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How A Caring Teen Ensured Cozy Bedtimes For 180 Foster Kids
A high school senior’s simple idea is making nighttime less lonely for dozens of foster kids in California’s Central Valley.
17-year-old Conner Johnson decided to...
“Man Therapy” Uses Humor To Target Serious Mental Health Issues For Bros (WATCH)
Ironic, yes, but also potentially life-saving.
Dr. Rich Mahogany, a fictional therapist with a mental health message for men only, uses ‘bro’ humor to make...
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...
Gift For Families Dealing with Cancer: 6000 Healthy Take-Home Meals
Getting dinner on the table after a busy day can be a chore–serving healthy food, an even bigger challenge. Now, imagine trying to do...
For Every Product Sold, This Company Picks Up Trash— 124 Tons So Far
The products it sells aren’t so unusual—shirts, bags, coffee mugs, and outdoorsy stuff. The unique part of this business is the stellar service it...
Human Library Lets You Check Out People, Aims to Foster Diversity
Don't judge a book by it's cover... especially if they can talk.
The Human Library based out of Denmark lets people check out “interactive books”...
This Yoga Class Leads Inmates to Find Freedom From Within
There’s nothing like a little time on the yoga mat to take you away from it all—especially behind prison walls, where that goal is...
Wal-Mart Pledges $25Mil to Disaster Recovery on Katrina Anniversary
In observance of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Walmart Foundation announced that they will be making a $25 million commitment over a...
Navajo Lady Delivers Water 75 Miles Every Day to Homes Without Plumbing
The Navajo call Darlene Arviso “the water lady,” because for six years she's delivered this liquid luxury to families in 250 homes that lack indoor plumbing.
Arviso fills two 55-gallon blue...
Connecticut Becomes 1st State to End Chronic Homelessness Among Vets
Connecticut officials announced Thursday they had become the first state in the nation to provide housing for every one of its chronically homeless veterans.
The achievement marks...
Retirement Home For Unwanted Senior Pets Offers Love In Final Years
If you’re over the age of ten and you’ve got a tail to wag, then you’ve got a friend at House With A Heart Senior...
Dad Recycles Old Crayons Into New Ones for Schools, Hospitals and Art Programs
No young artist can resist the crisp, new box of crayons that back-to-school season so often brings, but not every little artist has access to them.
When...
She Sold Late Husband’s Lamborghini, Raised $500K for Suicide Prevention
A California widow has parted with one of the last tangible reminders of her husband, who took his own life, so she might help save...
UPDATE: City Police Have Brought 109 Addicts to Rehab, Instead of Jail
More than 100 people have taken advantage of a Massachusetts police department’s offer of rehabilitation, instead of arrest, for turning in their heroin.
Gloucester Police...
New Oyster Colony Takes Hold to Help Clean New Jersey Water (WATCH)
Environmentalists are re-establishing an oyster colony at Barnegat Bay in New Jersey.
“The goal of the colony is to help improve water quality in the...
Young Sisters Raise $650,000 Folding Origami to Build Wells Across World
Normally, paper and water create a soggy mess, but add origami to the mix and you get clean water flowing through the hearts of two sisters and 70 newly...
The Harvard Graduate Finding Tech Jobs for World’s Poorest People
A Harvard graduate has started a non-profit organization to find low-level tech jobs for the world’s poorest citizens.
Leila Janah started Samasource—Sama is Sanskrit for “equal”—as an...
This is the 10th Summer Warren Buffett Has Donated Over $1Bil to Charity
Warren Buffett’s summer tradition of giving continued with a gift of $2.8 billion to foundations that work on global health, college scholarships, poverty and...
Fun Froggy Sink Could Save Kids’ Lives in Places Where Sanitation is Lax
Any parent who’s ever flown a spoon-shaped “airplane” into a baby’s mouth knows that sometimes, to get kids to do what’s good for them,...
World’s First Malaria Vaccine Approved – and it Will Be Not-for-Profit
The world's first malaria vaccine has been given approval by a European medical agency for future use in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than a...