#DoGood Day 1534
Lauren Laborde found herself without a job when the novel coronavirus pandemic lockdowns began. Rather than sit around, she decided to use her newfound free time to mow the lawns of senior citizens and disabled veterans for free.
https://t.co/sGiypRYIEO
#DoGood Day 1533
An Australian community organisation collects the ubiquitous little plastic bread tags nationally, recycling them locally and raising funds to buy wheelchairs for disadvantaged people in South Africa.
https://t.co/tQAiIeT8iO
#DoGood Day 1532
Carbon Craft Design, a startup launched by Indian architect Tejas Sidnal, aims to capture and reuse this cruddy byproduct in beautiful, sustainable ways. The idea is to capture these carbon emissions before they get into the atmosphere.
https://t.co/a5P3olwo5D
#DoGood Day 1532
Some have chosen to use their stimulus payments to help those in need. One man purchased 30,000 masks for the homeless, while a woman gave to a charity that provides business attire for underprivileged men and women searching for work.
https://t.co/to4nPCPJaj
#DoGood Day 1530
A Buckinghamshire-based homeless charity has added to their double-decker bus night shelter with a converted shipping container with 7 individual bedrooms to help the rough-sleepers of Milton Keynes.
https://t.co/TtYdZ1KNgL
#DoGood Day 1529
5-year-oldAryana Chopra handmade 200 New Year's cards for residents of a nursing home in New York. She said she wanted to spread a little holiday cheer to those who could not be with their families.
https://t.co/uR2jTZ1dmM
#DoGood Day 1528
Kind-hearted plumber, James Anderson, has spent $77,000 during the pandemic helping thousands of vulnerable families fix their heating and plumbing for free.
https://t.co/VGqzDJq7Dj
#DoGood Day 1527
Carolyn Palisch helped save her neighbors from their burning home on New Year's Day. In the doorbell, Palisch is seen yelling outside the Salgado family's door, surrounded by smoke and flames, until she is able to help the family escape.
https://t.co/nepi9vuoq6
#DoGood Day 1526
As schools transitioned to online platforms, sophomore Alina Bardwell at the University of Michigan is offering free virtual tutoring to help kids in low income families with their school work.
https://t.co/1Eweo3fZV8
#DoGood Day 1525
Nintendo and the Starlight Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps seriously ill children and their families, have been partnering for more than a year to develop a very special gaming system for hospitalized kids.
https://t.co/6RlgJ3H9kH
#DoGood Day 1524
After breaking his hip during a fall at a local dog park, Frank Drew was grateful for the people who helped him get medical attention. And later, a contractor drove two and a half hours to set his house up with a wheelchair ramp.
https://t.co/NOBDnP7wRW
#DoGood Day 1523
Deforestation dropped by 18% in two years in African countries that received warnings from satellites to detect decreases in forest cover. The avoided carbon emissions by reducing deforestation were worth between $149 and $696 million.
https://t.co/HMdCRjVHin
#DoGood Day 1521
Tiffany Haddish grew up in foster care, so she understands the symbolic difference between placing your belongings in a trash bag vs. a suitcase. Now, Haddish has donated nearly 100 suitcases to foster kids so they feel like travelers.
https://t.co/5Q6QKfPXAA
#DoGood Day 1520
A St. Nick who chooses to remain nameless left envelopes containing an inspirational rhyme along with $250 gift-cards on approximately 400 doorsteps, bringing unexpected cheer to the families within.
https://t.co/JdUCv6zAtT
#DoGood Day 1519
Nora Briggs paid several months' rent for a single parent with four children, and she also bought Christmas presents for the family too. Her kindness inspired others to help pay the rent for other members of the community.
https://t.co/nwBz4obd1Y
#DoGood Day 1518
Mother of six Emma Schols walked back into a blazing house fire to save her children. With severe burns to 93% of her body, she survived against all odds. At the Swedish Heroes Gala last month, she was named Lifeguard of the Year 2020.
https://t.co/qqAttctIXr
#DoGood Day 1517
In December, Dr. Richard Bates drove almost 150 miles in his silver pickup truck to take a cooler carrying 130 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to a rural Michigan hospital. The trip takes almost three hours each way.
https://t.co/Hn2vnLtnQs
#DoGood Day 1516
A camel library is giving children out of school in some of Ethiopia’s most remote villages a unique opportunity to continue learning, despite COVID-19 lockdowns which have seen over 26 million children out of school across Ethiopia.
https://t.co/B9JXkJMg6S