Good News Notes: “Volunteers with BeLoved Asheville made the rounds on Saturday, ensuring members of the homeless community had supplies ahead of the weekend’s winter storm. The nonprofit group advocates for those experiencing homelessness. Loaded down with a trunk full of portable heaters, sleeping bags, tents, gloves and more, volunteers doled out donations at Pritchard Park in…
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A local nonprofit is planning transitional homes in Joplin
Good News Notes: “A nonprofit is getting help from the community to get up and running. Vita Nova Village is raising funds to build several transitional homes. “Vita Nova Village was born out of the idea of creating something to provide the next step to homeless people once they were ready to leave the shelters,”…
San Jose’s Sacred Heart resumes free clothing program
Good News Notes: “The Sacred Heart Community Service Clothes Closet quietly reopened Monday after 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program provides registered members with free clothing, which they can pick up twice a month at the nonprofit located at 1381 S. First St. in San Jose. For many it’s the only affordable…
Conservationists using potato chip waste to create reefs and improve water quality off Sanibel Island
Good News Notes: “Sanibel’s shoreline is getting protected with help from overseas. Thanks to help from the Dutch government, scientists and volunteers on Sanibel Island installed structures to help oysters and mangroves thrive and slow down erosion. SCCF Marine Lab Director, Eric Milbrandt, said, “what we’re trying to do is plant mangroves and also establish…
New York Cares Distributes Coats, Meals, Toys For 33rd Annual Coat Drive
Good News Notes: “With one week until Christmas, volunteers are spreading some holiday cheer. New York Cares distributed coats, meals and toys as part of its 33rd annual drive in Queens on Saturday. “Men, women, young children who are so excited to be getting a new coat. They put it on immediately. They go around the corner, they…
‘He saved my life’: Marine veteran shares how his life was transformed by service dog
Good News Notes: “Marine veteran Paul Coppola is a wonderful example of the transformational power of service dogs. Ten years ago, he was rocked by two explosions in an attack that took the lives of 17 Marines in Afghanistan. The attack left Coppola with traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and an injured back. Coppola didn’t think…
Veteran-founded organization cleans up abandoned boats in James Island waterway
Good News Notes: “A non-profit called Wounded Nature – Working Veterans got to work to clean up and clear out two abandoned boats polluting a creek on James Island Saturday morning. The non-profit removes debris and remnants from boat wrecks and abandoned boats in order to help the environment and minimize negative impacts on wildlife….
Annual migration of monarch butterflies in California shows sign of resurgence
Good News Notes: “Every year, monarch butterflies from all over the western U.S. migrate to coastal California, to escape the harsh winter weather. In the 1980s and ’90s, more than a million made the trip each year. Those numbers have plummeted by more than 99% in recent years. “The last few years we’ve had less…
‘It has been a true blessing’: Nonprofit dishes up healthy meals with food bank on wheels
Good News Notes: “It has been a month since MUST Ministries unveiled its “mobile pantry,” a 30-foot bus stocked with meats, produce and non-perishables. MUST plans to use the bus to reach and feed thousands of families in food desert neighborhoods. “So many of our clients are transportation challenged,” MUST Ministries President and CEO Dwight…
Animal rescue group finds home near Ross Bridge
Good News Notes: “The Two by Two Rescue group that helps find homes for unwanted, abused and abandoned animals soon will have a home for itself. The organization, founded in Helena in 2005, recently purchased about 2 acres and a house near Ross Bridge with money donated by new board member John Sellers. The rescue…