Good News Notes: “The Mid-Ohio Food Collective (MOFC) is starting a campaign to fundraise, innovate its services, and ultimately end hunger across Central Ohio. The organization recently launched its ‘Rooted-In-You Campaign to Reimagine Hunger’ to achieve a $30 million fundraising goal for its 20-county service area. “If all we do is give you really good…
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Interfaith of The Woodlands keeps charity efforts going during pandemic
Good News Notes: “As businesses reopen and residents of Montgomery County slowly return to work and a slightly different world after the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing remains unchanged: a need for assistance to those in need. To help, staff at Interfaith of The Woodlands are working overtime. More than two months…
Planting trees helps climate change and creates jobs
Good News Notes: “Rarely in our nation’s history have we simultaneously managed two crises at the scale of COVID-19 and climate change. This perfect storm demands quick-start solutions that address both simultaneously. One such solution is something both political parties, as well as many corporations and nonprofit organizations, supported even before the storm hit —…
Gwinnett teacher draws caring chalk messages to nearby students
Good News Notes: “As the lone science teacher at Berkeley Lake Elementary, Kathy Bentley teaches all 798 children at the school. From pre-school to fifth grade, she supplements the lessons from their main teacher with hands-on experiments and additional activities like maintaining the school garden and hatching butterfly eggs. And while right now the learning…
Before Minnesota animal shelter temporarily halts adoptions, hundreds of pets find new homes
Good News Notes: “As Minnesota residents hunker down for another week of social distancing, some of them will be sharing their home with a new cat or dog — pet adoptions that may benefit other animals in the weeks to come. On Sunday, the Twin Cities’ Animal Humane Society began a temporary closure to the public…