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Churches Adopt Ex-Offenders
The CeaseFire anti-violence organization of Chicago has teamed with area churches to help ex-offenders get back on their feet and find jobs. "We're getting...
Laid-Off ‘Super Star’ Nurse Gets Dream Job
A super-star nurse who drew widespread attention when budget cuts eliminated her job in Chicago has landed the job of her dreams. ...
Study: Early-Childhood Program Pays for Itself
Educational attainment is higher and felony arrests are lower for the alumni of an early-intervention program for low-income children in Chicago. Twenty years...
Thoughts Can Move This Wheelchair
Technology now exists, thanks to engineers at Ambient Corporation and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, that allows paraplegics to motor their chairs with their...
Maine Letter Carrier Named ‘Hero of the Year’ for Rescuing Elderly Apartment Fire Victim
A Maine letter carrier who pulled an elderly woman in flames from her burning apartment building along his postal route, then alerted other residents...
Beyoncé Concerts Sponsor Food Drives in Five Cities
Pop singer Beyoncé is encouraging her fans to bring non-perishable food items to a pre-concert food drive in Los Angeles on September 2, as...
Successful Gang Outreach Program Expands into Three Cities
The CeaseFire program, a Chicago-based violence prevention group has received a $1.7 million grant to expand onto the streets of Baltimore, Cincinnati and Newark,...
Free Tele-Seminar Helps You Live Your Dream
Editor's Blog - It has been said that most people spend more time planning a vacation than they do planning their life. Do...
Teen Trends Look Positive
The Chicago Tribune editorial board might have been reading the Good News Network. Today they added together the positive trends in the lives of...
Encouraging Girls to Pursue IT Careers
Girls are gathering at Microsoft offices this summer to attend DigiGirlz High Tech Camp, day-long events designed to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry...
City’s Anti-Gang March Renamed Peace March
CICERO, Ill — The gang intervention group CeaseFire aims to foster new perspectives this year by organizing a softball tournament between police and inner...
NIKE Donates Shoes to Every Teen in New Orleans
The Nike Summer Shoes program kicked off in New Orleans, La., yesterday with a free pair of shoes for every middle and high school...
Baby Crying Behind You on a Jet? Turn a Negative into a Positive
David Pollay has advice for anyone in need of rescue from a situation that is so distracting or irritating that you can't think of...
Tax Facts For Freelancers (Part 1)
GNN will begin a weekly series to help you with your taxes — especially beneficial to folks like me who haven't done them yet! Today,...
Singles Get Together and Make a Difference for Valentine’s Day
Singles are being inspired across the nation to "get engaged" through volunteering this Valentine's Day. Recognizing the power of community service to bring people...
1,500 Volunteers to Build 6 Playgrounds in One Day for New Orleans Schools
Students at six New Orleans elementary schools will soon have new places to swing, slide and play, after 1,500 volunteers gather in a one-day...
Bus Passengers Get $50 in Holiday Cash from Anonymous Rider
2 Busloads of Passengers in Spokane, Washington were left "tingling all over" after an anonymous woman boarded buses and handed each rider an envelope...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: #3 – Species Recovery
Environmentalists Heartened by Stunning Finds of Species, Coral, and Recovery of Many Endangered • Numerous hopeful stories in 2006 showed that endangered...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 1) Bold Steps Reduce Global Warming
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...