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Police in Buffalo Create Special Unit to Serve City’s Homeless
Buffalo, New York is becoming a model for the nation, having already reduced its chronically homeless population by a whopping 90 percent in the...
Houston Slashed its Homeless Rate in Half in Four Years
The number of homeless people in Houston, Texas, has been cut almost in half over the past four years, as the city’s homeless advocates...
Man Takes Mobile Shower on the Road for Homeless People in Florida-WATCH
Drew Broderick knows how important a shower can be if you’re looking for work, or trying to keep your job, when you have no...
Twitter Opens $3M Community Center, Helps Poor Families Reach Goals
Tech-giant Twitter is taking some of its poorest neighbors under its wing by providing computer skills training at its new “NeighborNest.”
The social media titan...
Teen Wins Intel Prize for Keeping Airborne Germs From Spreading on Planes
Ever been afraid of catching someone’s cold or flu on an airliner while you’re breathing everyone else’s air? A 17-year-old Canadian teenager has invented...
Check Out the Surprising Products Being Made From Coffee Grounds
More and more, we’re seeing brilliant uses for household items once discarded as trash. You will never look at coffee grounds the same way...
Pharrell and Stars Donate $500K In College Scholarships to Low-Income Students of Color
The motto of the United Negro College Fund is: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in."
Top...
IKEA to Upgrade 10,000 Refugee Family’s Tents to Modular Solar Shelters
For years, millions of families seeking shelter from war and other turmoil have had to live in refugee tents made of little more than...
Diet May Cut Risk of Alzheimer’s by 50% (Long-term Study of 900 Seniors)
A hybrid version of the Mediterranean diet, nicknamed appropriately with the acronym MIND, could significantly lower a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according...
Teen Builds Excellent Tiny House, Donates to Homeless
After an arduous three-and-a-half-years building it in her California backyard, Kendall Ronzano is donating the excellent “tiny home” she started at age 16.
Last week,...
The 9 Orphan Siblings Who Raised Themselves Rather Than Split Up
When their mother Mary died during childbirth in a Charlotte, North Carolina hospital there was no one left to raise her nine children. "The...
Tasty Brownies Inside Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Are Also Saving the World
At Greyston Bakery located in one of the roughest neighborhoods of New York, they don’t hire people to bake brownies, they bake brownies to hire...
In a US first, New Orleans Finds Homes for All its Homeless Veterans
"More than 300 mayors have vowed to end military veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. New Orleans celebrated the new year by becoming...
After Decades Homeless, 11 Veterans Given Homes in Time for Holidays
A historic building in New Orleans damaged by Hurricane Katrina is being renovated and is now housing eleven formerly homeless veterans.
On the Friday before...
Empty Stockings Prompt Outpouring of Kindness for Many Families
For the past month, the Charlotte Observer has run a series of stories on particular struggling families that signed up to get toys from...
Innovative Austin Micro-village Will Rent to Homeless for $210 a Month
On Wednesday, an overflow crowd gathered at a groundbreaking for an innovative concept to take homeless people off of Austin streets. Alan Graham, president...
Homeless Are Cleaning Up Downtown as Part of New Program
For Marcellous McDonald trash collection is much more than helping keep the city clean. The former high school peer counselor who has been living...
Vancouver Benches Convert to Shelters
A Vancouver charity, RainCity Housing, is giving homeless people in this rainy city some dry coverage and a place to rest by converting city...
Inspired by Hometown Visit, Madonna Opens Her Wallet to Detroit
Excited by the progress she'd witnessed on a recent visit to Detroit, Madonna announced yesterday the" first phase of a long-term commitment" to help revitalize...
Gift Economy Takes Root in Vancouver – Cars, Cruise and Kayaks Given Away
Brice Royer was diagnosed with a rare type of stomach cancer and began looking for the cause. He decided that if his life were filled...