Henry Sy Quotes

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives.

HSNi Cares was established in 2010 with a mission to empower women and support children and families in need locally, nationally, and globally.

My fans are indulging in social welfare activities from time to time and have also been helping economically backward students.

I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond their control. They feed these children, clothe them, and teach them to read.

My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.

I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.

I spent five years working very hard to develop a relationship with the veterans' service organizations. We have together worked some major projects.

I did most of my volunteer work when I was in college because I knew of more ways to get involved. In high school, we'd do things like, there was a homeless shelter near our hometown and our church group decorated one of the rooms. In college, I was in a sorority, and we did a lot of things, like pick up trash on the highway.

I'm honored. Really honored that the Red Sox have asked me to possible be on the board of the Red Sox Foundation and do some stuff on their charitable works that they are so passionate about.

A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.

Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue.

Society’s willingness to provide for the poor among them increases when the standard of living is advancing.

In order to advance the public weal efforts should be made to afford work to every able-bodied citizen on terms that will secure his existence… Any person unable to support himself or his dependants shall, where no other person is responsible for his or their maintenance, be entitled to receive public assistance …

The institution of such supervisatory control and surveillance over the now low orders of society as shall compel them to industry, and provide for the helpless, and thus banish those institutions of pauperism and beggary which are fastening upon the vitals of society, and are so prolific of crime and suffering in certain communities.

It should not be a favor to provide a kindergarten to a community, nor a playground. To win hearts and minds — you are not going to buy that with a soccer field, for goodness sake. This should go without saying.

Fueled by the kindness and generosity of strangers, 'Food for the Poor' builds houses for people.

I love representing WWE, like, with Make-A-Wish, Be a STAR, Special Olympics.