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This organization has been making a big impact on the lives of homeless children – and they do it all with small gifts and requests.

Source: Charity Has Been Secretly Fulfilling Small Wishes for Homeless Kids Who Could Use the Self-Esteem Boost

Neat idea. Small things can have a huge impact.

One load of laundry at a time.

Source: Clinton Foundation’s laundromat libraries aim to boost literacy — Quartz

Not just a neat idea, but the tip of a very interesting philosophy.

As a means of celebrating the centennial of Children’s Book Week, the Library of Congress has digitized dozens of rare children’s books online.

Source: Library of Congress Makes Dozens of Ultra-Rare Children’s Books Available For Free Online

To me this is one of the many promises of digital technology being fulfilled.

The Lambert family adopted Edgar last July and credit him with scaring off a would-be child-abductor who broke into their home April 28 in Franklin County.

Source: From ‘unadoptable’ to hero: Rescue dog saves three girls from possible abduction – pennlive.com

A very Good Boy indeed.

A special moment happened between a mother and son at Central Michigan University’s commencement ceremony.

Source: CMU honors mom who missed her ceremony

Now that’s pretty cool. Congratulations to both!

“I was like … ‘I can’t charge him for this,’” said former CIA case officer Marc Johnson. “I wanted him to have the tie with my congratulations on becoming a citizen.”

Source: A man put his patriotic tie on eBay. Then he learned the buyer needed it for a citizenship ceremony. – The Washington Post

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What a great welcome to citizenship.

The robots are coming for garment workers jobs. Will workers be prepared?

Source: Video game teaches women to operate robots set to take their garment jobs

Another creative use of video gaming technology, with an important twist: re-training.

The Idaho woman had no idea her creation would not only become the talk of her neighborhood, it would fly across the Internet on social media, reaching people around the world.

Source: This woman turned her tree stump into a Little Free Library fit for magical elves. It went viral. – The Washington Post

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Tiny libraries are a cool concept all by themselves, but this one takes the cake.

The song may be the bane of parents’ existence, but for one family it offered hope for their daughter.

Source: Girl with spina bifida uses ‘Baby Shark’ beat to learn to walk | FOX13

Who knew something good could come of “Baby Shark”. 

Here’s how you can help today.

Source: This New Unilever Brand Is Helping The Homeless Get Access To Showers

I thought this a fascinating idea. I’ll probably try some.