AlabamaFairhope
Purple Heart Homes
A local contractor, Owens Corning's Roof Deployment Project, and Purple Heart Homes replaced John Joyce's tree-damaged roof. He had expected to borrow to pay for it.
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TodayGiving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday
50 states, 50 ways to help.
One featured way to help for each state and Washington, D.C., drawn only from the how-to-help links on stories already published. Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, December 1 in 2026. This page stays up after that day.
Tazzora is not affiliated with these organizations and does not process donations. Check each organization directly before you give time or money.
50 states, 50 ways to help: one reported organization from every state and D.C.
51 places
Way to help
AlabamaCoker
Eagles' Wings
The West Alabama nonprofit opened donated Virginia Stables at Eagles Pointe, with horses Louie and Dixie, for the 40 adults it serves. Trainers will work with the horses before riding begins.
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AlabamaGoshen
Help Shoes That Fit provide new shoes
For the second year, the Troy Trojans partnered with Lids and the nonprofit Shoes That Fit to give Goshen Elementary students new shoes and hats.
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AlabamaHuntsville
Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Fund
A sea of pink lined the 23rd annual run. Proceeds will help fund a 3D mammography machine for the local breast center.
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AlaskaPoint Lay
Alaska SeaLife Center
A USGS biologist and a Point Lay college student found the calf between two carcasses, kept him safe for nearly three days, and got him 800 miles to the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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AlaskaAnchorage
Last Frontier Honor Flight
Bagpipes and a crowd met Last Frontier Honor Flight veterans in Anchorage after a free trip to war memorials in Washington, D.C.
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AlaskaAnchorage
Northern Alliance Reentry
Ashleigh and Jose Valcarcel's Northern Alliance Reentry runs six sober transitional houses. Former residents have gone on to their own apartments and jobs.
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AlaskaAnchorage
Alaska Federation of Natives
Hundreds at Anchorage's Dena'ina Center cheered 14 Alaska Native dance groups. Susan Patkotak, 21, of the Barrow Dancers drew an encore for a dance she created to bring an Inupiaq tradition back.
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ArizonaMaricopa
Costs nothing · Donate goods
Soles4Souls
Jordan Hope handed his own slides to an older man whose shoes were falling apart, bought him candy, and has checked on him every day since.
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ArizonaPhoenix
Honor Flight
A veteran-owned Valley business paid for the free three-day trip to the memorials. A Navy veteran who served 22 years turned 91 the day the flight left.
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ArizonaSan Luis
The Salvation Army
More than 60 volunteers with the San Luis Frontera Rotary Club packed meals at Colibri Supermarket on Saturday morning for the Salvation Army.
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ArizonaSheeps Bridge
Yavapai County Sheriff's Office
Floodwater took his supplies near Sheeps Bridge. He got one message out before his phone died, and a Yavapai County crew found him exhausted and in good health.
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ArizonaPhoenix
City of Phoenix
The Phoenix-based Fetch Foundation sends fire departments free kits with pet oxygen masks, burn supplies, and critter bags. Phoenix crews used them after a house fire this week.
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ArizonaMesa
City of Mesa
More than a dozen seniors at the Optum Community Center in Mesa earned orange or yellow belts in a modified karate class built for balance, strength, and mobility.
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ArkansasLittle Rock
Central Arkansas Diaper Bank
The seventh annual Spirit of Arkansas Diaper Drive wrapped up a six-week collection with volunteers sorting nearly 80,000 diapers for the Central Arkansas Diaper Bank.
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ArkansasLittle Rock
Blue & You Foundation Arkansas
The Blue & You Foundation honored Providence Park, which offers permanent homes and on-site medical, mental health, and dental care, and is planning 400 tiny homes.
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ArkansasBrookland
Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas
Brookland Public Schools fully opened a drive-thru food pantry. Twenty-two families picked up food on the first morning, backed by $7,000 that students and staff raised.
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ArkansasLittle Rock
Pinnacle Mountain State Park
South Lake Trails, 13.5 miles, opened Friday and ties Pinnacle Mountain State Park to Bufflehead Bay, with a link onward to the Arkansas River Trail.
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ArkansasJonesboro
Jonesboro Animal Services
Jonesboro Animal Services is taking food, litter, and cleaning supplies through October, and dogs adopted this month get a lifetime microchip.
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CaliforniaFresno
Central Valley Honor Flight
Two women and 67 men, with service years from 1947 to 2011, returned Wednesday night to a cheering crowd at Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
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CaliforniaOrange Cove
Fresno County Public Library
The Gardeners Guild meets Thursdays at the Orange Cove Branch Library, starting with lavender, St. John's wort, and society garlic.
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CaliforniaSanta Barbara
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue
A hiker called 911 after getting turned around at Lizard's Mouth on Oct. 22. Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue used a phone location and three teams, and the first team walked him to his vehicle.
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CaliforniaHuntington Beach
Aquarium of the Pacific
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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CaliforniaPalm Desert
Variety of the Desert
Variety Children's Charity of the Desert gave therapist-fitted bikes, about $2,500 each, to children from five families. One girl got hers the day before she turned 8.
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CaliforniaSacramento
UC Davis Health
UC Davis Transplant Center gave William Anderson, who has HIV, a kidney from a deceased donor who also had HIV. After years of dialysis he now walks more than 16,000 steps a day.
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ColoradoSteamboat Springs
Costs nothing · Volunteer
City of Steamboat Springs
Win and Elaine Dermody cleaned a half-mile of Steamboat's Core Trail for eight years. The Veterans Center of Northwest Colorado is taking that section.
