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Children who helped someone, made something, or were looked after by the people around them. 118 verified stories. Stories come from Stuart, Lincoln, and Portland. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityAn anonymous donation and a long land lease from New Heights Church will let the nonprofit build short-term housing in Fayetteville for young adults in crisis.
Verified · Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
HeroesLeah 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.
Verified · Coeur d'Alene Press
HeroesJacob Cyprys, who turns 12 on October 11, has raised $1,780 for the HoBOOken 5K and is asking neighbors for $12 each.
Verified · News 12 New Jersey
CommunityMore than 100 swimmers carried a torch relay at the Conway Community Center for Special Olympics of Arkansas. UCA students and local first responders were in the pool.
Verified · TriArk Radio
CommunityMakenna 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.
Verified · Altoona Mirror
CommunityThe new Salida School Days program covers mountain access for Salida School District students in the 2026-27 season. Half-day beginner lessons will cost $49.
Verified · Unofficial Networks
CommunityDream on 3 surprised 18-year-old Sam Schreiner, who has Down syndrome, with a limousine send-off to a weekend of Nebraska football festivities.
Verified · 10/11 NOW (KOLN)
CommunityOklahoma State's Construction Management Society built a purple-and-white playhouse in Perkins for Alaina Hammer, who has finished her last round of chemo.
Verified · News On 6
CommunityElise Asay, Cole Marshall, and Nicole Zenchak ran an August bag drive and delivered the food to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County.
Verified · Patch
CommunityFor the second year, the Troy Trojans partnered with Lids and the nonprofit Shoes That Fit to give Goshen Elementary students new shoes and hats.
Verified · WAKA 8
CommunityBill Kinser followed his father into ballooning. Now his son flies with him, and the whole family helped light up Milkyway at Balloon Fiesta.
Verified · KOAT
HeroesRika Matsuda kept an origami crane a man folded for her in Japan when she was 7. Ten years later, an English assignment led her to unfold it.
Verified · Good News Network
HeroesUltra O'Connell's last chemo is this weekend after two years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She is set to ring the bell the following Friday.
Verified · KFYR-TV
HeroesCarter Hicks told adults that a camper trailer was smoking, and the Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department later gave him a patch and a certificate.
Verified · Eagle Country 99.3
HeroesJordan 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.
Verified · AZ Family
CommunityThe Biblioteca della Natura at Terra Franca lends illustrated books on nature and permaculture, and its opening included seed bombs for a neighborhood garden.
Verified · Giornale del Mediterraneo
CommunityEli 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.
Verified · The Anderson News
CommunityMaple Street School students made bouquets from Fleur Farm and gave them, with personal notes, to employees and shoppers at Shaw's.
Verified · Manchester Journal
CommunityDPR Construction and trade partners renovated a closed wing of the old Union High School, adding a computer lab, a robotics room, and a game room.
Verified · Gallatin News
HeroesTyce Gardner was hit in the chest by a ball and went into cardiac arrest. Coach Gene Richins started compressions at once, and doctors expect Tyce to fully recover.
Verified · KSL.com
CommunitySEEDS 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
HeroesWhen John White collapsed from a heart attack at home, his 16-year-old son Noah called 911 and started CPR.
Verified · Patch
HeroesKinsley 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.
Verified · WCTV
CommunityMore than 100 people, from age 5 to 90, packed meals at Glenview United Methodist Church for Midwest Mission.
Verified · Journal & Topics