Hundreds of Magellanic penguins washed ashore in Argentina after an oil spill have been saved by volunteers. "Commando" Veterinarians built a field hospital to immediately remove the deadly oil and house the birds for the weeks of recovery.
Operation Noble Foster has provided more than 3,000 deployed servicemembers with individual foster homes for their cats until they return. "The best part is knowing that I'm able to take care of somebody's pet while they are serving our country."
Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Retired tech executive Patrick O'Sullivan, moved by the plight of the Masai that needed 3 years to complete a school for their children, raised the money and materials to build a school that runs day and night on solar panels.
The owners of the all-natural One World Cafe in Salt Lake City have adopted a "pay what you can" philosophy doing their part to end hunger in America...
Wellspring bed and breakfast for the homeless has been around for 25 years, since a group of friends at church decided to buy a historic residence to share with homeless families.
"For 50 years, Britain's Peter Ashton has been studying â€" and trying to preserve â€" a wealth of diversity in Asia's tropical forests." (CS Monitor)
Jeff Vinik, chairman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and his wife, are donating more than $10 million for "deserving community heroes and charity partners in the Tampa Bay area.
Pushpa Basnet, a Nepalese woman who runs a home for children so they don't have to live behind bars with their incarcerated parents, was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night. She was in her twenties when she started a home in Kathmandu where children can receive education, food, medical care and a chance to live a more normal life.
The Greeks never used to have hero issues. But heroes have been in short supply in the country's hour of need, which could explain the rush to cinemas to spend time in the company of an 18th-century pirate turned caviar tycoon.
According to Dr. Marc Bekoff Ph.D., emotions like joy, love, empathy, compassion, kindness, and grief can readily be shared by improbable friends including predators and prey such as a cat and a bird, a snake and a hamster, and a lioness and a baby oryx.
My 15-year internet career choice of focusing on good news has become a philosophy for the rest of my life. To mark the website's 15th anniversary, I launched a contest called What 'Good News' Means to Me. I now have my four winners to whom we will be delivering four fantastic prizes this week.
Thirty years ago, Jessica Cox was born without arms. Since then, she has accomplished more than most of us with two hands, earning everything from a black belt to a pilot's license (and a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records). Now, she's helping children with disabilities in Ethiopia.
Although a teen was killed in a hit-and-run crash, his heart is now giving his ailing friend a chance to live. When Kyle Wilkerson heard the good news, that doctors had a heart for the Maryland teenager, he had a suspicion. The 15-year-old looked up at the cardiologist and asked, Is it Skylar's heart?
We heal each other all the time, and don't even realize that we're doing it. Healing comes out of a very simple realization: knowing your life matters to another person, and connecting to something larger and unseen.
25-yearold South African Oscar Pistorius will be competing in the London Olympics in his favorite event, the 400-meter relay, as the first amputee track athlete to compete at any games.
The Food For Friends program allows grocery shoppers to donate 25 cents toward food cards that go to needy families, in lieu of sending them to food banks.
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announced the winners of their first Cell Phone Photo Contest. The call for entries attracted intimate family portraits, spontaneous street shots, and avant-garde imaginary that demonstrated the creativity of artists from 42 countries.
Ten years ago, Debbie Jakacki, owner of Jakacki Bag & Barrel in Chicago, a family business that's been around since 1942, found herself continually frustrated by her employees. We didn't have a lot of people who had a great work ethic, says Jakacki. After learning about the Safer Foundation, a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps people with criminal records find gainful employment, she decided to give it a try, and it has worked out very well.
companies are donating millions of pairs of shoes to help children in impoverished countriesAfter food, clean water and simple housing, shoes are one of the most basic needs that can help change lives.
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