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Tucson Cafe Runs Employment Training Program for People With Mental Health Challenges, Disabilities: “Fresh Food, Fresh Start”

At downtown Tucson’s Café 54, hungry customers can choose between tasty-sounding options like Mediterranean pasta, honey citrus chicken sandwiches, and Impossible burgers — perhaps following up their meals with some chocolate chunk cookies for dessert. But for the employees preparing the food, the Arizona establishment offers far more than good eats. Opened in 2004 by […]

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Nonprofit Donates Free Halloween Costumes to Kids in Need

Like jazz music, Mardi Gras, and Creole cuisine, costumes are tightly woven in the fabric of New Orleans culture. As such, Kelsey Meeks was surprised to see so many kids trick-or-treating without costumes on her first Halloween in the city, she told Nola.com. It was 2007, not long after Hurricane Katrina, and many families were […]

Aviation Angels: Volunteer Pilots Fly Children Across US for Lifesaving Medical Treatments

A Denver, Colorado, nonprofit is soaring critically ill children above the clouds to receive the lifesaving medical treatments they need. Founded in 2010 by aviator and attorney Mark Pestal, AeroAngel and its crew of professional pilots provide the children with private flights to hospitals across the United States — free of cost and often at […]

Meet the World’s Oldest Practicing Physician: At 100, Dr. Howard Tucker Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

There are all kinds of jaw-dropping, record-breaking feats chronicled by Guinness World Records, but the one set by neurologist Dr. Howard Tucker in 2021 is surely one of the more inspirational ones. Tucker was verified to be the world’s oldest practicing physician at the age of 98, and now, two years later, he still sees […]

Assistance League Documentary Highlights 125-Year-Old Charity and Its Pioneering Female Founder

Update (10/4/23): A Pebble in the Pond is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Anne Banning was a passionate philanthropist whose many charitable contributions include helping spearhead Assistance League (AL) in the mid-1890s, a nationwide nonprofit that is still active today. But because she was largely credited for her work under […]

Meet the Talented 12-Year-Old Who Sells His Paintings for Charity — and Has Donated More Than $16,000

Arsh Pal believes in the importance of making the world a more beautiful place: The talented 12-year-old not only paints prolifically, but he also sells his artwork and donates the proceeds. And so far, he’s raised over $16,000 for charities. It all started when his parents, Divya and Sanjeev Pal, bought him an acrylic paint […]

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 28: Disney's Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse attend the 100th 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)

Making Magic by Giving Back: Disney Chefs Carry On Tradition of Cooking Thanksgiving Meals for the Homeless

The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is continuing a two decades-long tradition of giving back this Thanksgiving. Chefs at Disney will prepare a special holiday meal with all the trimmings — including turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green beans, and of course, pumpkin pie — for residents of the Coalition for the Homeless of […]

Preet Chandi, British physiotherapist and British Army medical officer, talked to students about her solo expedition across Antarctica, during her visit to Strathearn School in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Picture date: Monday February 7, 2022. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)

Inside “Polar Preet” Chandi’s Journey to Become the First Woman to Cross Antarctica Solo

This past January, Captain Preet Chandi blazed a historic, though decidedly icy, trail by becoming the first woman of color to reach the South Pole alone, without assistance. While others might have been content to make history with this singular accomplishment, “Polar Preet” Chandi is not one to rest on her laurels. The trek to […]

The Watan Foundation and Better Shelter teams collaborated to implement 500 Relief Housing Units (RHUs) in Harem District, Idlib Governorate in Syria. Both teams cooperated on site planning, layout design, ground preparations and fire safety and risk mitigation. The RHUs implemented largely serve as temporary family shelters for displaced families in the region, with some units also serving as education facilities, health clinics and administration offices. Better Shelter also offered support on climate adaptation, including on the design of a tailor-made chimney plate to serve as a safe exhaust for stove pipes, which was specifically developed for this project in order to enable the installation of stoves inside the shelters with awareness of fire safety good practice.

The Nonprofit Making Ikea-Style Flat-Pack Homes to House Refugees

Having safe and adequate shelter is a fundamental human right that 1.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to. Whether due to war, financial hardship, or natural disaster, not having a roof over one’s head can significantly diminish their health, safety, and quality of life. While tents provide some respite, they offer little protection […]

Diverse group of friends cleanup a park during a charity event. They are standing with their arms around one another.

A Detroit Nonprofit Developed a Heartwarming Program to “Test Caring Power” — And It’s a Success

Founded in 1971, social service outreach organization Crossroads of Michigan is on a mission “to care for any person in need.” The Detroit-based nonprofit serves 15,000 low-income or unhoused residents each year, and in 2021 alone, it distributed over 190,000 pounds of food, as well as medical supplies, clothing, and monetary assistance. But due to […]

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Giving Tuesday: What It Is, How It Started, and How You Can Take Part

Giving Tuesday — widely heralded as a global day of giving back — takes place annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. What was once a simple altruistic idea launched by two organizations has become a beloved holiday tradition that has spanned the world within a decade. The first Giving Tuesday took place in 2012, a […]

10-Year-Old Cancer Patient’s Story Brought to Life by “American Idol” Alum

An American Idol alum has teamed up with the Make-A-Wish and Sing Me a Story foundations to bring an unforgettable experience to a 10-year-old cancer patient from North Carolina. Sing Me a Story is a nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, with a mission to serve “families in need through the imaginative stories of their […]