The Simple Idea That Became A Billion Dollar Movement
Forty years ago, three founders asked nonprofits a simple question: would you rather receive money or new products? The unanimous answer launched a movement that has since distributed over $3 billion worth of brand new clothing, toys, and home goods to families in need. Co founder Karen Bromley, who spent her early years in foster […]
This Family Of ELEVEN Just Got The Surprise Of A Lifetime
When Michelle and Von Poll learned that four siblings were about to be separated after losing their mother, they made a decision that would change eleven lives forever. Already raising five biological children, the Idaho couple opened their home to all four kids, refusing to let the siblings be split apart. Life became beautifully chaotic […]
How Nut Trees Are Saving Midwest Farms And The Environment
Every summer a pond at Rusted Plowshare farm in central Missouri used to fill with algae blooms as rows of corn and soybeans stretched across the landscape with native grasses and wildflowers, and there hadn’t been a quail sighting in 40 years. That changed dramatically when Josh Payne planted 20 acres of chestnut saplings in […]
What Started With Bedsheets Became Global Peace Movement
The giant white doves made from old bedsheets and carried high on poles first appeared more than two decades ago when Jane Goodall was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002, sparked by a group of Roots & Shoots students in Wisconsin who wanted to honor her mission. Jane explained that she had a […]
12 Year Old’s Response To Bullies Teaches Everyone A Lesson
When a group of teen girls were caught on video mocking 12 year old Devarjaye DJ Daniel at a gas station for wearing his police officer uniform, dancing around him and yelling “Arrest us!” with complete disrespect, people’s reaction was swift disapproval at such egregious bullying. DJ is an honorary police officer with hundreds of […]
Motorcycle Clubs Unite To Feed Thousands This Thanksgiving
For 15 years, the Tru Breed Motorcycle Club has made Thanksgiving brighter for families on Minneapolis’ northside, and this year they’re gearing up for their biggest giveaway yet as all the motorcycle clubs come together to do good for the community. What started with 75 frozen turkeys has steadily multiplied as need has increased, with […]
Brave Women Take Down Chicago Purse Thief
Lavonne Schaafsma took a day trip from Michigan to downtown Chicago expecting to enjoy Millennium Park and soak in the sights, but panic hit hard when she returned to her car and realized her purse packed with ID, credit cards, medications, and several hundred dollars was gone. After searching for over an hour with anxiety […]
This Unusual Prison Program Is Changing Lives With FRAGRANCE
Illustrator Michael O’Shaughnessy brings an unusual collection of classic French perfumes and bespoke fragrances into prisons across northern England, asking incarcerated men to smell each scent and share what memories it triggers in a project that’s unlocking something profound behind bars. The simple premise of his Perfume Stories workshops can stop men in their tracks, […]
Daycare Rewilded Its Yard And Children Got Healthier Immediately
A groundbreaking study at Humpula daycare center in Lahti, Finland showed that when 75 children were exposed to nature-like elements five times a week, their body’s microbes diversified dramatically and offered powerful protection against diseases transmitted through the immune system. The study published in Science Advances in 2021 found that children who got down and […]
These Children Are Building Businesses And Helping Their Community
Every Wednesday morning in Trussville, Alabama, about 20 kids dressed in neon safety vests and helmets pedal through the Birmingham suburb belting out Taylor Swift songs, picking up classmates along the way until they arrive at Magnolia Elementary School as part of a growing global movement called bike buses. The concept dates back to 1998 […]