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“Firefighters ROCK” Screamed Signs at Homemade Parade Honoring Colorado Firefighters
Pine Junction, Colorado- On June 24th, 2000, citizens saluted firefighters with a hometown parade honoring their bravery and hard work.
Children rode bicycles with signs...
Fishermen Take Lead in Helping Endangered Whales
The decades-old saga of the endangered Northern right whale has long stranded animal welfare advocates and the lobstermen on opposite shores of Cape Cod...
Man Wins Lottery and Gives it all to Charity
A Canadian man who won $1 million in a lottery for charity plans to give it all back. “I bought a ticket for $100,...
Youth Volunteers Deliver Caring Friendships to Armenian Elderly Shut-Ins
An Armenian Red Cross project to help elderly refugees has resulted in some unexpected friendships. The Psycho Social Care for Elderly Refugees project, started...
Old Enemies Turn Into New Heroes During Floods
Some good came out of the flooding that swept through Mozambique in 2000. At the same time as marooned Mozambicans on high ground were...
Cancer and Christmas Both Begin with C
We can even use holidays to enrich the soul and strengthen it for harder times, so that when those times come, as they will...
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...
Golf Courses Drop Manicured Look to Reduce Environmental Harm
50% drop in Herbicide Use; 90% Decline in Insecticides Concerned about the environmental hazards of landscaping chemicals used to achieve a typical golf...
Tour de Lance!
Paris - Lance Armstrong became the second U.S. cyclist ever to win the Tour de France and wear the coveted yellow jersey to victory...
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...
Largest Remaining Grove of Ancient -Redwoods Saved for Future Generations
Hours before the final deadline, Pacific Lumber agreed to accept federal and state funds totaling nearly a quarter billion dollars in exchange for the...
Retired Parking Meters Raise Funds for Rainforests
Many people would be willing to donate a quarter for wildlife conservation, reckoned Norman Gershenz, a conservation biologist at San Francisco State University.
Gershenz talked...
Endangered Woodpeckers Protected by Paper Company
International Paper announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved its habitat conservation plan for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. This plan is the...
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...
A Message For Christmas: Find the Star Within
With so many things to do in the holiday season, it is difficult to stay in the moment, to take time to really BE...
All the Good Things About You
He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear...
Wildlife Thrives in Restored Chicago Wetlands
The northwest corner of Chicago, framed by the lanes of traffic along Interstate 94 and State Route 14, seems an unlikely address for wildlife....