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ColoradoColorado Springs
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center
The 28th annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down at Weidner Field offered cold-weather gear, food, haircuts, dental care, VA sign-up, and housing help.
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ColoradoAurora
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Food Bank of the Rockies
Bonnie Kirlin of Aurora has volunteered with Food Bank of the Rockies for more than eight years. After retiring, she still comes three or four times a month and packs weekend food bags for kids.
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ColoradoBurns
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
The Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust closed Eagle County Open Space's largest conservation easement, keeping Susan Nottingham's family ranch undeveloped.
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ColoradoArvada
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Greater Arvada Chamber of Commerce
About 150 people painted a pediatric clinic, restocked a children's pantry, and got a family nonprofit ready for winter. It was the chamber's biggest Day of Service yet.
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ColoradoDenver
Susan G. Komen
Susan G. Komen's walk at City Park drew thousands. The money is for breast cancer research, screening access, and support for patients.
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ConnecticutNewington
Costs nothing · Volunteer
House of Heroes Connecticut
House of Heroes Connecticut and about 15 Johnson Brunetti volunteers painted and fixed Bob Sheffield's Newington house. The 83-year-old usually volunteers with them.
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ConnecticutWaterford
Connecticut Humane Society
Laborer Bobby Silva, 26, of Waterford, scooped up a 5-week-old kitten that had fallen about 120 feet into the Thames. She had no broken bones, and he adopted her and named her Molly.
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ConnecticutNew Haven
Friends Center for Children
Friends Center for Children opened eight homes on Howard Street, built by Yale students, where early childhood educators live without paying rent.
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ConnecticutHartford
Hartford Marathon Foundation
At Saturday's race, finishers included a runner who had lost 144 pounds, a breast cancer survivor, and a new mother on her first marathon.
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DelawareEllendale
Delaware Council of Wildlife Rehabilitators and Educators
Volunteers who now care for hundreds of injured and orphaned animals from their homes want a central place with medical care and education programs.
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DelawareDover
Delaware Office of Veterans Services
Saving A Place For You opened a transitional home on South Saulsbury Road. Veterans can stay while they connect with services, and application fees are waived.
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DelawareSeaford
Delaware DNREC
After a 15-year effort, conservation partners celebrated the first two-state land protection in the Nanticoke watershed. The tract holds forest, wetlands, and Atlantic white cedar, and it keeps sediment out of water that feeds Atlantic sturgeon spawning grounds.
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DelawareRehoboth Beach
Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
Hundreds walked with self-advocates with Down syndrome, then danced at the Bandstand while students lined the boards to cheer.
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District of ColumbiaWashington
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Common Good City Farm
Common Good City Farm grows about 4,500 pounds of produce a year and turns no one away, saving customers about $20,000 last year.
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District of ColumbiaWashington
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
After years of construction, the Hirshhorn's 1.3-acre Sculpture Garden reopens October 31 with 30,000 new trees and plants, 60 artworks, and the underground Passage of Reflection back in use.
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District of ColumbiaWashington
Capitol Hill Porchfest
On Oct. 10, about 160 bands played on roughly 50 porches, stoops, and yards across Capitol Hill, Hill East, Lincoln Park, and Barracks Row. Neighbors put the free festival together in about two months.
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FloridaGroveland
Neighborhood Center of South Lake
The Neighborhood Center of South Lake took delivery of a 2026 refrigerated truck after Central Florida donors covered the cost.
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FloridaFort Myers
Support young people leaving foster care
He was facing eviction. She knew what it felt like to need a break, so she gave him one.
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FloridaChiefland
Levy County
A concrete contractor brought a mini excavator, and firefighters and county road crews dug until a dog trapped since 5 a.m. jumped into her owners' arms.
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FloridaTallahassee
Taunton Family Children's Home
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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FloridaOrlando
Orlando Police Department
Still dressed as a banana after a Halloween party, Stephanie Oropeza called police when a vehicle drove into The Moderne's outdoor seating. No one was hurt, and the bar thanked her with a meal.
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GeorgiaValdosta
LAMP in Valdosta
Graham Haskin made bracelets, raised $400 in two weeks, and bought food, water, and supplies for LAMP, which serves people experiencing homelessness.
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GeorgiaAtlanta
Rebuilding Together Atlanta
Rebuilding Together Atlanta and a roofing crew replaced Deborah Scott's leaking roof and took down a failing chimney. The job would usually cost a homeowner close to $30,000.
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GeorgiaTybee Island
Georgia's sea turtle recovery work
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.
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GeorgiaAtlanta
Georgia Lions Lighthouse
Evening in the End Zone, held at Atlanta's College Football Hall of Fame, funds eyeglasses and eye surgeries. Delta and Kia added surprise gifts at the end of the night.
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HawaiiWaialua
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Team Rubicon
More than 40 volunteers, including farmers, equipment operators, and Team Rubicon, opened more than a mile of Ki'iki'i Stream after the community waited decades for permission.
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HawaiiHonolulu
Hawaiian Islands Honor Flight
Korean War and Vietnam War veterans returned to Honolulu after an all-expenses-paid trip to memorials in Washington. Vietnam veteran Stanley Salangdron traveled with his daughter as guardian.
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HawaiiKula
Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
Nearly two years after their release in the forests of Haleakala, the endangered ʻalalā are foraging, holding territories, and building nests. They have also come through several storms.
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HawaiiHawaii
Girl Scouts of Hawaii
The Girls In program gives high school Girl Scouts 8 to 10 weeks of workplace visits, skills training, and internship connections in health care, finance, real estate, and construction.
