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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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CommunityLarry and Heidi Canarelli committed $50 million to Intermountain's Las Vegas children's hospital, planned to open in 2030 with 180 beds.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
CommunityDog Gone Kids 4-H placed a book box at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office on Main Street, the club’s third in Washington County.
Verified · The Post-Star
CommunityCommon Good City Farm grows about 4,500 pounds of produce a year and turns no one away, saving customers about $20,000 last year.
Verified · The Wash
AnimalsYoung 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
HeroesRoderick 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
CommunityEmmy 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.
Verified · Coeur d'Alene Press
CommunityHallsville 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
CommunityHarvey Wetterlund's daily walks to say hello at the fire station, police station, and downtown shops earned him a key to the city.
Verified · KDWA
CommunityBay-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
ScienceStudents gave the endangered Blanding's turtle a head start, and the population is climbing.
Verified · GBH News
HeroesBen Pineiro draws Mickey and Minnie on car windows at ScrubaDub in Salem. For five-year-old Liam, who has autism, that made the car wash the family's favorite outing.
Verified · WMUR
CommunityWhat began as a Kansas City idea 14 years ago is now more than 14,000 trees in 847 orchards. The fruit is free to pick.
Verified · KCUR
CommunityGrand 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
HeroesGarrett Christie and Cade Lewis were headed to Sonic when they came upon a crash. They pried open a damaged door and helped the girl to safety.
Verified · WAFF 48
CommunityLily Baker finished leukemia treatment at age six. Her family held a pumpkin-painting fundraiser for the hospital that never sent them a bill.
Verified · WTVA
CommunityNeighbors stocked a book-sharing box in front of the Congregational Church, with a shelf that leans toward children's titles.
Verified · Forks Forum
Health & TechIn a study of 62 children, the Autus valve met the FDA's six-month bar. Only two have been expanded so far, and longer follow-up is still underway.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CommunityAnythink Nature Library in Thornton opened so patrons can borrow outdoor gear, or walk a trail that starts just outside the branch.
Verified · KUNC
CommunityAbout 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
ScienceAt 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
CommunityVolunteer Amanda West stocked a take-a-book box outside the sheriff's administration building in Springfield, Georgia.
Verified · WTOC
CommunityArjun Buch and Krishay Patel raised about $1,500 to make 1,000 financial literacy kits that teach younger kids about needs, wants, and saving.
Verified · 6abc Action News