AnimalsTybee Island, Georgia
Tybee Island logged a record 59 loggerhead nests
Loggerhead nests on Tybee reached 59 this season, a new high for the island, while Georgia as a whole counted a record 4,292 nests.
Verified · Savannah Morning NewsStory of the day
HeroesTallahassee, Florida
A Tallahassee student has donated 2,000 stuffed animals
Kinsley Locke, a sophomore at North Florida Christian School, marked a decade of giving plush toys to local fire departments and is now sending them to children in foster care.
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CommunityHonesdale, Pennsylvania
A Honesdale book share found new homes for more than 28,000 books
SEEDS volunteers sorted tens of thousands of donated books at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, and readers carried more than 28,000 of them home.
Verified · Pike County Courier
CommunityHallsville, Texas
Hallsville students have taken home 1,000 books from a school vending machine
Hallsville West Elementary passed 1,000 books given out through a machine students earn their way into, one student of the month at a time.
Verified · KLTV
CommunityFort Myers, Florida
A diner owner who grew up in foster care gave a regular a job. Now that dad has a home.
He was facing eviction. She knew what it felt like to need a break, so she gave him one.
Verified · TODAY
AnimalsAkron, Ohio
A therapy pony named Willie Nelson is bringing smiles to sick kids
Young patients at Akron Children's Hospital got a visit from a gentle four-legged friend, and for a few minutes the hospital felt a lot more like home.
Verified · Ideastream
HeroesRoyse City, Texas
An Eagle Scout collected pet supplies worth about $3,250 for Royse City
Roderick Green gathered 304 donated items for the Royse City Animal Shelter, collecting them outside pet stores in Rockwall and Fate.
Verified · Royse City Herald-Banner
CommunityNortheast Wisconsin
Northeast Wisconsin scouts are lining up a 38th food drive
Bay-Lakes Council scouts will hang collection bags on October 10 and pick them up on October 17 for more than 80 local pantries.
Verified · WBAY
HeroesBoston, Massachusetts
School custodian Andrew Allen donated a kidney to a teacher's brother
He takes care of the school every day. Then he gave a colleague's family the gift of a lifetime.
Verified · Good Morning America
ScienceConcord, Massachusetts
Schoolkids helped a rare turtle come back from about 55 adults to about 300
Students gave the endangered Blanding's turtle a head start, and the population is climbing.
Verified · GBH News
AnimalsGreen Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay's Rescue Roundup brought shelters and neighbors together for pets
The seventh annual fundraiser outside an east-side Petco raised support for a pet food pantry, a wellness clinic, and animals looking for homes.
Verified · WBAY
CommunityKremmling, Colorado
Kremmling's new library is fully funded, and a groundbreaking party is set
Grand County Library District saved for years so a larger Kremmling library can be built without a new tax, and neighbors are invited to the site on October 10.
Verified · Sky-Hi News
CommunityGroveland, Florida
Neighbors raised more than $170,000 for a new pantry truck in Groveland
The Neighborhood Center of South Lake took delivery of a 2026 refrigerated truck after Central Florida donors covered the cost.
Verified · The Clermont Sun
CommunityOrange Cove, California
Orange Cove's library opened a healing herb garden and a weekly club
The Gardeners Guild meets Thursdays at the Orange Cove Branch Library, starting with lavender, St. John's wort, and society garlic.
Verified · Mid Valley Times
AnimalsIdaho & Pullman, Washington
Teedee the rescue puppy got his heart fixed and a forever home with his foster vet
Saved from a hoarding case, he had a heart defect repaired at WSU. His foster vet said yes, forever.
Verified · WSU Insider
CommunityDecatur, Illinois
Decatur's one-day food drive raised $1,051,034
The 23rd WSOY Community Food Drive, held for 12 hours at a Kroger in Decatur, set a record for the annual event.
Verified · WAND
AnimalsNorman, Oklahoma
Second Chance Animal Rescue in Norman opened a rebuilt shelter
The Norman nonprofit invited the public to a grand reopening, with new kennels and room to perform veterinary care on site.
Verified · News 9
CommunityForks, Washington
A new little free library opened on Spartan Avenue in Forks
Neighbors stocked a book-sharing box in front of the Congregational Church, with a shelf that leans toward children's titles.
Verified · Forks Forum
CommunityLansing, Michigan
Musicians in Lansing kept a jam going for 60 straight hours
More than 100 players rotated across a restaurant stage in Lansing, improvising without a pause from Monday morning until Wednesday night.
Verified · NPR
CommunityThornton, Colorado
Thornton's new library lends outdoor gear along with the books
Anythink Nature Library in Thornton opened so patrons can borrow outdoor gear, or walk a trail that starts just outside the branch.
Verified · KUNC
AnimalsGranby, Colorado
Grand County opened a new animal shelter after neighbors pitched in
A leash-cutting in Granby marked the new Grand County Pet Pals shelter, with the doors set to open to the public on October 1.
Verified · Denver7
CommunityLa Plata, Maryland
Charles County's library stocked a reading corner where kids can take books home
About 100 children's books from the Charles County Public Library now sit in a social services office in La Plata, and young visitors may keep them.
Verified · The Southern Maryland Chronicle
SciencePhoenix, Oregon
Researchers released Oregon monarchs wearing solar-powered tags
At Blue Heron Park in Phoenix, Oregon, a crowd watched 22 tagged butterflies lift off on a migration people can follow by phone.
Verified · Jefferson Public Radio
CommunitySpringfield, Georgia
A little free library opened outside the Effingham County sheriff's office
Volunteer Amanda West stocked a take-a-book box outside the sheriff's administration building in Springfield, Georgia.
Verified · WTOC
ScienceHuntington Beach & Seal Beach, California
Biologists moved 204 olive ridley eggs off Orange County beaches
The first known natural sea turtle nests on the U.S. West Coast were shifted to the Aquarium of the Pacific before storm surf could wash them out.
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