Design for America’s Students Want to Change the World
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- October 14, 2011
Through Design for America, college students apply their skills to real-world problems. Design for America, a grassroots initiative started in 2009 at Northwestern University, encourages problem-solving design students to apply their skills to real-world issues. Their can-do approach is catching on, as seven more universities plan to launch their own DFA studios this fall. The Cornell
READ MORETeen Hero Gives Thousands of Books to Kids in Need
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- October 12, 2011
From California to Missouri, Megan Mettler has travelled the country donating and delivering. TakePart.com, 10/11/2011
READ MORENobel Women: The Peace Prize Goes to Three Fighting for Their Rights
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- October 10, 2011
Three women have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Africa's first female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has spent the last five years working to bring democratic peace to Liberia. Another Liberian peace activist, Leymah Gbowee, is the executive director of the Ghana-based NGO Women Peace and Security Network Africa. Tawakul Karman is recognized for making
READ MORE40,000 Trees to be Planted During National NeighborWoods Month 2011
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- October 6, 2011
In more than 150 cities around the country, local nonprofit organizations and their partners will participate in this year’s National NeighborWoods™ Month, organized by Alliance for Community Trees and sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, TD Bank, and Boise ASPEN’s Project UP. After this year’s many devastating storms destroyed towns and leveled trees across the
READ MOREJets quarterback goes the extra yard
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- October 4, 2011
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Mark Sanchez gives to the families of firefighters, donating time and money to Tuesday's Children, helping kids who lost a parent when New York City's twin towers fell. NBC News, 10/2/2011
READ MOREInstead of Waiting for Storm Aid, Going Online in a Do-it-Yourself Movement
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- October 1, 2011
A combination of new media and economic despair has helped turbocharge do-it-yourself relief efforts in regions hit hard by tropical storm Irene. The people in these areas have been using the internet to communicate their needs and to post information on the many grassroots, community-led fundraising events springing up in the region. This is a
READ MOREHow one travel-sized bottle of shampoo turned into a $50 million charity for one flight attendant
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- September 30, 2011
While working as a flight attendant, Nancy Rivard began collecting complimentary toiletry items when staying in hotels, and she asked her co-workers to donate the shampoos and soaps they, too, had collected from hotels. Then, when Rivard was on a layover at an airport just a short drive to a Bosnian refugee camp, she delivered the toiletries
READ MORELearning how to protect the planet
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- September 28, 2011
Promising young environmentalists are learning how to become the environmental leaders of tomorrow in a special nature conservancy program. NBC Nightly News, 9/26/2011
READ MOREWangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71
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- September 27, 2011
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize for what the Nobel committee called “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” Maathai died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 71, but leaders from around the world are paying tribute to her as one of the
READ MORENew Eagle helps kids soar
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- September 21, 2011
New Eagle NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha makes a difference in the lives of 12 underprivileged high school students by taking them on a tour of universities across the country each year, as part of his ACTS Program, the Awesome Walk College Tour for Scholars. September 18, 2011, NBC Nightly
READ MORE9/11 volunteer’s ‘Sweet 16 Year of Giving Back’
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- September 14, 2011
Rather than throwing a huge bash and receiving lots of presents for her 16th birthday, Katie Whaley decided to do something different. She volunteered for 16 different organizations in her community. Whaley plans on dedicating her whole weekend toward volunteering for September 11th. September 8, 2011, USA Today
READ MORE9/11 Survivors reflect on World Trade Center & Pentagon attacks
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- September 10, 2011
Florence Jones was working for Baseline Financial 10 years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center when planes piloted by terrorists plowed into the two towers in downtown Manhattan. Jones was on the 78th floor of the South Tower. ABC News invited Jones to tour ground zero last month from within the
READ MOREVolunteers offer compassion in No One Dies Alone program at MetroHealth Medical Center
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- September 6, 2011
In June, MetroHealth Medical Center became the first hospital in the greater Cleveland area to offer No One Dies Alone (NODA), a national volunteer program that pairs patients with companions to be with them at the end of life. Volunteers share one patient’s story, which documents their experience with the NODA Program. The Plain Dealer,
READ MORESingle and Seriously Ill: Care Circles Fill In For Family
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- August 30, 2011
When elderly people become ill, family are not the only people they can count on. Lucy Whitworth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, recalls an inspiring story about how 49 strangers helped her when she had no family to turn to for support. MSNBC, 8/29/2011
READ MOREHunger at Home
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- August 26, 2011
Good for You to several people mentioned in this story, which is part of a series on ABC World News. Pastor Bob, for one, managed to feed 700 people, and he's constantly collecting more donated food. For as long as he knows people are hungry, he says he needs to do this. The young woman who
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