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91-Year-Old Lands Her Dream Job as a Designer in Silicon Valley

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_wQN7sUwM?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0&w=640&h=360]   It took almost 80 years, but Barbara Beskind has defied the stereotypes of aging and is finally working in her dream job, as...
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Teens Make Kansas Principal Cry With a Positive Prank at School

http://www.kaltura.com/p/557781/sp/55778100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/19698252/partner_id/557781http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_cknoqwpx/uiconf_id/19698252   Principal Sherman Padgett was on the lookout for senior pranks last week, so he was reluctant to grant the request of one student to...

Teachers Ensure Poor Kids are Fed on Snow Days With No Free School Lunch

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isSlim=1   When snowstorms canceled schools for a full week around Cincinnati, Ohio, it meant a week of empty stomachs for many low-income kids who rely...

Solar Power in the UK Almost Doubled in 2014

Solar power in the UK almost doubled in 2014, with total installations on homes, businesses, and even bridges, surpassing 650,000, according to year end...

Australian Radio Hosts Surprise Grieving Mom With Amazing Gift of Time

Two radio hosts planned a "Surprise Giveback" that bestowed an amazing gift on a grieving Australian mother who just lost her 19 year-old son...

Every 4th Grader to Get Free 1-Year Pass to National Parks

With young people spending more time in front of screens and not getting outdoors enough, the Obama Administration announced last week that every fourth...

In Minutes, Strangers Give $160K for Field Trips to Harvard for NYC’s Poorest Kids

Just one hour ago, the popular photography blog, Humans of New York, posted a plea to help fund field trips to Harvard for an...

Kindness Bag Changes Homeless Vet’s Life, Now He Delivers Them on LA Streets

Many people in America mark the Martin Luther King Day holiday by making it a day of service – painting schools, cleaning parks and...

Hollywood A-List Talent Agents Spend Time Mentoring Compton Youth

Compton eighth-grader Edgar Ruelas wants to be the first in his family to attend college. He has some help: high-powered talent agents from Beverly...

Cash-strapped School Sees ‘Outpouring of Love’ After Newspaper Reveals Budget

A report in the Philadelphia Inquirer in November featured a school in Germantown that didn't have any extra money in their budget to even...

Honoring Three Men Who Came to B.C., Found Success, and Gave Millions Back

A jovial 87-year-old has parlayed a huge construction business in Iran into a Canadian philanthropic legacy that will continue long after he is gone. His...

Today’s Young Generation is More Serious About Volunteering

Do you hear people complaining about a tuned-out, apathetic younger generation? Here's a news flash: Today's young Americans are more serious about giving back than...

Please Join GNN to Help One Family to Keep the Lights on This Christmas

The Good News Network didn't send any holiday marketing messages asking you to buy one of our gift memberships, or to purchase one of...

High School Tech Students Refurbish and Give Away 500 Computers

If Santa were in the technology business, these 100 high school students would be his favorite elves. On Saturday morning, they put the finishing touches...

Town Lights Up the Night With River of Light

Saturday night in a tiny town in Central Vermont, hundreds of children and artists of all ages will be aglow in a beautiful December...

$2.4 Million Given to 8 Groups Helping Kids Thrive in Inner Cities

For their innovative strategies to help mold positive youth, eight organizations that mentor urban youth in six cities will share grants totaling $2.4 million. The...

8-Year-old’s ‘Buddy Bench’ for Lonely Kids in the Schoolyard is Catching On

"Sometimes it's the really simple ideas that can make the biggest difference." A second grader in York, Pennsylvania came up with an idea last year...

UPDATE: Europe Makes History, Landing on a Comet

The next hour will be nail-biting exciting for the European Space Agency, which is about to land a rover called Rosetta on a comet...

Entrepreneur, 13, Gets Intel Funding for Low-cost Braille Printer

At just 12 years old, a San Jose, California middle-schooler received funding last month from Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, for his prototype low-cost...

The Solution to Pakistan’s Illiteracy Has Schooled 175,000 So Far

According to Pakistan’s Annual Status of Education Report, Pakistan faces an educational emergency. 21% of school-aged children are out of school. That is more...