Before Covid-19’s US arrival, Ben Goldstein made a new friend. The 30-year-old
music producer started volunteering with the nonprofit DOROT which matches
volunteers with older New Yorkers looking to beat loneliness. Now the visits
have shifted to phonecalls and Zoom.
An Illinois attorney couldn’t find a book with a Black main character on the
cover for her niece. So she and her husband went on a mission to provide free
books with Black characters throughout a Chicago suburb starting the nonprofit
“Young, Black & Lit.”
Advocates at the National Domestic Violence Hotline discovered a disturbing
trend during the pandemic: The violence reported by victims is getting more
severe. Here are 12 steps they say victims should take to protect themselves
from their abusers.
A real-life Santa’s workshop is churning out toys in Desert Hot Springs,
California. This retired Army sergeant and his wife have spent seven years
making toys in a woodshop behind their house. It’s a labor of love that started
as a hobby.
Virginia Rose has been in a wheelchair since she was 14. Decades later she
discovered a passion for birding and founded the group Birdability. It’s mission
is to draw mobility-challenged Americans into nature.
Many non-profits are helping provide protection, shelter, water and health care
for refugees both inside Afghanistan and abroad during this latest crisis. You
can help them.
Jun 28, 2024 ... Diego Cardenosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. The Colombia native was never afraid of them when he visited his beloved beach.
You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinction.