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Strangers Across the Country Help Dog Missing for 3 Years Get Home
A pit bull named Smoke is currently on a more than 2,500-mile journey home to California after disappearing three years ago and being found...
Obama Honors First President Bush as “Points of Light” Shine On
President Obama welcomed the man who launched the modern service movement, President George H. W. Bush, now in a wheelchair and 89 years old,...
How You Can Help Protect Endangered Frogs
You may have heard that frogs are in trouble, with about a third of the world's species currently threatened by a disease called chytrid...
A Human Corral Leads Baby Turtles to the Ocean
400 volunteers on the Caribbean island of Bonair ensure that each year the endangered loggerhead sea turtles hatching on the beaches make it safely...
Woman’s Vision for Peace Park Sealed With New Spinning Peace Wheel
A decade after Julie Caldwell had the initial inspiration to build a peace park in Elko, Nevada, the community is spinning the park's final...
River Cleanups Unearth Bottled Secrets
A man whose personal mission is to clean up the rivers of the United States has removed more than 7 million pounds of trash. By...
Young Immigrant in Wisconsin Changes Kids’ Fates in Nepal
Born in Nepal, but moved to Wisconsin in 2000 to attend the University in Whitewater, Ojash Shrestha found his true calling when he returned...
Gardeners Team Up to Grow 60,000 Pounds of Produce for New Mexico Food Pantries
In 2008 Leslie Davis suggested to her mother, a Master Gardener in New Mexico, that in addition to cultivating flowers for worthy causes, she...
Wedding Services All Conjured Last-Minute for Bride With Sudden, Severe Cancer
Proof that human kindness and generosity has not gone out of style, a wedding planner worked for weeks with volunteers and vendors in April...
Basketball All-Stars Show They Care With Day of Service
On Friday, Feb. 15, more than 1,500 members of the NBA family, including the NBA All-Stars, joined in service projects throughout Houston, including the...
Knights Of Malta Celebrates 900th Anniversary of Humility and Charity
Pilgrims and tourists visiting the Vatican received a special treat Saturday, when some 4,000 members of the Knights of Malta marched in procession celebrating...
Tucson Kindness Project Hangs 1000 Bells Around Newtown, In Solidarity With Shooting Victims
A project that hangs small wind chimes with bells is becoming a healing remedy for grieving communities following tragic mass shootings.
An Arizona mom in...
Snowball Express Delivers 5 Days of Joy to Children of Fallen Soldiers
More than 1,700 children and spouses of American soldiers killed in action were treated to an all-expense-paid visit to the Dallas/Fort Worth area for...
Town Full of Katrina Survivors Sends Love and Money to New York City Firefighters
Hundreds of South Mississippians stood in line at the Biloxi Town Green where more than 1,500 lunches were served and more than 500 pounds...
The Homeless Realize Their Value After Photographers Donate Portrait Sessions
Dozens of homeless Milwaukeeans are improving their self-esteem with professional portraits from Help-Portrait Milwaukee, a local branch of the global initiative that arranges for...
Mobile Kitchen Relocates to Feed Thanksgiving Meal to 1,000 on Long Island Still Without Power
Since November 1, a group called Mercy Chefs, using a retrofitted RV mobile kitchen, has been supplying hot meals to New Yorkers who lost...
300 Veterans Lead Grueling Sandy Cleanup in Rockaway Beach (Video)
300 veterans, some trained in crisis management, have been donating their time and leading the cleanup effort in the hard hit Rockaway neighborhood in...
Meditation Produces Enduring Changes in Brain’s Emotional Processing
A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when...
Scout’s Goal to Interview 1000 World War II Vets: You Can Help
A new project to record the stories of America's "Greatest Generation" was launched by a Boy Scout who lost his grandfather at an early...
80-year-old Volunteer Heads into Hurricane, Joins Rescue Teams From Across US
An 80-year-old Utah man arrived on the East Coast Monday to help feed evacuees from Hurricane Sandy. Vern Gillmore, who says his hobby is...