How A Caring Teen Ensured Cozy Bedtimes For 180 Foster Kids
A teenager devoted his high school senior project to improving the lives of foster children with a special way of making them feel more at home.
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100 Milwaukee Area Salons to Hold Fundraiser for Spa Shooting Victims
Nearly 100 Milwaukee area salons and spas are expected to participate in a fundraising effort Tuesday to support victims of a shooting last month at Azana Spa & Salon in Brookfield, and to help raise awareness of domestic abuse.
TV Viewers Rally to Lift 120,000 Malawi Kids Off the Ground
Six months ago, political reporter and former legislative director Lawrence O'Donell shared his experience of delivering 30 desks to a children's classroom in Africa with viewers of his MSNBC show The Last Word. Inspired by the video of Malawi kids sitting on dirt floors, donations poured in, more than 2.3 million dollars, allowing him to deliver an incredible 46,000 desks -- enough for every child in all four districts targeted.
Google Surprises LA Teachers By Funding All Classroom Requests On DonorsChoose.org
Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District teacher on the education crowd-funding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google's nearly $1 million donation, 769 Los Angeles teachers will receive materials for their 75,108 students -- ranging from paper, pencils and books to laptops, musical instruments and microscopes.
Men Surprise Kentucky Kids With Santa's Secret Hands
A group of Kentucky men never thought it would get this big. Starting with a notion to raise a few thousand dollars to buy Christmas presents for needy kids in their area, the Edmonson County friends in nine years have bought $270,000 worth of holiday happiness for others.
Chiefs, Rams Players Lend Hand to Tornado Recovery Effort in Joplin
Both NFL football teams in Missouri swooped into Joplin last week, lifting spirits and clearing clogged yards and roads. The Kansas City Chiefs had invited fans to donate supplies and water and cash, and the club was stunned at the outpouring it saw from the community, loading six semis of water (187,490 bottles, by their count) and relief supplies, along with $35,000 from the club and $21,000 of private donations.
New York Students Provide Truckload of Supplies to Schools in Afghanistan
School supplies traveled 7,800 miles from New York to Afghanistan after students from Windsor Central High School collected more than 70 boxes for the children and teachers overseas.
Fighter Gives Up Stardom to Bring Dignity to the Pygmy People
Professional cage fighter gives up the spotlight and becomes unlikely humanitarian hero to oppressed group in Africa.
100 Dentist Chairs Fill Gym on "Mission of Mercy"
A thousand people streamed into the University of Maryland's gymnasium yesterday where a "Mission of Mercy" began dispensing a million dollars worth of free dental care. 800 dentists and hygienists are volunteering their time during the two-day mobile dental clinic to serve uninsured adults.
47 Kenyan Villages to Get a "Solar Powered Classroom in a Box"
Just add sunshine, and you've got an instant classroom, complete with computers, for forty-seven counties in Kenya.
College French Students Make Their Own Storybooks for Poor Kids in Haiti
A group of Virginia college students has devoted their hearts to creating special children's books for kids in Haiti.
Ice Bucket Challenge Leads to ALS Breakthrough, Researchers Announce
Johns Hopkins researchers announce breakthrough in fight against ALS, credit ALS Association funding after org's Ice Bucket Challenge went viral last year
Oregon Shelter Delivering Tons of Pet Food to Families Fleeing Wildfires
Volunteers have been working around the clock to take over 2,000 pounds of pet food and supplies into rural Oregon, where wildfires are burning homes.
Dad Recycles Old Crayons Into New Ones for Schools, Hospitals and Art Programs
This California dad cooks up thousands of crayons in his own kitchen as part of a nonprofit initiative to make old crayons new again for kids in need.
UPDATE: "Sidewalk Scholar" Boy Gets Education Paid Through College
The little boy who had to study beneath a streetlight has a new scholarship and enough money to pay education bills for 13 years until he graduates college.
101-Year-Old Woman Rappels Down Skyscrapers for Charity (WATCH)
At more than a hundred years old, this woman isn't afraid of rappelling down a 500 foot tower to raise money for her favorite charity.
From Chemo Chair Man Raises $74K Tweeting for Stem Cell Charity
At his first chemo session, a UK man launched a fundraising page to help a charity that recruits stem-cell donors for bone-marrow transplants.
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, scholarships, and poverty.
NFL Names Man of the Year Award for Good Works Off the Field
Carolina Panthers football player Thomas Davis is one of the best linebackers in the NFL football league, but his work off the field is what earned him this year's Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
Outdoor Cinema for the Homeless Offers Great Escape in Films
A charity is treating one city's homeless population to movie nights this summer. They were served a meal and helped choose the film for the next screening.
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