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S is for Sculpture: Father Teaches Alphabet And Inspires Street Art

When a father started using the streets in Southeast Washington to teach his young daughters the alphabet, he inspired an animal art movement. Streets running...

Grandparents Convert House Into “Safe School” for Bullied Students

At least 20 kids have recovered from years of bullying thanks to a special “safe school” founded by a pair of grandparents in the...

My Heart at 50: Pity Party Turns Into Inspiring Day With The Homeless

A few years ago, I was whining to my daughter about my imminent crossing of that dreaded age Rubicon: the Big Five-O. “The best...

South Carolina Teens Fight Racist Vandalism With Positive Message

After racist graffiti showed up outside a Rock Hill high school, three art students showed the town their true colors Monday afternoon painting a...

Brewery Turns Vandalism into a Design That Benefits the Community

A new brewery in Columbus, Ohio turned an act of vandalism into something positive for their community. The Land Grant Brewery, which just opened 45...
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Town Rallies Around Vandalized Cold Lake Mosque

When Mahmoud Elkadri arrived at the mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta, early Friday morning for prayers, he found the words "Go home" and "Canada" spray painted...

Buddha Statue Brings Tranquility to Oakland Neighborhood

Crime has plummeted in a neighborhood in Oakland, California where Dan Stevenson decided to install a Buddha statue in 2009. Dan is not at all religious...

Good News Network is Having a 17th Anniversary Party!

On Labor Day, 17 years ago, I first hit the UPLOAD button to offer my new website to the world. (In 1997, "blogs" weren't even invented...

How Art Helps Us Communicate Love and Forgiveness to the World

  JUSTIN ST. VINCENT is the Director and Founder of Xtreme Music: where Music meets Spirituality, based in Auckland, New Zealand. He served on the Fetzer...
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Homeless Man’s Life Repaired by Support of Strangers and Theatre

With the help of a group in Victoria, Canada calling themselves the Power of 10, a homeless man name George has learned to cook,...
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Off-duty Firefighter Rescued 9 People, and Dogs, in Hurricane Sandy

A raging fire was creeping closer and closer to Joe Adinolfi’s Breezy Point home when he decided to evacuate, wading into waist-high water outside...
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Facebook Riches for Artist Who Painted Headquarters

The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network’s first headquarters made a smart bet....
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12 Things Happy People Do Differently

Studies conducted by positivity psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky point to 12 things happy people do differently to increase their levels of happiness.  These are things...
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The Benefits of Adding Love to your School’s Curriculum

As a social studies teacher in a Boston public high school for 14 years, Stephen Banno has developed a curriculum called the “Love Course,”...
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Recalling a Hero of the Rwandan Genocide

On the 17th anniversary to mark the start of the Rwandan genocide, read the story of Carl Wilkens -- the only American to stay...
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Rabbis Replace Burned Korans at Destroyed Mosque in West Bank

In a rare act of conciliation by Israeli settlers Tuesday, a group of rabbis from Jewish settlements near the Palestinian town of Beit Fajar...
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L.A. Launches New Effort to Clean up Foreclosed Properties

A city ordinance will help building inspectors identify the banks that own abandoned homes and — with the threat of stiffer fines — encourage...
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Teacher Finds a Way to Get her Students to Washington

Students from the all-black school in Selma, Ala., will get a chance to witness history – and wear their new winter parkas....

School Features Flat Screens in Bathrooms; Trips Overseas: Ron Clark to Make Leaders of Poor Kids

Ron Clark, a NY Times best-selling author who was featured in a made-for-cable-TV movie, opened a private $3.5-million, state-of-the-art school in one of the...
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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...