You Don’t Have to Do Everything to Make a Difference | Sparkles Foundation

Child hunger, human trafficking, foster care, displacement from war, and children living without basic necessities can feel like problems far too big for one person to solve.

But making a difference doesn’t require solving everything.

Sometimes, it starts with simply deciding to do something.

In this episode of The Glamorous Grind, employment attorney Mila Arutunian and family law specialist Ilona Antonyan sit down with Kathy Kassardjian, founder of the Sparkles Foundation, to discuss how her decades of humanitarian work inspired her to create a nonprofit focused on helping vulnerable children in San Diego and around the world.

Kathy shares how Sparkles Foundation supports children affected by human trafficking, poverty, displacement, food insecurity, medical needs, and other difficult circumstances.

She also discusses why transparency matters when donating, how donors can choose where their contributions go, and why volunteering your time, skills, or resources can be just as valuable as making a financial donation.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The mission behind Sparkles Foundation
• Helping vulnerable children in San Diego and abroad
• Human trafficking awareness
• How children can become vulnerable to trafficking
• Supporting survivors with housing, food, clothing, and emotional care
• Kathy’s decades of humanitarian work in Armenia
• Helping orphaned and displaced children
• Children affected by war and conflict
• Supporting children with medical needs
• Teaching children and grandchildren to give back
• Sponsoring children and helping provide food
• How Sparkles Foundation works with partner organizations
• How donors can know where their money is going
• Why charity transparency matters
• Red flags to watch for before donating
• How to evaluate a nonprofit organization
• The Sparkles Foundation annual fashion show
• Using fashion and community events to raise money for children
• How children can participate in philanthropy
• Ways to help besides donating money
• Why volunteering can make a meaningful difference