Every December, the Cove Street Capital team spends both time and money on behalf of a charity. This year we spent an afternoon at the Alexandria House, a transitional residence providing safe and supportive housing for women and children in the process of moving from an emergency shelter to permanent housing. We helped them prepare for an onslaught of 1,000 kids coming for Mrs. Claus and her gifts and were awed by the staff and its founding director, Judy Vaughan.

There are immense and truly difficult problems that perpetuate a vicious cycle for the many people who are less fortunate. These are day-to-day issues, far from celebrity pleas and fancy dinners. You should give large and give often: AlexandriaHouse.org.

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi