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  • 'Our guardian angels': A small but mighty effort to bring holiday joy to NC Helene victims

    Théoden Janes

    November 20, 2024 |

    The Charlotte Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A Facebook group posts the Amazon "wish lists" of families in Western North Carolina who were affected by Hurricane Helene to help them meet their immediate needs and provide holiday gifts for children. Donors "adopt" families and purchase anywhere from one item to the entire list.

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  • Restoring a Cornerstone of the Local Grain Economy

    Daniel Walton

    November 20, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new generation of entrepreneurs is reestablishing local grain mills across the United States, drawing on historic processes to bring back a system that benefits local economics while providing fresher, more nutrient-dense flour. The group, the Craft Millers Guild, meets virtually to share advice, learn from experts, and advocate for change.

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  • The Low Impact Gym Slowing the Progression of Parkinson's Disease in Nigeria

    Chinonso Kenneth

    November 20, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Adewunmi Desalu Parkinson’s Foundation (ADPF) offers personalized care plans and a low-impact gym for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Research shows low-impact exercises and the Rock Steady Boxing practice help improve balance and mobility, helping slow the disease’s progression. ADPF data shows that 90% of participants who adhere to their care plan and practice the exercises see a slower progression of Parkinson’s.

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  • Nonprofits fill a gap for offering arts and culture in local schools and beyond. They rely on philanthropic support.

    Agata Popęda

    November 14, 2024 |

    Monterey County Now |

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    Response Location: United States, Seaside, California

    California nonprofits are stepping up to provide young people with arts education opportunities in light of the lack of arts funding and programming at schools. In Seaside, the multicultural organization Palenke Arts offers classes in a variety of dance, visual arts, and a Spanish book club that are accessible to many ages.

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  • Abandoned 'ghost gear' kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide.

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    November 13, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Myanmar

    The nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project is working to raise awareness of and remove ghost gear, abandoned fishing gear that kills marine life, from the country’s waters. Volunteer drivers remove the gear from the water and create public awareness campaigns.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: More Worker-Owned Businesses

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    November 12, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Democracy Brewing is a worker cooperative, which means worker-owners split the profits and have an equal say in business decisions that affect working conditions. Studies show that this type of business structure results in higher wages and household wealth for workers of color, and these workers also tend to stay in their positions longer.

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  • Michigan's most vulnerable rescued by kinship caregivers

    Hayley Harding Sarah Rahal

    November 10, 2024 |

    The Detroit News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Various programs and organizations, like Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Grandparents Parenting Again, are helping seniors navigate and understand kinship care, providing them with guidance and support to transition to caring for loved ones.

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  • The dogs who bring the fallen home

    Lois M. Collins

    November 10, 2024 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Volunteer cadaver dogs are specially trained to find the bodies of missing persons to give grieving families answers and the chance to bring them home.

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  • Michigan's election results can't get much faster

    Hayley Harding

    November 08, 2024 |

    Votebeat Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Sterling Heights, Michigan

    During the 2024 election, Michigan clerks were allowed to pre-process absentee ballots for the first time, meaning they could open the ballot envelopes, verify signatures, and feed ballots into the tabulators before the polls closed on election day. More than 200 cities opted to pre-process their absentee ballots, and in one city, Sterling Heights, election workers were able to handle more than 20,000 ballots by midday on election day.

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  • Crops, cows, and solar panels? Why farmers are harvesting sunlight.

    Nate Iglehart

    November 06, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Spurred by federal and state incentives, farmers in Massachusetts are adopting agrivoltaics, the practice of installing a solar array on the same land they use for crops and livestock.

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