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GoodSnitch App Makes it Easy to Show Gratitude for Great Customer Service
Feedback can be a scary word, especially for corporations that get an earful from their most furious customers, but what if there was an...
Shamed Boy’s Family Gets Minivan When Public Steps In to Defend
No good can come from publicly shaming a six-year-old boy. That's the lesson educators at Lincoln Elementary in Grants Pass, Oregon recently learned when the community stepped...
John Kitzhaber Grants Clemency to Gang Member Who Made Good in Prison
Before leaving office, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber is freeing a young prisoner, Sang Dao, a move that has enormous support from prosecutors, police, a...
Unsold Flowers Become Bouquets for Hospice Patients on Valentine’s Day
17 volunteers busily sorted through roses, carnations, lilies and other flowers Tuesday morning, discarding wilted plants, trimming stems, and arranging flowers into bouquets destined...
Love Letters Discovered at Thrift Shop Reconnect Dementia Patient With Her Past
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Sara Redlich was sorting the bins at a Goodwill store in Oregon when something stood out. A pile of love letters all written to...
Amazing Artist With Cerebral Palsy ‘Paints’ With a Typewriter
A man who lived with a severe disability for decades in an Oregon nursing home created a collection of amazing artwork using only a...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Our 2014 Top Photo Picks Confirm the Goodness of Humanity
18) Some Police Officers REALLY Do Care
An El Paso Police Officer helped out a homeless man in need during a December, 2013 snowstorm. According...
Portland Couple Uses Their Super Car Collection For Good
Cobra. Lamborgini. Maclaren. Ferrari. Porsche.
Kids in Oregon who are battling life-threatening illnesses get to choose which supercar they get to spend the day in,...
Black Boy Embraces Cop in a Hug Felt Round the World
If you have been on social media, or seen any talk about American current events you know there have been protests against the outcome...
One Man’s Planting Equals More Monarch Butterflies
"Tom Landis planted a patch of milkweed the size of a card table last spring with seeds he collected himself, hoping his 'if-you-plant-it-they-will-come' project...
Pit Bull Hailed a Hero After Saving Boy From Bees
An Oregon City family is calling their pit bull a hero after it saved an 8-year-old boy from a swarm of bees.
A group of...
Nonprofit Pub in Portland: “Have A Pint, Change The World”
The Oregon Public House began as a dream to bring the individual charitable experience into the social space of a community. They wanted to...
21 Fish You Can Now Eat Guilt-Free in Dramatic Turnaround for Fisheries
Seafood Watch has upgraded 21 species from ‘avoid’ to ‘best choice’ or ‘good alternative,’ including crab, lobster, Pacific cod, grouper and several rockfish species.
The...
5 Dogs Honored for Canine Excellence
Five inspirational dogs have been honored with the American Kennel Club's 15th annual Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). The award is presented to those that best exemplify the...
Transit Company Surprises 102 Year-Old Rider With ‘Birthday Bus’ Party
Portland's transit company sent a special bus to pick up one of their regular riders, 102 year old Vida Trout.
The distinguished East Portland retiree...
Police Officer Pays Out of His Own Pocket to Help Family in Need
A news tip called into KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon brought to light a story of kindness and generosity by a local police officer.
Officer Carlos...
Foster Families Find Support with Elderly in Housing Community
About 15 percent of seniors in the U.S. live below the poverty line and many struggle to find affordable housing. But a unique community...
Breakthrough Discovery Uses Sunlight to Create Solar Devices Themselves
Researchers at Oregon State University have found a way to make the sun a “one-stop shop” that both produces the materials for solar devices...
Dressed as Bees Families Ask Home Depot to Love Bees
Thirty people braved the Minnesota cold to ask the local Home Depot Hardware store to “show bees some love” on Valentine’s Day. Babies in...