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Church Installs 6 Colorful Micro Homes in First Nashville Village for Homeless
Six brightly painted “micro houses” now populate the first Micro-home Village in Nashville, thanks to a church community’s relentless leader.
The shelters are only 60...
Humans of New York Raises $2M for Humans of Pakistan Living in Bondage
In just five days, a popular photographer has raised two million dollars to help fight an illegal practice that borders on slavery.
Brandon Stanton, who...
Skyrocketing Donations Save the First Spacesuit Worn on the Moon
When the Smithsonian Institution took the small step of launching a Kickstarter campaign to save the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the first moonwalk,...
Taylor Swift’s $50K Donation to Sick Girl Causes GoFundMe to Raise Limits
A pop star’s generous gift has inspired a popular crowdfunding site to change its tune when it comes to fundraising limits.
Taylor Swift donated $50,000...
Hundreds of Strangers Help Innocent Man After 24 Years in Prison
No amount of money could ever make up for 24 years of wrongfully imprisonment, but the financial support of hundreds of strangers can go a long...
Teen’s Device to Clear Plastic Garbage from Oceans is Almost Ready
Remember the teen who unveiled an ambitious plan to clean up the plastic floating in the world’s oceans? Well, his invention is set to...
Angry Birds App Helps Protect Real-Life Eggs of Endangered Species
Dozens of bird species across the South Pacific have been listed as endangered, or nearly so, after non-native rats began eating their eggs. The...
How This Smartphone Case Charges Batteries Out of Thin Air
How many times a day do you scramble around looking for a power cord and outlet to recharge your mobile phone? A new smartphone...
Man Builds Tiny House for Homeless Woman Sleeping in the Dirt (WATCH)
A 60-year-old homeless woman named Smokie has been sleeping outside in the dirt a few doors down from a man named Elvis Summers.
Most mornings,...
Man Creates ‘Shoes That Grow’ So Poor Kids Don’t Outgrow Them
If you were making a list of things that someone needed to survive and succeed in the world, well-fitting shoes wouldn’t be at the...
Honey on Tap Directly From Your Beehive Without Disturbing Bees
Veteran beekeepers are calling it "mindboggling." A father-son team in Australia invented the Flow Hive which allows users to collect honey on tap directly...
Too Big for a Flat, Fans of Esther the Pig Help Start Animal Sanctuary
Derek Walters and Steve Jenkins adopted a piglet whose owner wanted to give her up, under the mistaken belief that there was such a...
Dallas Café Cooks Up Second Chances for Young Offenders
Chad Houser is about to open a restaurant that takes kids released from jail and teaches them to play with knives and fire, sparking a...
Thousands Raised to Buy Car for Pennsylvania Sniper’s Lookalike
"Jim Tully's hours-long walks to and from his job in the Pocono Mountains, where he has been repeatedly stopped by police in a case...
Solar-Powered Pump Makers Want to Bring Clean Water to Millions Who Need It
An Austrian company, Pumpmakers, created a do-it-yourself solar water pump system with hopes of bringing clean and safe drinking water to the millions of...
Donations Pour in for Newlyweds Who Lost Limbs in Boston Attack
Donors have flooded crowdfunding campaigns set up for individual victims of Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon, raising more than $1 million in a...
Save A Farm Through GoFundMe
Crowdfunding has become to bypass old worn out methods of raising money. Innovators now finance films, video games, inventions, and much more through compelling...
Beautiful Wooden Pedestrian Bridge Was Crowdfunded When The City Couldn’t Pay
In Rotterdam, a new bridge connects two parts of the city that were previously cut off by roads with heavy traffic. The bridge is...