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Jobs, Not Jail: A Judge Was Sick of Sending Kids to Prison, So He Found a Better Way

By the year 2000, Judge John Phillips had long since lost count of the number of minors he had sent through the California penitentiary...

Falconry Saves Man from Life of Crime, Now he Helps Birds and At-Risk Youth Take flight

In spending his twenties dealing drugs in southeast Washington D.C. during the crack epidemic, Rodney Stotts would be the last person one would imagine...

10-Year-old Gives the Gift of Art to More Than 1,500 Kids in Shelters and Foster Care During Quarantine

Chelsea Phaire and her nonprofit, Chelsea's Charity, has helped to give away more than 2,000 boxes of art supplies to kids in shelters and foster care.

More Schools Are Being Gifted Free Washing Machines From Whirlpool So Kids Don’t Skip School

Dozens of US high schools are being gifted free dryers and washing machines from Whirlpool so all of their students have access to clean clothes.

School District Turns Unused Cafeteria Food into Take-Home Meals for Kids in Need

This school district from Indiana has come up with a brilliant solution for both food waste and student hunger.

Watch Baseball Playoff Winners and Celebrities Play Ping-Pong in Dodger Stadium to Lift Kids From Trafficking

LISTEN to this story in our podcast, told by The Good News Guru (the GNN Founder) on Friday’s radio broadcast with Ellen K on KOST-103.5 — Or, READ the story below… (Subscribe...

At This Summer Camp, Kids And Cops Build Bonds For Better Communities

The “arts and crafts” program at this California summer camp features the art of building relationships between cops and communities, and crafting a brighter...

Young School Kids Join “Gentlemen’s Club” to Turn into Polite Young Men

These elementary students are learning more than just the “three Rs” — reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic. Add a fourth one: Respect — they’re learning...

Best Class in Chicago Invites Dogs to Read With Kids

Dog really has always been man’s best friend – and apparently best teacher too. 10 different elementary schools in Chicago are being visited by some...

‘Guitars Over Guns’ Keeps Kids Off Mean Streets With Celebrity Jams

Chad Bernstein, a premiere Latin, funk and jazz artist, has played with the likes of Shakira, Pharrell, Jennifer Hudson and Pitbull. But most notably he...

$2.4 Million Given to 8 Groups Helping Kids Thrive in Inner Cities

For their innovative strategies to help mold positive youth, eight organizations that mentor urban youth in six cities will share grants totaling $2.4 million. The...

At-Risk Philadelphia Teens Shatter Expectations – 98% Going to College

A commencement ceremony recently celebrated 39 high school students who beat the odds. All these teens thrived given free tuition from Girard College (a...
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Orchestra Keeps Kids In Tune and Off the Streets (Video)

1000 at-risk kids from the streets of Miami are given an alternative to drugs and gangs, with free musical training in The American Children's...
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2 Ex-Beatles Encouraging Troubled Kids to Meditate

More than 40 years after they traveled to India to study transcendental meditation, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite in New York City...
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Disabled Veterans Serve in New Mission Tutoring Disadvantaged Kids

Amidst the flood of young disabled veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a group of older veterans organized themselves to help ease the return...

At-Risk Teens Care for Homeless Dogs

Kids caught in the juvenile detention system in Albany, Georgia, have a chance to change their outlook on life by caring for and training...

8 Stories of Cops Being Absolutely Awesome in 2015

From coaching little league to handing out gift cards to strangers in need, these officers made us freeze, put our hands above our heads, and...

Police Fight Crime in Chicago by Coaching Youth Baseball

In one of the city’s roughest neighborhoods, police are dropping their guns and batons and picking up bats and balls in an effort to...

Prisoner in ‘Dirtiest Jail’ Rehabilitates Fellow Inmates with Recycling Program That Unites Prisoners

In Panama, prisoners are rehabilitating their behavior and the nation's rainforests at the same time through a plant nursery and recycling program supported by...

Check Out the 21 Winners of GNN’s 25th Anniversary Book Giveaway for Mental Health Providers

I announced last month that Good News Network was giving away 2,500 free books for our 25th anniversary—and it took many weeks to read...