Word: ding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...despite good publicity and enthusiasm from the volunteer participants, Ding says funding the group proved problematic...
Surprised by the pervasiveness of domestic violence against teenagers in the U.S., Ding in 1996 founded Friends and Shelter for Teens (FAST), the nation's first teen-founded and teen-run domestic violence prevention program...
...were spreading the message and talking a lot about teen crime, but we just couldn't make the bill," Ding says. "While people were very supportive vocally, when it came to opening up their pockets it was more difficult...
...around then that Ding happened to meet Cuong Lu, a professional model and actor who had founded Fashion for Shelter, a non-profit organization that raised money at fashion shows to support a shelter for battered Asian women...
...Like Ding, Lu had encountered difficulty fundraising...