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CARE Comes to Rescue: Builds Tremor-Proof Homes in India
CARE and The Federation of India’s Chambers of Commerce have joined forces on one of the biggest rehabilitation projects since a devastating earthquake ripped...
Shoe Stores and Basketball Coaches Donate Loads of Sneakers to Poor Kids
Inspired by compassionate college basketball coaches and retail sales struggles, companies are donating millions of pairs of shoes to help children in impoverished countries.
After food, clean...
Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes
Today was an interesting day. The phone had rang last night and told me where to go.
The program was teaching disabled children how to...
A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work
Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
Michigan CEO Splits $128Mil Among Employees
Workers in Belleville, Michigan will never forget hometown businessman Bob Thompson, who sold his successful asphalt paving business for $422 million.
He paid the taxes...
Airman Finds and Returns $9,000 in Cash
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Good guys still exist, and one of them is an airman from the 25th Intelligence Squadron here, who recently returned...
29 Year-Old Single-Handedly Raises Relief Supplies for Hurricane Victims
Esther Stevens’ dining table in Colorado Springs, CO, has become a makeshift operations center for getting aid to the victims of Hurricane Mitch.
“I’ve never...
She Invested $60,000 and Seven Years of Her Life to Free a Stranger From Prison
A 68-year old New Jersey widow was so convinced of a young man’s innocence after reading a news account of his murder conviction that...
Give a Gift That Will Feed Hungry Kids For Years To Come
Do you want to give an imaginative gift and feed hungry children in Chicago or Shanghai at the same time? Now you can give...
UPS Sends Senior Managers Into Hell’s Kitchen to Help Poor
Call it a crash course in “The Shocking Facts of Life 101”, when United Parcel Service executives from around the country are air-dropped into...
Operation Smile Turning Disfigured Faces into Smiling Faces
In 16 years, Operation Smile has treated over 45,000 children and young adults with deformities in the U.S. and abroad, offering hope and changing...
Nursing Homes: Transforming Homes for the Dying into Homes for the Living …the Eden Alternative
When Bill Thomas graduated from Harvard Medical School he had no intention of working in a nursing home -- too depressing. “I went out...
Giant Corporations Invest in Child (and Elder) Care
AT&T, IBM, Texaco, Aetna, Xerox, Citibank and other leaders of business are finally recognizing the problems families face while trying to juggle child care,...
CEO Doesn’t Move Factories Overseas
An American Success: The Man Who Did NOT Move the Factories Overseas Harman International’s founder, and CEO Sidney Harman has proven that you CAN...
Swans Follow Plane to Learn Migration Route
The Trumpeter Swan, native to the Atlantic seaboard for thousands of years, was killed by settlers in such numbers that by 1932 only 69...
Corporations Mimic Rainforest Efficiency While Creating Profits
In natural systems like rainforests, one creature's waste is another's food, and virtually nothing is lost forever. Contrast this highly efficient natural system with...
Firefighters Welcome Gang Members
In a Los Angeles neighborhood full of gang activity, where bullets sometimes fly, Fire Station No. 68 serves the community of central Los Angeles,...
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
When the Europeans arrived in North America every fourth tree in the Eastern deciduous forest was an American Chestnut Castanea dentata. They were massive:...
Service Animals Help Mentally and Emotionally Challenged to Function
AIRMONT, N.Y. -- When Micky Niego knew she had to go out in public, the fear and stress could bring on a severe asthma...