“Floating Hospital” Gives Free Healthcare To Families of Domestic Abuse &...
New York City is experiencing an ongoing crisis of family homelessness and displacement due to domestic abuse, with an increasing number of families sleeping in shelters every night surpasses 13,000...
View Article12 Easy Ways You Can Change The World In a Day
x Guest Editorial: Orly Wahba is Founder of the nonprofit Life Vest Inside. Her new book, Kindness Boomerang—based on the name of the viral video at the end of this post—offers 365 easy ways to make a...
View ArticlePutting the “Good” in Grief For Kids Living With Loss
x Dealing with the loss of a loved one is hard for anyone, but it can be especially difficult for children and young adults. While we may assume kids have support in place during this vulnerable time,...
View ArticleTwins Help Kids Across U.S. Find Volunteer Opportunities
x When these 14-year-old twins were shut out of volunteer opportunities, they took matters into their own hands, creating a nationwide database and building a website to connect kids with causes that...
View ArticleFemale Survivors Use Custom Tech For Social Change
Everyone has a voice, but even in a video-heavy world, not everyone’s voice can be heard. For young women around the globe, their silence is more deafening than words—but one organization is working to...
View ArticleTop GoFundMe Campaigns of 2016 Will Melt Your Heart
In 2016, GoFundMe‘s most moving crowdfunding campaigns were designed to help the elderly, people who would never dream of asking anyone for a single cent themselves. Most likely, they probably didn’t...
View ArticleMeet The People You’ll Help When You Donate For The Holidays
Gifting donations in someone’s name is a beautiful gesture—and a last-minute gift idea that we whole-heartedly support. Often, though, we don’t often get to see where exactly our donations go. x That’s...
View ArticleCongrats! You Helped 3 Awesome Nonprofits Win Grants For 2017
As nonprofits everywhere gear up for another year of changing the world, three very special ones are armed with a little extra something thanks to your votes and contributions. Leave It Better...
View ArticleSustainable Bee Hives Help Former Inmates Thrive
Formerly incarcerated individuals have a much harder time finding jobs than most of us—many potential employers see a “checked box” and immediately veto their application, even if their crimes are...
View ArticleThis “Un-Gift List” Helps You Give Back For Holidays
Guest editorial: Simone Mets, author of Very Christmas, has spent her life connecting with others and keeping her eyes peeled for opportunities to give back. She is a passionate volunteer and mentor....
View ArticleCauses To Be Thankful For On Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Hang on a sec—are you sure you should you be ordering one for you, one for them, when it comes to every Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal that finds it’s way into your inbox? Better yet, do you really...
View ArticleOn #GivingTuesday, Give Minutes Instead of Money With GozAround
It probably feels like the entire world is donating money for #GivingTuesday. Fortunately, many people are. It’s an amazing movement. But, donating dollars, to be sure, isn’t the only way to give. If...
View Article‘Building Beats’ Helps Fuel DJ Dreams For Inner-City Kids
Major cutbacks to arts education programming in New York City—spending has been reduced by nearly 50% in recent years—has hit low-income neighborhoods the hardest. Yet, studies show that arts...
View ArticleFoundation Helps Firefighters & Veterans in Memory of 9/11 Hero
Foundation Helps Firefighters & Veterans in Memory of 9/11 Hero from Headlines for the Hopeful on Vimeo. x Firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller lost his father and his mother before the age of ten,...
View ArticleBronx Kids Boogie, Learn & Laugh With Help of Nonprofit
The Bronx has ranked at the bottom of New York State’s health and wellness list for the past seven years in a row—that’s last place out of 62 counties. There are many reasons this unfortunate...
View ArticleFree Mobile Showers Offer Fresh Start For City’s Homeless
x A simple shower can do more than just cleanse—it can renew a person’s sense of dignity and provide them with the chance of a better tomorrow. One of the main barriers to employment for the homeless...
View ArticleHealthy Food Drive for Thanksgiving Is Lifesaving
This Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will be donating food to those in need, collecting canned goods and other items to be stocked in homeless shelters and at food pantries. One nonprofit wants to...
View ArticleNonprofit Helps Veterans With PTSD Using Yoga, Meditation, Horses
This Veteran’s Day, it’s important to remember that no matter what political climate we’re in, our returning military will always be our nation’s heroes, and that it’s important to take good care of...
View ArticleThis ‘Nobel Prize’ Goes To Heroes Who Help Kids
Bob Dylan may have just won the “official” Nobel Peace Prize, but the winners of this “Nobel Prize” for helping children in need deserve just as much esteem. The award’s proper name, The World of...
View ArticleHow ‘Good News’ and ‘Bad News’ Impact Our Health
Guest Editorial: Jodie Jackson, MSc in Positive Psychology. There are thousands of events happening daily, and only a select few are considered ‘newsworthy.’ Chances are, most of those are depressing,...
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