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The person nearby who noticed, and then did something about it. 43 verified stories. Stories come from Chattanooga, Louisville, and Lake Charles. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityRemote Area Medical and more than 415 volunteers treated about 300 patients at Notre Dame High School. No ID and no insurance were required.
Verified · Chattanooga Times Free Press
HeroesKaren 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.
Verified · WDRB / WAVE
CommunityClearing Chloe Historic Cemetery uncovered family plots, the founder's long-lost great-grandmother, and cousins who had not known they were related.
Verified · KPLC
HeroesAshleigh and Jose Valcarcel's Northern Alliance Reentry runs six sober transitional houses. Former residents have gone on to their own apartments and jobs.
Verified · Anchorage Daily News
CommunityVolunteers walk into laundromats, cover every load, and hand out hygiene kits. The visits are built around smiles and a chance to talk.
Verified · CBS Detroit
HeroesChristian Brothers Automotive staff came in on a day off for four hours of free oil changes and safety inspections. Fifteen to 20 single and widowed mothers brought their cars.
Verified · KMBC
CommunityAbout 1,250 to 1,500 people filled Main Avenue for the balloon glow, and 25 to 30 balloons rose over Hermosa the next morning.
Verified · The Durango Herald
CommunityVolunteers at the county library mended lamps, fans, clocks, and a Roomba bought for $20. The cafe will return every other month.
Verified · Live 5 News (WCSC)
CommunityFortin Gage Flowers & Gifts brought Petal It Forward back to Main Street. Each person received one bouquet to keep and a second to give away.
Verified · Nashua Independent
AnimalsA 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.
Verified · WCTV
CommunityAbout 4,500 people came to a Jazz and Justice Festival for the 12-acre park in Columbia Heights, which opened in 1936.
Verified · The Washington Post
CommunityThe 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.
Verified · KATV
CommunityThe Heart of New Ulm Community Fridge and Freezer sits near the children's room. No forms, no signup, and no library card are required.
Verified · MPR News
CommunityResidents helped design the $2.23 million park, which includes inclusive play, a rain garden, and a place for vendors.
Verified · WWMT
CommunityA multigenerational group of Latina women at Mercado Local crochets pieces that now hang in downtown trees, in a partnership with the city.
Verified · KARE 11
HeroesBeHeard, 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.
Verified · KTUL (NewsChannel 8)
CommunityFor 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.
Verified · WABI
AnimalsJean 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.
Verified · WDBJ7
CommunityMount Calvary Lutheran Church has served more than 65,000 free community meals since 2012, about 110 every Wednesday, with a rotating crew of 20 to 30 volunteers cooking and serving.
Verified · WCVB
HeroesProspect Park Borough named good Samaritans outstanding citizens after they lifted a Volkswagen Beetle off a woman pinned in a crash with an e-bike. She was taken to a hospital with a chest injury.
Verified · CBS Philadelphia
HeroesAfter a fire on the research vessel Rem Andes about 100 nautical miles south of Grand Isle, a Coast Guard plane caught the mayday and nearby supply boats carried every crew member from the life rafts to Port Fourchon.
Verified · KATC / Acadiana News First
CommunityAndy 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.
Verified · Cowboy State Daily
CommunityOn 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.
Verified · Hill Rag
CommunityThe 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.
Verified · PennWatch