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New U.S. Plan for Solar Power Will Light Up Low-Income Homes
The White House has unveiled a new solar power initiative that promises to expand solar energy to slow-income communities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...
How Slowing Down Can Make Room for Kindness
Most of us are living on the fast track these days: talking fast, eating fast, driving fast, and generally moving fast. What a different...
High End Distillers Join the Fight Against Food Waste
Makers of high-end spirits are buying overripe, misshapen, and undersized fruit directly from farmers across America, doing their part to reduce food waste.
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Veteran Makes it His New Mission to Hand Out Hugs
An Iraq war veteran is on a different type of tour these days – traveling the country to find healing…through hugs.
Ian Cooke suffers from...
Ontario is First Region in North America to Curb Pesticide Blamed for Killing Bees
Ontario is making life sweeter for honey bees. The Canadian province will become the first jurisdiction in North America to limit bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides...
Teacher Sells Prized Toy Collection to Buy Wheelchair for Boy He Didn’t Know
A 4-year-old disabled boy is getting a specialized wheelchair, thanks to a generous stranger with an eBay account.
Logan Roninger, who has spinal muscular atrophy,...
DJ Takes Dying Dog on Bucket List Trip Across America (PHOTOS)
Most people know Neil Armstrong as one of Jay-Z’s former tour DJs and creator of the Dinner & A Mixtape series.
His friends know him...
After 2-Year Campaign, Lowe’s Falls in Line With Bee-Lovers
Environmentalists are praising the Lowe’s hardware chain for making a commitment to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides –a leading contributor to global bee declines – from...
Journey Drummer With ‘Open Arms’ Helps Fire-Weary High School Band
After he learned that fire shut down an Oregon high school band, destroying classrooms, uniforms, sheet music and instruments, the drummer for legendary rock...
Police Pull Family of Four From Car, Tuck Them In At a Motel
Tired from days on the road and trying to save money, Robert Wood’s family prepared for another night of sleeping in their car. But...
Cheers For Good Deeds By Airlines to Rescue Stranded Travelers
When airport problems stranded a business traveler on the West Coast and a cheerleading team on the East Coast, good Samaritans at rival airlines,...
GoodSnitch App Makes it Easy to Show Gratitude for Great Customer Service
Feedback can be a scary word, especially for corporations that get an earful from their most furious customers, but what if there was an...
Shamed Boy’s Family Gets Minivan When Public Steps In to Defend
No good can come from publicly shaming a six-year-old boy. That's the lesson educators at Lincoln Elementary in Grants Pass, Oregon recently learned when the community stepped...
John Kitzhaber Grants Clemency to Gang Member Who Made Good in Prison
Before leaving office, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber is freeing a young prisoner, Sang Dao, a move that has enormous support from prosecutors, police, a...
Unsold Flowers Become Bouquets for Hospice Patients on Valentine’s Day
17 volunteers busily sorted through roses, carnations, lilies and other flowers Tuesday morning, discarding wilted plants, trimming stems, and arranging flowers into bouquets destined...
Love Letters Discovered at Thrift Shop Reconnect Dementia Patient With Her Past
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Sara Redlich was sorting the bins at a Goodwill store in Oregon when something stood out. A pile of love letters all written to...
Amazing Artist With Cerebral Palsy ‘Paints’ With a Typewriter
A man who lived with a severe disability for decades in an Oregon nursing home created a collection of amazing artwork using only a...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Our 2014 Top Photo Picks Confirm the Goodness of Humanity
18) Some Police Officers REALLY Do Care
An El Paso Police Officer helped out a homeless man in need during a December, 2013 snowstorm. According...
Portland Couple Uses Their Super Car Collection For Good
Cobra. Lamborgini. Maclaren. Ferrari. Porsche.
Kids in Oregon who are battling life-threatening illnesses get to choose which supercar they get to spend the day in,...