This rock idol didn't hesitate to hop aboard his private jet and fly first to Trinidad, then 6000 miles to Syria, to reunite a two siblings with their mother.
The world's largest humanitarian network, the Red Cross, welcomed hundreds of thousands of new volunteers this year during the pandemic.
When Nina Ambrose was furloughed from her job because of COVID-19, she began volunteering at her father's care home so she could see him.
The National Day of Prayer has also spurred atheists to action—and they're using the occasion to do good works in Secular Week of Action.
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Cycling group Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee Works has been helping repair bicycles across the Navajo Nation, thanks to a state grant.
Service dogs from People Animals Love surprised National Guard troops stationed for weeks at Hamilton Hotel in D.C. away from their families
230 energetic young adults from across the nation have piled into vans to begin a new adventure serving others through the AmeriCorps' National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). Two weeks ago, they deployed in 24 teams across the country, assisting community groups that are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic or implementing wildfire management in the West. […]
In a weekend cleanup, volunteers with Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful dug out 9,200 pounds of trash from the banks of the Tennessee River.
The Taliban have given permission for the NGO PARSA, who helped revive the Afghan Boys and Girls Scout Program, to continue their work.
People don't usually associate lawyers with working for free, but a group of lawyers in Varese, Lombardy, are doing just that.
A stretch of road in London has been closed to traffic for more than three weeks to allow toads to cross in safety to ponds where they breed. A 400-meter (1,300-foot) section of Church Road in Ham, near Richmond is blocked to motorists until the start of April so the creatures don't get squished on […]
Scotland's Cycling Without Age started in 2017 and was immediately supported by the government for its scientifically proven benefits.
A massive facial tumor left her unable to eat or breathe, until Mercy Ships arrived in Africa with volunteer surgeons and floating hospital.
The FoodRescueHero app is now used by 13,000+ volunteer drivers in 15 cities to turn 20 million lbs of surplus food into 17 million meals.
After Brian Schwartz lost his job during COVID, he started IwantToMowYourLawn.com a nonprofit that gives free lawn care to seniors.
Jeff Balek was born blind, but that hasn't stopped him from pursuing one of his favorite past-times – teaching children who can see how to read. With no transportation of his own, getting to the program is a labor of love, but Balek says volunteering through the YMCA in Charlotte, NC to help children overcome their reading barriers has enriched his life in ways he never imagined.
A Las Vegas doctor flew to Mississippi Saturday for the sole purpose of meeting with a little girl who was allegedly asked to leave a KFC restaurant because of her facial scars caused by a dog attack. He and another surgeon have volunteered to work free of charge to help improve her scars.
With his short gray hair, watchful eyes, authoritative voice and stern manner, high school math teacher and Vietnam veteran Jim O'Connor is used to commanding respect in the classroom. So his students were surprised to learn about his nickname at the hospital where he volunteers: the baby whisperer.
Few things offer as much comfort as a home-cooked meal. A big-hearted restaurant owner known as Momma leads a group in Arlington, Washington called the Soup Ladies. They are feeding hot meals to search and rescue workers at the site of a tragic mudslide 70 miles away in Oso.
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