GIG IN THE NEWS



KYNO 940AM Live Talk Radio (Fresno, Calif.), June 30, 2011

LISTEN: Interview with Toan Lam

Bill McEwen, host of radio show Straight Talk, interviewed Toan about Go Inspire Go's genesis and future.




USF Magazine, Summer 2011

READ: Inspiring Change

Toan Lam feature article in University of San Francisco alumni magazine about Go Inspire Go's successes and future.




"ABC News Now" & "Good Morning America," Dec. 29, 2010

WATCH: Go Inspire Go and Inspiring Acts

Toan Lam interviewed on ABC News early morning network morning show about Go Inspire Go's successes and recent partnership with Yahoo!'s Inspiring Acts for Year in Review 2010.




Yahoo! Front Page, Dec. 5, 2010

READ: Yahoo! 2010 Year In Review Blog – Inspiring Acts

Toan Lam was selected to be the sole reporter to develop, vet, report and write 10 blogs for Yahoo! front page, Year In Review about the 10 inspirational people. This blog was published in conjunction with Yahoo!'s "How Good Grows: Ripples of Kindness" campaign.




KSRO News Talk 1350 AM (Sonoma County, Calif.), Aug. 24, 2009

"North Bay Trails" morning show anchor Curtiss Kim featured a radio segment highlighting GIG's accomplishments and successes.




ABC News, Good Morning America, Aug. 6, 2009

WATCH: An Angel in Queens

ABC network's early morning show, "Good Morning America," featured two GIG stories highlighting school bus driver, Jorge Munoz, who spends more than half of his $700 weekly salary on food to feed more than 150 hungry people at a subway stop every night. The world-wide community responded with donations and offers to replace his broken stove. The story went viral when "Good Morning America," "The Rachel Ray Show," and many multimedia outlets contacted us.




Yahoo! and AOL Front Page, July 29, 2009

READ: 5-Year-Old Helps Feed Nearly 18,000

Websites featured GIG's story about a preschool student, who raised over $4,000 to feed the homeless in San Francisco, CA. GIG's video inspired a total of $20,202 and a poultry company to donate 15 tons of chicken to the San Francisco Food Bank, resulting in 135,000 meals served.




News10 Sacramento (KXTV), April 1, 2009

WATCH: Good People - JFK Students

Local high school students motivated by a GIG produced story about homeless people living in a tent city outside of Sacramento, decide to raise funds for food and clothes for its residents. The students raised enough donations to purchase non-perishable items for several of the tent city families.