Devoted Pharmacist Hops on Snowmobile to Deliver Medications to Snowed-in Patients
This dedicated pharmacist was not about to let her customers go without their essential daily medications – so she hopped on her snowmobile.
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You Can Help Homeless People Get to Midwestern Warming Centers by Using These Free Lyft Coupon Codes
If you want to help people find shelter during Winter Storm Jayden, the ride-sharing app is offering free rides to warming centers until Friday.
Year Might Have Begun Horribly for Disabled Vet Who Lost His Wallet-Now He's Looking for Two Hero Kids
Marc Walsh's New Year might have started horribly when he lost his wallet-but thanks to two honest Detroit youngsters, he was reunited with hundreds in cash.
Video UPDATE: Veteran Gets to Meet, Reward Detroit Teen Girls Who Returned Wallet With Cash
A disable veteran got to meet two honest Detroit teens who turned in his wallet after they found it in the snow with hundreds in cash.
New Microbe Destroys Chemical Pollutant in Groundwater
Scientists have discovered a microbe that interacts with a hazardous industrial chemical in tainted groundwater rendering it biodegradable.
Donors Step Up for 101-year-old Evicted Woman in Detroit
A fund has been created and a guardian angel stepped forward for a 101-year-old Detroit woman displaced from her home by eviction. A longtime member of her church took in the wheelchair-bound woman and a contractor volunteered to build the wheelchair ramp needed at her new residence.
A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit
After nearly five years of planning, a large-scale attempt to turn a big chunk of Detroit blight into an urban forest is now underway. The transformation of more than 1,500 vacant city-owned lots on the city's lower east side – a total of more than 140 acres – is now underway.
A Coffee Angel for Cancer Patients Inspires Detroit
Every Thursday morning around 10:30 Dan walks into a Starbucks in Metro Detroit, takes out a list and proceeds to order dozens of drinks. The number depends on who is in the Michigan Cancer Center for chemotherapy treatments. Since his father's death in 2007, he keeps going back and buying coffee. Now, Starbucks fans are donating to the cause.
Detroit: The Next Silicon Valley?
Tech job openings rose 82% in Detroit, with companies like Google and Ford hiring engineers in droves. And, college grads in Detroit say they are set on an immediate career path upon graduation.
Goodwill Worker Finds $43,000 in Donated Clothing
A manager of the Goodwill Store in Monroe, Michigan was cleaning out the pockets of a donated jacket this week when he found a bright blue envelope containing bundles of hundred-dollar bills. Tyler Gedelian didn't even count it before turning over the cash to police. He told WWJ-TV in Detroit that he never even considered keeping any of the money.
Detroit and Banks Team Up to Lure Police Officers Back to City With Low Cost Homes
The city of Detroit and Bank of America have teamed up to solve three problems at once: By enticing cops to live in urban neighborhoods, offering them refurbished homes and low cost loans, houses standing empty will be inhabited, rather than vandalized, communities will feel more secure with law enforcement nearby, and urban property values and the city's tax base will be bolstered.
Restoring Lake Erie's Largest Wetland After 75 Years
Only around 5 percent of the wetlands in western Lake Erie remain from the days before pollution and dam construction. Now, a five-year process is underway to restore one of the lake's largest coastal wetlands, thanks to the Nature Conservancy.
'Quiet Hero' Took in Abused, Abandoned Kids and Raised Them to be Successful
80-year-old Ruby Dunson has been raising abandoned children for 42 years. In all, she raised 10 successful children in her small brick home on Detroit's west side, eight of whom she agreed to take in after they were abandoned at birth or abused as kids.Read More
Lake Michigan Is So Clear You Can See Shipwrecks From the Air
With the Great Lakes ice melted, the blue waters of northern Lake Michigan are clear enough to give pilots a great view of shipwrecks lying on the lake bottom.
30,000 US Teens Converge on Detroit in Massive Christian Volunteer Clean-up
Thousands of teens from around the US gathered in Detroit, painting houses, hauling trash and mowing lawns, to help clean up the city's poorest neighborhoods.
9-Year-old Boy Gets Big Surprise From Car Company for Feeding Homeless
If you have 24 more hours of a year to do something kind, why not go big? One car company did...
Students Build a Business, Transform Detroit Blight into Beauty
These students created a business that turned a profit while helping beautify their Detroit, Michigan neighborhood.
Firefighter Rescues Twice, Pays Power Bill for Family- 'It Just Seemed Right'
This Detroit firefighter went beyond the normal heroics of saving lives with a powerful gift that came from a burning desire to help a family.
Flint Students No Longer Fear Washing Hands As Boy Raises $10,000 for Sanitizer
This 7-yr-old boy raised enough money to supply every classroom in Flint, Michigan with hand sanitizer during the city's water crisis.
Finally Sick Teens Get Something Suited for Them- Hospital Room Makeovers
If teens normally struggle with body image or self-esteem, imagine going through the drudgery of chemotherapy or a long hospital stay. Now a cool solution...
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