Anonymous donors pay strangers’ Christmas layaway accounts
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- December 20, 2011
At Kmart stores across the country, anonymous donors have been paying off strangers' layaway accounts, buying the Christmas gifts other families couldn't afford. Kmart representatives say they did nothing to instigate this. The benefactors generally ask to help poor families who are squirreling away items for young children (like toys and children's clothes). The good
READ MOREA VA promise: No veteran dies alone
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- December 16, 2011
Volunteers are caring for dying veterans through special end-of-life programs at 14 VA hospitals across the country. CBS Evening News, 12/12/2011
READ MORE‘Mother Robin’ wins CNN Hero of the Year
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- December 13, 2011
Robin Lim, who has helped thousands of poor Indonesians have healthy pregnancies and births, was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year. On Sunday, "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" recognized Lim and the other top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011. CNN.com, 12/12/2011
READ MOREAnderson Cooper delivers good news with CNN’s ‘Heroes’ special highlighting do-gooders
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- December 10, 2011
Every week on his CNN show, Anderson Cooper features profiles of people who help others. Sunday he hosted “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." This special saluted people, like 2010 honoree Anuradha Koirala (pictured), who have truly made a positive difference in the lives of others. NY Daily News, 12/8/2011
READ MOREReddit Raises $31,000 for Child’s Medical Care—in 12 Hours
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- December 7, 2011
When the parents of Lucas Gonzalez, a three-year-old with a rare condition called hyper IgM syndrome, found out that a bone marrow transplant could give their son a chance to be a normal kid, they were less than confident that the fundraising website they started would raise the money they needed for the expensive procedure…
READ MOREU.S. Medical ‘Trash’ Saving Lives Abroad
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- December 6, 2011
In Third World hospitals, lives are being saved through the use of discarded medical materials (like scalpels, needles, and sponges) salvaged from the U.S. by nonprofit organizations like Doc2Dock. These supplies are clean, safe and unused but are thrown out for various reasons, sometimes simply because they're unneeded items in large supply kits. By
READ MORENew charities spring up in time of need
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- November 30, 2011
Hard times seem to have inspired people to help those who are less fortunate, as all kinds of non-profits are stepping up and filling in the holes left by the extensive government cuts to social services. Marcia Meyer, co-founder of The Be Kind Project, says of this kind of phenomenon, "We think kindness is more
READ MORERaising cash for homeless students
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- November 29, 2011
After the airing of a '60 Minutes' feature about Central Florida's homeless families (see our Entertainment section for that story), a telethon Monday raised money to help the thousands of homeless students attending Seminole and Orange County schools. This article also talks about the Families in Transition program, which assists homeless children in the Seminole
READ MORENovelist fights the tide by opening a bookstore
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- November 17, 2011
This is the inspiring story of a noted author, Ann Patchett, who didn't want her community to be "nearly barren of bookstores." So she decided to take matters into her own hands and do something about it. Patchett explained: "I have no interest in opening a bookstore. But I also have no interest in living
READ MOREMich. Woman Delivers Clothing To Impoverished Areas Of The World
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- November 8, 2011
25-year old Mallory Brown is being recognized as the Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day today, and for good reason. If you trace her story back to its original appearance in the Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch, you will see that Brown founded World Clothes Line (WCL) to collect clothing and deliver it to people in
READ MORESpirit of Children Program Raises $2.5mm for Hospitalized Children Before Halloween
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- October 27, 2011
North America's largest seasonal Halloween store, Spirit Halloween, says that this year, their Spirit of Children fundraising efforts have already raised $2.5MM in cash and merchandise for 126 hospitals across the United States and Canada, in advance of Halloween. Through the Spirit of Children program, Spirit Halloween hosts Halloween celebrations for hospitalized children while providing
READ MORENurse, Doctor See Cancer From Both Sides
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- October 25, 2011
Cindy Davis, a nurse, and Kimberly Allison, a pathologist, have both had breast cancer, but it hasn't stopped them from continuing their work. These two women have continued to help others while going through breast cancer therapy themselves. The disease has changed the way they view their jobs and has allowed them to reach out
READ MOREMake a Difference Day
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- October 21, 2011
Here's just one example of people making a difference in their community on National Make a Difference Day: the six non-profits in the Naperville area who decided to donate goods to people who are underserved. These non-profits are encouraging people to do anything they can to help people who are less fortunate. People are recognizing
READ MORESaving Small Towns Through Groceries
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- October 20, 2011
Like many small, rural towns across the country, Leeton, Mo., has been squeezed by bigger towns and shopping malls. The once booming town that now has barely 600 residents saw its last grocery store close in the late 1990s. Bonnie Seymour, a lifelong resident of Leeton and high school teacher at Leeton School, took matters into her
READ MOREMake a Difference Day 2011
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- October 18, 2011
NBC Nightly News' Anchor Brian Williams wants you to join your neighbors and "do something that makes another life better" next Saturday, Oct. 22, during America's largest day of doing good. USA Weekend, Oct. 14-16
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