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Students who built, collected, planted, or studied their way into a real result. 72 verified stories. Stories come from Bena, Lincoln, and Spokane. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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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
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
CommunityFifty-three people walked 2.5 kilometers through the Chendamangalam wetlands and Kunnampara Biodiversity Park and noted a lesser coucal among the birds.
Verified · The Hindu
ScienceA charitable trust and local fly fishers restored trout habitat beside Strawberry Park Elementary, and older students are already using the creek.
Verified · Steamboat Pilot & Today
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
ScienceStudents at Mount St. Joseph Academy care for nine chestnut trees, and seeds from the grove have been planted at six other Vermont schools.
Verified · WCAX
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
HeroesThe First Responders Day Group gave $5,000 to the Texarkana College Foundation, and EMT student Hesley Rocha is the first recipient.
Verified · TXK Today
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
CommunityThe Sun Lakes club is giving about 4,000 dictionaries to third graders in Chandler Unified schools and the Gila River Indian Community.
Verified · AZ Family
CommunityNeighbors, a Rotary club, scouts, and teen volunteers started a new coat of paint on the historic Oaklawn branch after the library said funding was scarce.
Verified · Cranston Online
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
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
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
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
CommunityThe Gardeners Guild meets Thursdays at the Orange Cove Branch Library, starting with lavender, St. John's wort, and society garlic.
Verified · Mid Valley Times
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
CommunityThe 23rd WSOY Community Food Drive, held for 12 hours at a Kroger in Decatur, set a record for the annual event.
Verified · WAND
AnimalsAt Lucy Beckham High School, veterinary science students care for shelter dogs and cats from rural counties and help place them in homes.
Verified · The Post and Courier
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