the causes of disaster and scandal in the business world and why often, it?s the best and brightest who get in the worst trouble. Included are studies of Tyco, Cabletron, and the Boston Red Sox. The two former top executives at Tyco are currently on trial, charged with grand larceny, enterprise corruption, violations of state business law and falsification of business records.