You know the story. On a shoreline full of beached starfish, a young boy heaves a few back into the ocean. Someone comes along and asks why he bothers. Too many starfish, for such a weak effort to ...

You can’t possibly make a difference.” After thinking for a moment, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean. Then he turned to the old man.

For Marcy Patton, her 45-year career in the counseling field is all about the “starfish story” — making a difference, one ...

Inspired by the poem “The Boy and the Starfish,” adapted from an essay by Loren Eiseley, first-grade students in Kristi Nelson’s class at Bird Rock Elementary School are striving to make a ...