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Christmas Gifts For Stamp Collectors Aid Volcano Victims
For the philatelist on your holiday gift list, a stamp series commemorating famous pop musicians such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia of the...
Wildlife Thrives in Restored Chicago Wetlands
The northwest corner of Chicago, framed by the lanes of traffic along Interstate 94 and State Route 14, seems an unlikely address for wildlife....
17 Year-Old Out To Prove That Guys Are Not Idiots!
Rob Sowell, 17, has always loved children. Even when he was in elementary school, he gave up recesses to watch the smaller kids while...
UPS Sends Senior Managers Into Hell’s Kitchen to Help Poor
Call it a crash course in “The Shocking Facts of Life 101”, when United Parcel Service executives from around the country are air-dropped into...
Operation Smile Turning Disfigured Faces into Smiling Faces
In 16 years, Operation Smile has treated over 45,000 children and young adults with deformities in the U.S. and abroad, offering hope and changing...
Florida Firefighters Honored On the Internet
The men and women who fought the fires in Florida this summer are heroes (and Good Samaritans). Here are some excerpts from Florida’s Internet...
Chefs Give Swordfish a Break
Chefs across the country are taking swordfish off the menu. The chefs have nothing against swordfish, always a popular restaurant entree. Rather, by voluntarily...
Mist on the Lake is Like Our Consciousness
I am meditating on our waterfront patio. A chilly summer’s dawn has created a thick mist moving swiftly over the warm lake. It seems...
Sage In Toyland: Slinky CEO Cares About Her Employees
I had to call Betty. I hadn’t talked to her in a while. I had met Betty a few years ago when I toured...
Basketball Player Dikembe Mutombo Gives $2 Million to Congo Hospital
Atlanta Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo has announced that he will donate $2 million toward the building of a planned $44 million hospital and medical...
Bank Supports Green Initiatives in Pacific Northwest
A new bank in a seacoast town on the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State is taking a cue from urban experiments...
83-Year-Old Reconnects Two Koreas
The founder of the Hyundai conglomerate, a self-made billionaire who left North Korea in 1933 at the age of 18 to seek his fortune,...
Nursing Homes: Transforming Homes for the Dying into Homes for the Living …the Eden Alternative
When Bill Thomas graduated from Harvard Medical School he had no intention of working in a nursing home -- too depressing. “I went out...
United Colors of Benetton Offers The Hopeful Picture of Life between Palestinians and Israelis
The fashion industry is not usually associated with social or political conscience... Benetton is an exception.
Benetton is known for its innovative advertising, where “issues...
Happy Employees Create Profit for Continental Air
Continental Airlines is a company that discovered it could not get out of bankruptcy until it had happy employees who enjoyed coming to work-...
Oprah’s Angel Network Inspires Wife to Give up Savings
No one is more a catalyst for encouraging Good Samaritans these days than Oprah Winfrey. Her Oprah show has transformed the TV talk show...
Home Depot Stores Swear off Ancient Timber
The Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups have won pledges from the 536-store Home Depot chain and almost 1,000 other lumberyards to no...
A Brain Tumor, the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...
Today’s Students Choose Social Causes Over Surfboards During Spring Break
Spring break may mean beaches, bikinis and beer for some, but students participating in Break Away, a national nonprofit group that steers people to...
Easter Peace Accord Signed in Northern Ireland!
(Good Friday, April 10, 1998) The two-year-old peace talks in Northern Ireland finally produced a settlement this afternoon after an imposed deadline forced a...