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IdahoCoeur d'Alene
Help the Keatings bring Emmy's service dog home
Emmy Keating is nonverbal and has seizures in her sleep. Her community covered the family's $20,000 share of a trained service dog in two days.
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IdahoPost Falls
Back on My Feet
Samantha Lee, 25, left Daytona Beach in March and has raised more than $17,000 for Back on My Feet. People along the road have offered rides, food, and water.
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IdahoCoeur d'Alene
See the Coeur d'Alene School District
Leah Weber, 10, won an Idaho Lottery contest at a University of Idaho game and donated all of it to Fernan STEM Academy for school lunch.
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IdahoPocatello
Highpointers Club
Ben Nickell and Anne Koski finished a 10-year quest that began by accident. They are two of just 15 people known to have reached every Idaho county high point.
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IdahoGrangeville
Ready.gov outdoor safety
Jon Norstog spent a night by a fire in a space blanket after he missed his ride on Mex Mountain. An Idaho County search-and-rescue dog team found him the next morning, not injured.
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IllinoisGlenview
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Midwest Mission
More than 100 people, from age 5 to 90, packed meals at Glenview United Methodist Church for Midwest Mission.
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IllinoisPeoria
Greater Peoria Honor Flight
Greater Peoria Honor Flight's fourth trip of 2026 left around 6:45 a.m. on October 20. The day in Washington was free for the veterans, and a public welcome was set for that night at the airport.
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IllinoisRichton Park
Rich Township High School District 227
A land bank gave the district a vacant, fire-damaged home in Richton Park. Students will learn carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work, and business students plan to sell it by April 2027.
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IllinoisChicago
ASPCA
During a long delay, Virgil Wiebe met a three-week-old orange kitten outside Terminal 1. His daughter sent a kennel and formula by delivery, United added the cat to the flight, and he named it Macanudo O'Hare, Harry for short.
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IllinoisChicago
Loretto Hospital
Riders, led by breast cancer survivors, raised funds so uninsured and underinsured women can get free screenings at Loretto Hospital on the West Side.
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IndianaEvansville
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Young and Established
Young & Established's weekly giveaway on Vann Avenue is open to anyone in need. Retailers including Walmart and Target donated meat.
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IndianaMiddlebury
Costs nothing · Volunteer
LoveWay
LoveWay's fifth annual Barn Boo-Nanza turned stalls into candy booths and offered calm, spaced-out games, so some children got to trick-or-treat for the first time.
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IndianaCedar Lake
Indiana DNR Law Enforcement
Officer Alex Neel heard the dispatch, joined bystanders who were already doing CPR at a restaurant, and delivered shocks with a defibrillator. The woman regained consciousness at the scene.
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IowaCedar Rapids
Costs nothing · Volunteer
United Way of East Central Iowa
The Commons on 16th will offer private bedrooms and intensive case management. United Way volunteers are getting the former driving school ready to open by the end of November.
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IowaDes Moines
Honor Flight
Veterans flew from Des Moines to Washington, visited memorials, and came home to a surprise welcome. Gov. Kim Reynolds met two uncles and a cousin, including one celebrating his 77th birthday.
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IowaAlbion
Visit the Albion Municipal Library
The Albion Municipal Library grows tomatoes and peppers for its food pantry, with grants paying for the greenhouse, raised beds, and trees.
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IowaMuscatine
Costs nothing · Volunteer
United Way Muscatine County
United Way Muscatine County and partners gave nearly 700 free Halloween costumes to 145 children in 45 families.
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IowaWashington
Practical Farmers of Iowa
After a ladder fall put Washington County farmer John Conway in the hospital, neighbors and fellow farmers brought in all his corn and soybeans in a single day, work that normally takes him six weeks.
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KansasManhattan
Manhattan Emergency Shelter Fund
A state grant and local partners put 124 free access points across Manhattan and Riley County, including at the emergency shelter.
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KansasWichita
Kansas Honor Flight
The last Kansas Honor Flight of 2026 returned to Wichita on Wednesday. Herb Duncan, who volunteers with the group, still remembers the welcome he received 18 years ago.
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KansasWyandotte County
Ready.gov
A silver maple fell through Gilbert Kirk's roof and trapped him and his dog for hours. After he asked on television for a tarp, neighbors covered the hole. They did not rebuild the house.
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KansasKansas City
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Build WyCo
Build WyCo and St. Peter CME Church planted 11 raised beds and a young orchard at Boulevard Lofts. About 15 young people help, and residents take the produce as fast as it ripens.
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KansasLawrence
City of Lawrence
Midco Prairie opened Oct. 22 with more than 125 native plant species, a stump boardwalk, and foraging workshops, on a lot that used to hold cars.
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KansasArcadia
Special Olympics
Special Olympics Kansas athletes joined Orion Ranch Sanctuary's second Boo Bash in Arcadia for a dance, lunch, games, and time with nearly 50 rescued horses.
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KentuckyShelbyville
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Metro United Way
Metro United Way, A Place to Sleep, and Shelby County schools spent a Saturday at the high school building complete bed sets for children who did not have one.
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KentuckyCynthiana
Honor Flight Kentucky
Bob Owen, Mike Wilson, and Dan Haley flew from Lexington on October 3 for a free day at the memorials. Rain did not stop the visit, and a flag-lined crowd met them at Blue Grass Airport.
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KentuckyLawrenceburg
Anderson Public Library
Eli Newton and his troop built a box at the Anderson Public Library where anyone can leave food or take it, and neighbors have refilled it several times.
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KentuckyLouisville
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
Karen Sheets-Mobley won a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation contest to put a public-access AED on Bardstown Road after her husband made a full recovery.
