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Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters brought their local Home Depot to a halt by buying and returning 17-cent ice scrapers
The unique protest was in response to increased ICE presence at Home Depot stores, calling on the retailer's management to keep federal officers off their property.
Atlanta is investing in mindfulness programs across the city's public schools
Social-emotional learning, including meditation, yoga, and mindfulness breaks, is becoming more commonplace in schools across the country, and reports have found these initiatives are even more beneficial among under-resourced communities.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez donated 1,600 Thanksgiving turkeys to hungry families in the Bronx
Ocasio-Cortez hosts a turkey distribution annually, feeding families and workers in need around the holiday. Last year, her team gave away over 1,000 turkeys, which was double that of the year before.
In less than 24 hours, a Chicago suburb launched a community-wide food drive to help neighbors losing SNAP
The emergency food drive brought in supplies by the thousands to help keep food on the table for people who would only be seeing a partial payment that month.
New York City's first 'free food vending machine' offers eggs, meat, and fresh produce to people in need
The nonprofit behind it said, "After over 15,500 lbs of free food distributed to more than 1,100 families in NYC, we're hoping this new model for distribution can provide folks with good food easily and when they need or want it."
A church in Charlotte hosted an 'ICE defense' training to protect migrants in the community
Over 1,000 people registered to attend the training, which helped them understand how to keep a safe distance from agents and how not to incite violence or act in ways that are illegal.
One of the country's first '100% free full-service' grocery stores operates inside a Baltimore library
With "no income requirements and no ID needed," two days a week, customers are welcome to grab whatever they can fit in a library-supplied bag from the Pratt Free Market, which is 90% volunteer-run and stocked like any other grocery store.
A San Diego man invented a solar-powered backpack that turns into a bed and a generator for homeless people
Since it launched in October 2022, more than 1,200 Makeshift Traveler backpacks have been distributed at no cost to people experiencing homelessness in 25 cities throughout California.
A Latino-owned grocery chain in Charlotte offers free delivery to people afraid of leaving home due to ICE raids
Compare Foods prides itself on offering international and Latin American products, often acting as the premier option for immigrant families in the U.S. South.
A nonprofit is preventing $11 billion in unopened medicine from going to waste every year by redirecting it to people in need
Sirum is a nonprofit social enterprise that takes unopened, unexpired prescription medication and redistributes it to low-income communities across the country.
Massachusetts has rewilded 500 acres of retired cranberry bogs into wetlands
The state hopes to restore 1,000 acres in the next decade "into thriving wetlands that will provide habitat to important species, flood control in time of storms, and access for all to beautiful natural areas."
Giant holiday "giving machines" are in over 100 cities around the world, and they've already raised $50 million
The kiosks make donating easy and engaging, allowing users to pick a specific dollar amount or item to contribute to a specific charity, like spending $35 to give a solar lamp to a refugee family.
A new vending machine dispenses free prescription drugs to people experiencing homelessness
Clients simply meet with a provider at the health clinic, get a prescription for what they need, then use that prescription to easily access their medication from the vending machine.
A vibrant community fridge in New York City gives free fruits and veggies to hundreds of people every week
The fridge rescues fresh produce from local supermarkets and partners with local businesses to stock fresh-pressed juices and pre-portioned meals when possible.
Washington's 'Souperman' leads a 6,000-person Facebook group in giving away free, homemade soup to anyone in need
Chris Hyde's Souper Sunday nonprofit has grown so much that there are 11 total Souper Sunday Facebook groups in cities across Washington, California, and Montana.
A new directory of over 125 tree-planting nonprofits is making it easier to contribute to reforestation around the world
For donors and funders who want to support reforestation efforts, it can be hard to identify which organizations to trust with their money and even more difficult to determine which are effective.
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE
Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
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