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Girl Builds Mobile Shelters Because ‘Nobody Should Sleep Outside’
Two months ago, we broke the story about a man named Elvis who built a tiny mobile shelter for a woman sleeping in the...
Man Takes Mobile Shower on the Road for Homeless People in Florida-WATCH
Drew Broderick knows how important a shower can be if you’re looking for work, or trying to keep your job, when you have no...
Young Grad Leaves Wall Street to Rescue Food For Those in Need
Robert Lee really, really hates to see food go to waste.
That’s why he left his finance job at J.P Morgan to rescue leftover food...
By Putting Housing First, Utah Reduces Homeless Population by 91%
Utah has slashed chronic homelessness by 91 percent in the last ten years with a simple solution — give the homeless a home.
The turnaround...
NYC’s Korean Dry Cleaners Donate 2000 Unclaimed Items to Homeless
A lot of fancy threads get left behind at the dry cleaners, but they were put to good use this week, after a group...
This Is How To Feed A Town With Loose Change
A quarter won't get you very far these days—but an innovative program in Canada, is helping folks put their loose change to good use.
April...
Homeless Woman Gets New Home, Reunites with Dogs After Outpouring of Support
After a local Chicago woman was featured on the news sleeping in a tent in the woods, having given up her dogs to a...
GNN Post Inspires 73 Shoeboxes Filled With Goodies for Homeless
When a Nevada graphics manager saw a Good News Network post in November about a woman in Canada who runs a shoebox project for...
Iowa Man Posing As Homeless Hands Out Gifts
Jonnie Wright stood on an Iowa street corner in the freezing cold on Christmas Eve disguised as a homeless man. Anyone who rolled down...
Utah On Track To End Homelessness By 2015
The success of a 10-year initiative to end long-term homelessness could mean the closure of homeless shelters in Utah. The state has reduced its...
Teen Spends More Than $500 Buying Gifts For Homeless
A Minnesota high school senior is a picture of the holiday season of giving, donating her entire paycheck to buy Christmas gifts for more...
PETA Donates Furs (Yes, Furs) to Detroit Homeless
PETA, the animal-rights organization, has donated more than 100 fur coats — and dozens of leather jackets, wool scarves and angora sweaters — to...
Strangers in NYC Give Homeless Czech Man a Ticket Home
The YouTube collaboration known as Whatever, while in New York City handing out sweatshirts, hats and gloves to the homeless before winter, happened to...
Pro Linebacker Steps In to Replace 300 Stolen Turkeys
300 turkeys meant for struggling families were stolen from a homeless shelter in Fairfield, CA. Hearing the sad news from his hometown, Kansas City...
Middleman Gives Tons of Business Surplus to Charities
Partnering with 40 hotels and dozens of businesses, Judson Kinnucan, 37, has made it his mission to collect their donated items, like surplus shampoos...
Project Ships Blankets, Stuffed Toys and Bedtime Stories to Oklahoma Children
Project Night Night has begun delivering its comforting "Night Night bags" to children in Oklahoma, detouring from its regular work of providing them to...
The Homeless Realize Their Value After Photographers Donate Portrait Sessions
Dozens of homeless Milwaukeeans are improving their self-esteem with professional portraits from Help-Portrait Milwaukee, a local branch of the global initiative that arranges for...
‘Dames Gone Wild’ Leave Jobs to Go on Volunteer Road Trip Across America
Two best friends in Florida after leaving jobs that no longer fulfilled them decided to pack their bags and go on a "Summer Service...
Boy Wins Hero Award for Giving New Shoes to Thousands of Kids in Shelters
A 14-year-old from Rhode Island, Nicholas Lowinger, was chosen as a 2012 Huggable Hero, winning $10,000 for his outstanding work in public service. The boy's...
Just 10 Years-old, a Hero for the Homeless Wins $10,000 Award
Just ten years old, Clara Pilley started Keys for Hope last September decorating keys and selling them to raise money for the local homeless...