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LouisianaSt. Martinville
Plow & Pulse Foundation
Plow & Pulse Foundation's free garden day was its biggest yet. Children planted vegetables, met a veterinarian, and took home a cabbage.
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LouisianaBaton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Council on Aging
Lotus Care Transit, from the Council on Aging, CareSouth, and CATS, launched Monday. It picks up homebound or disabled residents 60 and older and takes them to the clinic.
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MaineWinthrop
Cat Life Maine
PALS and Cat Life Maine ran a free clinic in Winthrop for National Feral Cat Day. Donors covered every surgery.
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MaineBucksport
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Evan Hunter, his mother, and 27 volunteers spent Saturday writing thank-you notes to veterans. They have held the card-writing day every year since 2020.
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MaineBar Harbor
Friends of Acadia
Trail crews rebuilt a 500-foot stretch near Otter Point, paid for largely by Friends of Acadia. Most of the path is now usable, except the granite stairs past Otter Cliffs.
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MaineAuburn
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Mission Working Dogs
Franklin Alternative School staff and students trained three times a week, and 30 of them finished Moxie's Memorial 5K for the nonprofit that provided Luna.
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MaineBangor
Society of American Florists
For the fifth year, florists in West Market Square gave people two flowers each, one to keep and one to give away, joining more than 700 shops nationwide in Petal It Forward.
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MarylandLexington Park
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Cycling Without Age
Christina Allen founded Maryland's first Cycling Without Age chapter and rides about 2,000 miles a year, taking people to the market, the trail, or out with their grandchildren.
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MarylandLa Plata
Charles County Public Library
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.
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MassachusettsBoston
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Rebuilding Together Boston
WCVB gave its first public-service award in Karen Holmes Ward's name to a nonprofit that has spent 35 years repairing homes for seniors, veterans, and families.
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MassachusettsBoston
No Kid Hungry
More than 500 people brought cookies to Boston Common for a potluck hosted by Flour Bakery's Joanne Chang. The swap raised more than $25,000 for No Kid Hungry.
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MassachusettsStoughton
MSPCA-Angell
On Sept. 15, Kristian Roch and Timothy Guillotte found a kitten in a trash bag behind Station 2. Guillotte's family took it to their farm in Rochester and named it Meeko.
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MassachusettsBoston
Boston Children's Hospital
Bruins players made their annual Halloween visit to patients at Boston Children's Hospital, dressed as characters from Toy Story.
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MassachusettsBoston
Atrius Health Equity Foundation
The Atrius Health Equity Foundation and Undue Medical Debt are mailing letters this week. Together they have cleared more than $293 million since 2024.
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MichiganDetroit
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Laundromat Love
Volunteers walk into laundromats, cover every load, and hand out hygiene kits. The visits are built around smiles and a chance to talk.
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MichiganSouthfield
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Tunnel to Towers opened Southfield Veteran's Village in a former Holiday Inn, with financial, legal, health, and mental health services in the building.
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MichiganNovi
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity
Vibe Credit Union's Community Impact Day in Novi put 300 employees to work for two hours with Habitat for Humanity, Samaritas Family Center, and Hospitality House.
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MichiganGrand Rapids
City of Grand Rapids
Residents helped design the $2.23 million park, which includes inclusive play, a rain garden, and a place for vendors.
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MichiganTraverse City
Cherryland Humane Society
Starting October 28, Cherryland Humane Society and Hoop’s Pet Food Pantry will give out pet food on the fourth Wednesday of the month.
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MichiganDetroit
Costs nothing · Volunteer
Henry Ford Health
Volunteer Valerie Atkinson is in her ninth year knitting Halloween costumes for babies at Henry Ford Hospital, with help from Knit-Picky & Hooked and the Monroe Center for Healthy Aging. Families keep them.
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MinnesotaBloomington
Bitty Kitty Brigade
About two dozen Bitty Kitty Brigade fosters explored the Sea Life aquarium, a yearly outing that helps socialize them for adoption.
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MinnesotaFergus Falls
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
The Ottertail Lions Club spent about a year collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic film for Trex's recycling program and gave the resulting bench to the Fergus Falls Veterans Home, its third bench through that partnership.
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MinnesotaNew Ulm
New Ulm Public Library
The Heart of New Ulm Community Fridge and Freezer sits near the children's room. No forms, no signup, and no library card are required.
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MinnesotaHastings
Visit the City of Hastings
Harvey Wetterlund's daily walks to say hello at the fire station, police station, and downtown shops earned him a key to the city.
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MinnesotaBloomington
NAMI Minnesota
A Trader Joe's cashier named Tim noticed a nurse who was anxious about returning to work after mental health leave and gave her flowers and chocolate.
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MississippiOxford
Costs nothing · Volunteer
CASA volunteer
CASA Encore's dance and banner competition funds volunteer advocates for children in foster care in three north Mississippi counties. Alpha Omicron Pi won for a third year.
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MississippiJackson
We Will Go
Mississippi College law classes competed and spent their own budget money to restock a pantry that serves more than 1,000 families a month.
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MississippiOcean Springs
Witches Ride of Ocean Springs
What began as about 30 costumed bike riders in 2018 is now an award-winning Halloween tradition that funds local animal welfare groups. The ninth ride is October 24.
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MississippiRolling Fork
National Weather Service tornado safety
The National Storm Chasers Society and Oz Saferooms installed Mississippi's first Oz shelter at Brad Nicholson's home in Rolling Fork and a second one at a local church.
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MissouriColumbia
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Missouri Conservation Corps
After years of Missouri Conservation Corps work at Kiwanis Park, spring wildflowers have come back and sightlines have reopened across the 20-acre park.
