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Tennessee Community Saves Elderly Woman From Eviction

It was a house she and her late husband built in 1956. Mary Cate Jones had spent the past few weeks packing up memories and preparing for a forced eviction from the home where she lived in Tennessee for 56 years. But after her plight was featured in the local paper last month, donations began pouring in. And now, thanks to more than 500 people and a $15,000 check from an anonymous donor, Jones and her family will be able to keep their home.

Detroit Snow Blowing Gang is Looking for Elderly, Disabled Who Need Walkways Cleared

Over the past several summers, the 'Mower Gang' has volunteered to mow abandoned Detroit parks free of charge to help give kids a place to play. With winter here, the mower gang has traded in their lawnmowers for snow blowers. The problem for him is that all his neighbors have snow blowers, so he wants to find people disabled or elderly who need help clearing walkways and driveways.

Why Not Place a Mini Library in Your Front Yard?

While messing around and building things on his deck one day, Todd Bol took a dollhouse-size structure and turned it into a free community library that would have global impact. He started a movement called Little Free Library, a nonprofit that seeks to place small book exchange boxes in neighborhoods around the world. The idea has taken off, growing from 100 libraries in 2011 to 6,000 libraries in 2013.