| Release Date | Commentary Title |  |
| 1/8/2001 | Girls' friendship bridges two continents
Each year, 11-year old Shannon invites friends to her birthday party and asks them to donate money for the child she sponsors. | |
| 1/15/2001 | AIDS - by the numbers
It's easy to get lost in the numbers. Let's never forget that there is a soul behind each statistic. | |
| 1/22/2001 | Keeping Dr. King's dream alive
Rev. Ewings has been part of a movement to bring together the churches of Albany, Georgia to meet the city's problems. | |
| 1/29/2001 | Congratulations, Mr. Bush. Don't forget the poor
In today's era of glbal markets, our neighbors include half the world's population who live on less than two dollars a day. | |
| 2/5/2001 | Teens and food go together
Last year, 600,000 kids in the United States did without food to raise more than $9 million to help alleviate hunger around the world. | |
| 2/12/2001 | While we were sleeping, a million children died
Our country's post-election drama taught us that every vote matters. Isn't it time that the life of every child mattered, too? | |
| 2/19/2001 | Cut, clarity, color, carat....and conflict
"Blood Diamonds" support brutal civil wars in Sierra Leone, Angola and elsewhere. | |
| 2/26/2001 | "Painter of Light" brings hope to children
Artist Thomas Kinkade sponsors children in Guatemala. | |
| 3/5/2001 | Being wise with charitable contributions
How do you know where your donations are going? Ask the charity. | |
| 3/12/2001 | Sometimes love is a handout; often it's a hand-up
Mary needed food for her children, but a volunteer helped her even more by working with the family to create a budget. | |
| 3/19/2001 | Earthquake is a local tragedy
With more than amillion Salvadorans living in the U.S., the January 13 earthquake which devastated that country hits close to home. | |
| 3/26/2001 | Global poverty should be high on Bush agenda
During the first 180 days of the Bush administration, more than 4 million children around the world will die needlessly. Shouldn't they be a top priority? | |
| 4/2/2001 | Diamond trade contributed to Congo's woes
The assassination last month of Laurent Kabila, leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), brings new attention to a war funded in part by the sale of blood diamonds. | |
| 4/9/2001 | Who is helping the poor?
Most American think it's important to help the poor. But who is actually doing it? | |
| 4/16/2001 | Tuna casserole for 1,000 people
Twin Cities teens are learning about world hunger while collecting food for their neighbors through World Vision's 30 Hour Famine program. | |
| 4/23/2001 | A disaster through the eyes of children
El Salvador's children describe what happened to their homes and lives as a result of a devastating January 13 earthquake. | |
| 4/30/2001 | God's letter to the church
What would God say to your church in a letter? Would He praise your generosity, or admonish you for complacency? | |
| 5/7/2001 | Children with no tomorrow, only today
We take for granted that taking our children to the doctor is a good thing. For thousands of Romanian children, the doctor's needle has proved deadly. | |
| 5/14/2001 | Mozambique woman's prayers reach 'ears of God'
Rosa didn't expect any help after her family lost everything in last year's devastating floods in southern Africa. When she ot it, she knew God had heard her prayers. | |
| 5/21/2001 | Helping young workers reclaim their childhoods
Around the world, some 250 million children are working full- or part-time- not just mowing lawns for pocket money, but doing hard, often degrading, working when they should be in school. | |