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MissouriSpringfield
Honor Flight of the Ozarks
Korean War and Vietnam War veterans from Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma left Springfield before dawn. Army veteran Jerry Parks said he had not expected the trip.
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MissouriKansas City
Kanbe's Markets
The Kansas City nonprofit has kept 6 million pounds of food out of the waste stream in 10 years and is on pace to save 3 million pounds this year.
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MissouriKansas City
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City
The 35th annual sale, themed Red Thursday, brought the last 14 years of giving to $8.5 million for families staying near their seriously ill children in Kansas City.
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MissouriLancaster
CPR and AED use with the American Red Cross
Dave Irvin gave two AEDs and the cabinets to hang them in. They are mounted at Cousins Cafe and Coffee and at Lancaster Senior Housing.
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MontanaBelt
Montana DEQ
The federal abandoned-mine program honored Montana for a plant that treats about 150 gallons a minute of acid drainage that once sent hundreds of pounds of metals into the creek each day.
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MontanaButte
Action Inc. housing assistance
Action Inc.'s housing-first work is getting a 75-year-old man indoors before winter for the first time in 20 years.
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MontanaWhitehall
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens and a bear specialist caught the cub, cut off the plastic jar, and let it go unhurt.
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MontanaMissoula
National Endowment for the Arts
Ernest Doty and AJ Tiam finished a mural of more than 6,000 square feet on the Clark Fork Riverside building, now the tallest in Missoula.
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NebraskaNorth Platte
Honor Homes at Patty's Place
First National Bank of Omaha gave the money to Honor Homes at Patty's Place. The Connection said it will pay for electrical work and restart four homes that had been waiting on funds.
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NebraskaGretna
Schramm Park
Leo Youngdahl spotted a 2.75-inch imprint of the ancient jellyfish-like animal at Schramm Park and let it stay there for education programs.
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NebraskaOmaha
Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine
Bob and Vicki Dyer flew Serena, a 10-week-old feral kitten with twisted leg syndrome, from Millard Airport to the Kansas State veterinary school for treatment.
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NebraskaLincoln
Dream On 3
Dream On 3 and the University of Nebraska Collegiate Dream team gave Sam, who has Down syndrome and other health conditions, a three-day visit with on-field passes during Big Noon Kickoff weekend.
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NebraskaOmaha
QLI
Georgia Curry promised her late friend she'd look after her aunt. When Miss Marie couldn't call out, Georgia found someone at QLI who could.
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NevadaReno
Rebuilding Together Northern Nevada
Rebuilding Together Northern Nevada and Lowe's gave Army and Air Force veteran Floyd Payton a working oven, a new porch, lighting, and smoke detectors.
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NevadaLas Vegas
Clark County schools
Students, parents, and neighbors at Mendoza Elementary spread 44 tons of donated rock, built benches, painted a dinosaur mural, and laid a River of Kindness of painted stones.
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NevadaLas Vegas
Nevada SPCA
The sixth annual walk at Silverado Ranch Park funds shelter care, no-cost veterinary services, and a pet food pantry that helps owners keep their animals.
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NevadaElko
REACH Air Medical
REACH and Guardian Flight crew members Steve Hardesty and Misae Nomiyama delivered baby Lacy safely during a climb. Both are 2026 Stars of Life, and they reunite with the family in Elko on Oct. 23.
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New HampshireBean's Purchase
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Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue
Thomas McGrimley slipped on a ledge near the summit in Bean's Purchase. Twenty-four volunteers reached him, splinted his leg, and carried him out in a litter.
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New HampshireManchester
Honor Flight New England
Korean War and Vietnam War veterans gathered at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on May 31 for a free flight to Washington. The send-off put the chapter past 2,600 veterans flown.
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New HampshirePinkham's Grant
New Hampshire hiking safety
Leva Lase fell on the rocky steps below Glen Ellis Falls and could not walk out alone. A search-and-rescue paramedic reached her first, and she climbed back to the trailhead with the crew.
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New HampshireLincoln
Lin-Wood Public Schools
Boots, a relative of the department's K-9 Watson, will work with the resource officer in the Lin-Wood Public Schools.
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New HampshireLaconia
Laconia Pumpkin Festival
The Laconia Pumpkin Festival brought back its wall of carved pumpkins, plus a laser show, a duck race, cornhole, and costume parades for dogs and kids.
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New JerseyHoboken
HoBOOken 5K
Jacob Cyprys, who turns 12 on October 11, has raised $1,780 for the HoBOOken 5K and is asking neighbors for $12 each.
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New JerseyBasking Ridge
Food Bank Network of Somerset County
Elise Asay, Cole Marshall, and Nicole Zenchak ran an August bag drive and delivered the food to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County.
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New JerseyNewark
Newark City Parks Foundation
The restored carousel, whose 16 horses each honor a horse from Newark history, reopened October 23. The Newark City Parks Foundation is sponsoring free rides through the end of 2026.
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New JerseyMonroe Township
Monroe Township, New Jersey
An ambulance crew found about 20 goats wandering a road, moved them to safety, and reunited them with their owner with the help of a bucket of corn.
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New JerseyToms River
NJ Sharing Network
Courtney Olsen donated part of her liver to 1-year-old CJ Fischetti, who has Alagille syndrome. He is home and thriving, and the families met by chance at a flag football game.
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New MexicoAlbuquerque
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Bill Kinser followed his father into ballooning. Now his son flies with him, and the whole family helped light up Milkyway at Balloon Fiesta.
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New MexicoAlbuquerque
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Agri-Cultura Network opened Raices Sagradas Community Farm on 9,000 square feet that used to be an illegal dump, with solar power, greenhouses, pollinator habitat, and a native seed program.
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New MexicoAlbuquerque
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Albuquerque Fire Rescue helped New Mexico Game and Fish trap a mother bear and her two cubs at a golf course so the family could be relocated together.
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New MexicoTruth or Consequences
New Mexico Environment Department
In its first year, the state's LeakTracer program found 216 leaks across 28 small utilities. Officials want to take the satellite search statewide.
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New YorkWaverly
Stray Haven Humane Society & SPCA
A charitable foundation gift will pay for cat-holding upgrades and surgical equipment at the Waverly shelter.
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New YorkRochester
Honor Flight Rochester
Honor Flight Rochester's Mission 99 brought veterans from several eras back from the memorials in Washington. One Air Force veteran flew with his son as guardian.
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New YorkSavannah
Audubon in New York
New York finished a $70,000 wildlife viewing platform in Wayne County, reached by a 750-foot stone-dust path and a ramp, in time for fall migration.
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New YorkNew York
A Spark to Inspire
Sammy Wechter, 17 and cancer-free for about 11 years, co-founded A Spark to Inspire. The kits hold crafts, books, and games for children in long hospital stays.
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New YorkStaten Island
American Cancer Society
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer drew at least 13,000 registered walkers at Midland Beach and raised more than $390,000 for the American Cancer Society.
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North CarolinaCharlotte
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The Harvest Center of Charlotte
A 10-acre campus with housing, daycare, a gym, and a coffee shop is set for a ribbon-cutting on Nov. 17. It is being built to help families leave homelessness.
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North CarolinaWilmington
Canines for Service
Canines for Service paired Patrick Walker with Basil and Anne Leanos with Bogey at a ceremony on the battleship North Carolina. Each dog is trained for one veteran and given at no cost.
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North CarolinaAsheville
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
With Lake Craig Dam open after Hurricane Helene, smallmouth bass and russet darters are upstream of it for the first time in more than a century. Asheville will not repair the barrier.
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North CarolinaRoanoke Rapids
Learn first aid with the American Red Cross
Sgt. Alex Wood crawled through a burning trailer near Roanoke Rapids, found the resident, and pulled him out. The man is stable.
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North DakotaFargo
Hope Blooms
Volunteers turn donated flowers into bouquets for memory-care residents, recovery centers, and cancer treatment centers. A Caters Taters fundraiser is backing a rural expansion.
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North DakotaBismarck
Great Plains Food Bank
High school students launched Bis-Man Gives a Can, a drive for the Great Plains Food Bank with a goal of 2,000 food items from each school.
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OhioDayton
PERIOD.
Autumn May, 13, set out to collect 5,000 period products for Dayton students and, with help from Miss Ohio USA's coalition, passed 41,000.
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OhioColumbus
Honor Flight Columbus
The group, from every branch, visited the Air Force Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the World War II Memorial. A public welcome was set for that night at John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
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OhioGlouster
Rural Action
Rural Action's Joe Brehm found river otter tracks on Sunday Creek near Glouster, a stream once poisoned by mine runoff where otters had not been reported in more than 100 years.
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OhioAkron
Akron Children's Hospital
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.
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OhioSouth Euclid
Cleveland Clinic
Free monthly sessions of art, music, dance, and games now run at Cuyahoga County libraries for people with dementia and the people who care for them.
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OklahomaTulsa
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BeHeard Movement
BeHeard, which runs mobile showers and laundry, hired John Vose and then gathered more than 40 people in a few weeks to buy him a trailer of his own.
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OklahomaOklahoma
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
One Veteran, One Dog, Two Lives Saved paired combat veteran Ashley Dunn Gonzalez with a rescued Labrador who now steadies her days.
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OklahomaPontotoc County
The Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy staff and Southeastern Oklahoma State volunteers worked at Pontotoc Ridge Preserve while hundreds of millions of birds pass over the state.
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OklahomaMiami
Transplant Games of America
Cook, who performs as Dancing with the Scars, won four ballroom medals at the Transplant Games of America in Denver: one gold, two silver, and one bronze. He received new lungs in January 2025.
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OregonSalem
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Salem Health
Kimber, 11, and her owner Eric Schuman, a 78-year-old retired physician associate, have spent about five years as a pet-therapy team comforting patients, often starting shifts in the ER.
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OregonBaker City
Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Baker City retiree walked from the Mexican border to the Canadian border in about seven months and reached the northern monument on Oct. 12.
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OregonPortland
Project Lemonade
Foster children can shop for free up to three times a year and leave with a week's wardrobe. The nonprofit's new Albina District hub is also running a Sock-tober drive for more than 18,000 pairs of socks.
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OregonCorbett
Mt. Hood National Forest trail information
Two groups got stranded on the closed Rock of Ages trail in the Columbia River Gorge. Multnomah County search-and-rescue volunteers found both pairs and walked them out.
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PennsylvaniaScranton
Wigs for Kids
Dickson City Great Clips and the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County collected hair donations and gave every haircut dollar to Wigs for Kids.
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PennsylvaniaSouth Park Township
Roofs for the Red, White and Blue
Burns and Scalo Roofing replaced Mike Seybert's roof, more than 30 years old, through its Roofs for the Red, White and Blue program. He said he had not been sure the offer was real.
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PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia
Philabundance
The 17th annual Toyota Tundra Food Drive collected more than 354,000 pounds of food, enough for about 295,000 meals.
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PennsylvaniaPatton
Girl Scouts of the USA
Makenna Sandoval and Lilly Prindle of Troop 16336 earned the Silver Award with a native-plant garden at Prince Gallitzin State Park. Each girl put in more than 50 hours.
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PennsylvaniaHartstown
Tamarack Wildlife Center
Tamarack Wildlife Center released a young eagle that fell from her nest in June. After four months of care, the trooper who found her watched her go.
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PennsylvaniaHarrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
The state is spending more than $5.8 million to buy development rights on 22 farms in 14 counties, including a Bucks County farm that dates to 1765.
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Rhode IslandWesterly
Jonnycake Center of Westerly
Casa Della Luce's fifth annual event at Mill Pond Plaza drew hundreds and collected canned food. Last year the same night gathered more than 2,000 pounds for a local shelter.
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Rhode IslandScituate
Special Olympics
Mike Castelli, 25, hand-delivered invitations to his Halloween display. Neighbors turned out, met for the first time, and donated to his Special Olympics team.
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South CarolinaJenkinsville
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Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
More than 40 responders, including State Law Enforcement Division bloodhounds and the Department of Natural Resources, found Opel Hawkins safe Monday evening after an hours-long search in Fairfield County.
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South CarolinaNorth Charleston
American Foundation for the Blind
The Palmetto Council of the Blind and Meta gave Ray-Ban Meta glasses to legally blind veterans. The glasses can read mail and menus aloud. They do not restore sight.
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South CarolinaColumbia
Homeless No More
Homeless No More broke ground on Grand Village, a $12.8 million mixed-income rental project on the old Grand Motel site, with homes for families with children and a community center. Nobody has moved in yet.
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South CarolinaCharleston
Lowcountry Food Bank
Publix Super Market Charities' donation also buys an electric forklift and warehouse upgrades for the food bank serving 10 coastal South Carolina counties.
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South CarolinaCharleston
Repair Cafe
Volunteers at the county library mended lamps, fans, clocks, and a Roomba bought for $20. The cafe will return every other month.
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South CarolinaMount Pleasant
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Meowdog Animal Rescue
At Lucy Beckham High School, veterinary science students care for shelter dogs and cats from rural counties and help place them in homes.
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South CarolinaLexington County
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Saint Michael Lutheran and Pleasant Springs AME members cleared the overgrown 1814 burial ground. One pastor found his own ancestor there.
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South DakotaSioux Falls
Feeding South Dakota
Veterinarian Lisa Coder started Feed Sioux Falls last November after worrying about families going hungry. The Heritage Park giveaway began with coffee and grew to sandwiches, toiletries, and more.
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South DakotaSioux Falls
Veterans Community Project
The Veterans Community Project village is finished after five years. One of its newest residents is an 80-year-old who had been without a home for 11 years.
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South DakotaPorcupine
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Close to 300 people watched Thunder Valley CDC release 50 bison onto nearly 40,000 acres of Oglala Sioux land in the Stronghold, a former bombing range now edged with 27 miles of wildlife fencing.
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South DakotaSioux Falls
Sioux Falls Humane Society
The Sioux Falls Humane Society's Pet Food Bank, with Greater Good Charities and the Animal Resource Center, loaded pallets for Brookings, Yankton, Mitchell, and Iowa so families can keep their pets.
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South DakotaPine Ridge
Red Cloud Renewable
Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center has trained about 1,100 people. About 80 percent of graduates work in solar, and the center won a national Power for All award.
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TennesseeChattanooga
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Remote Area Medical
Remote Area Medical and more than 415 volunteers treated about 300 patients at Notre Dame High School. No ID and no insurance were required.
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TennesseeChattanooga
Dream Flights
Dream Flights gave three residents of Beò of Chattanooga free rides in a restored biplane. Air Force veteran Joe DePrimo, 79, flew after a stroke that left him paralyzed on one side.
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TennesseeNashville
Nashville Rescue Mission
Since 2019, Melrose Music City Chick-fil-A has frozen surplus food for the Nashville Rescue Mission and has hired people from the mission's recovery program.
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TennesseeMadison
Metro Government of Nashville
On National First Responders Day, Metro Nashville's dancing dinosaur Rescue Rex showed Gateway Elementary students how to spot an emergency, call 911, and give an address. The free program has reached Davidson County kids for more than 30 years.
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TexasCorpus Christi
Texas Sea Life Center
After two years of building, the Texas Sea Life Center added a hospital, a food-prep building, and two sea-turtle pools so it can take in more turtles, shorebirds, and raptors.
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TexasLongview
Brookshire's Heroes Flight
Fifteen veterans from the Longview area and fifteen from Tulsa returned from a trip Brookshire Grocery Company paid for. Families filled East Texas Regional Airport on Wednesday night.
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TexasRatcliff
Texas Parks & Wildlife
After King Bard won a Lake Sam Rayburn tournament as its youngest angler, his father, Kory, partnered with Texas Parks and Wildlife for a free youth day that drew 35 kids.
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TexasRoyse City
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Royse City Animal Services
Roderick Green gathered 304 donated items for the Royse City Animal Shelter, collecting them outside pet stores in Rockwall and Fate.
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TexasTyler
East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind
About 300 people walked Bergfeld Park with the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, which has spent half a century on jobs, training, and free services across 40 counties.
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UtahSalt Lake City
Salt Lake City Public Lands
Salt Lake City Public Lands, University of Utah volunteers, and a corrections greenhouse program are replanting the Bonneville Fire foothills to hold the slopes.
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UtahSalt Lake City
National Farm to School Network
About 150 Canyons School District kindergarteners came to the state Capitol for Utah's annual Apple Crunch, a Farm to School Month visit with the people who grow their fruit.
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UtahSyracuse
Antelope Island State Park
Volunteer riders, many of them returning with their families, helped move Antelope Island's bison into corrals so park staff could check the herd.
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UtahPark City
Park City
Mountaineer Jenn Drummond launched a statewide gratitude drive through November. Her first two card-writing parties, in Salt Lake City and Park City, produced nearly 700 notes in a day.
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VermontJohnson
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Green Mountain Club
After more than 30 years of talks, the Green Mountain Club secured the last easement it needed to move about 3 miles of the Long Trail off West Settlement Road and onto Dry Ridge. More than 98% of the trail is now protected.
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VermontWinooski
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Sleep in Heavenly Peace's Chittenden County chapter spent Friday assembling new beds in local homes so children no longer sleep on floors or couches.
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VermontGreensboro
Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation
John Smolinsky of Earthbound Forestry uses his one-ton horse on small, steep, and sensitive woodlots. A horse compacts the soil far less than a heavy skidder.
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VermontBurlington
Greater Burlington YMCA
All six Burlington elementary schools now send fourth graders to the YMCA twice a week, and children who could not swim are passing deep-end tests.
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VirginiaAltavista
National Center for Healthy Veterans
The National Center for Healthy Veterans in Altavista added housing, group classes, and therapy aimed at the move from military service to civilian life.
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VirginiaRoanoke
Monarch Watch waystations
Jean Quade turned a weedy back lot on Avenel Avenue into pollinator habitat large enough to be certified as a Monarch Waystation. Neighbors who had not met before now garden there together.
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VirginiaFront Royal
Smithsonian's National Zoo
First-time mother Zura delivered five healthy cubs on October 5, the institute's 21st litter and 90th cheetah birth. A live camera is open to the public.
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VirginiaLeesburg
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Loudoun County Fire and Rescue
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue crews dressed as Captain America, Mario, Luigi, Stitch, Mr. Incredible, and Spider-Man descended Inova Loudoun Hospital and played tic-tac-toe, bingo, and bubbles with young patients through the windows.
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VirginiaDante
Dante Rescue Squad
The all-volunteer squad in Dante, Virginia, will offset training and response costs without charging patients for ambulance care.
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WashingtonSpokane
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Inland Northwest Land Conservancy
The Inland Northwest Land Conservancy and wildlife crews are restoring 10 acres of floodplain on the Little Spokane River. Volunteers from age 6 to 80, including refugee teens, came to plant.
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WashingtonSpokane
Inland Northwest Honor Flight
Inland Northwest Honor Flight took veterans from the Spokane area to Washington at no cost. They spent a day at the memorials, rested, and flew back the next day.
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WashingtonSeattle
Low Income Housing Institute
The Low Income Housing Institute opened Cloverleaf Tiny House Village in South Park, 90 small houses and the group's newest and largest village.
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WashingtonPort Townsend
Jefferson County Food Bank
A volunteer’s post drew first-time gifts to the Jefferson County Food Bank, including donations from people who had never given there before.
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WashingtonMontesano
Washington Fish and Wildlife
Officer Marcus O'Connor took the babies to Twin Harbors Wildlife Center. After several months of care, he helped release all six on Oct. 3.
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West VirginiaCharleston
West Virginia Health Right
The state's largest free clinic offered eye exams and glasses, 21 mammograms, 56 flu shots, 57 prescriptions, and 225 meals, with no questions about income or insurance.
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West VirginiaParkersburg
Trinity Episcopal Church in Parkersburg
Shoppers filled Trinity Episcopal Church’s used-book sale, and the proceeds go to groups including the Salvation Army and CASA.
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West VirginiaParkersburg
WVU Medicine Camden Clark
For more than 16 years, Camden Clark's Pink Mammogram Fund has covered screenings, diagnostic imaging, and biopsies for uninsured or denied women, with no bill.
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WisconsinGreen Bay
Community Paws of Wisconsin
The seventh annual fundraiser outside an east-side Petco raised support for a pet food pantry, a wellness clinic, and animals looking for homes.
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WisconsinWest Salem
American Legion
The La Crosse County American Legion and local groups paid to train Gilby for veteran Nicole Rogich. The dog is named for Air Force veteran James Gilbertson.
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WisconsinKaukauna
Kaukauna Area School District
A Kaukauna High student asked the foods class to cook for the town fridge. They made 12 pasta salads and plan to do it every week.
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WisconsinMilwaukee
Wisconsin DNR
Wisconsin DNR opened a third-of-a-mile trail at Havenwoods State Forest with braille signs, audio guides, and loaner white canes, built mostly by staff with a $15,000 grant.
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WisconsinMilwaukee
Children's Wisconsin
At Children's Wisconsin, 3-year-old Cleo and her sister Lennon had FDA-approved gene therapy surgery in July. They are responding to sounds such as a bark and their mother's humming. Results vary, and durability is unknown.
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WyomingBoulder
Jackson Hole Land Trust
A conservation easement on the Wild Horse Ranch, plus Wyoming's migration-corridor designation, covers the Sublette herd's narrow crossing of the New Fork River.
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WyomingParkman
University of Wyoming Extension
The Double Rafter Ranch near Parkman hosted neighbors from across sparse ranch country for a potluck and a kids' rodeo, with horses welcome and extras to borrow.
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WyomingCheyenne
Great Pumpkin Commonwealth
Andy and Amy Corbin's 2,224-pound pumpkin set a new Wyoming record and put them in the 2,200 Pound Club, a mark fewer than 50 growers have reached. It grew in a patch thick with dandelions.
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