For most 12-year-olds, any free time after school is spent hanging out with friends, competing in sports, or playing video games. But budding entrepreneur Alejandro Buxton, from Fairfax County, Virginia, has another pursuit on his agenda each week: making all-natural candles that he sells online and at a local mall. The idea was inspired by […]
U.S. Postal Service workers are all heroes in their own right, and Johnnie Bell is perhaps the best example of that. Bell, who started out at age 23 making $1.81 an hour, is the nation’s longest-serving mail carrier and marked 70 years on the job in July. “This is just something I do because I
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Evangeline Iarossi, 10, and her older sister Belle, 13, have been playing softball in their hometown of Tampa, Florida, since they were each about 4 years old. They love the sport, but there was a big problem: Only one softball field was available for all the teams in their local Little League to use. In
Barnet Yudin knew he was doing the right thing when he agreed to sign papers to help the Penziases, a Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany, immigrate to America. What he didn’t know was that Arno Penzias, just 6 years old at the time, would go on to shape the future of science. In 1938, as
Gift-giving is one of life’s great joys: the thoughtful process of picking out the perfect present, the gleeful anticipation as you watch the recipient tear into the wrapping paper — what could be better? According to researchers at the University of Notre Dame, humans are “hardwired for giving,” and the holiday season offers ample opportunity to
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Update: Nice News hosted a fundraiser for Chicago Eco House during the month of February 2023. Thanks to the help of our generous readers, we surpassed our goal! On the South Side of Chicago, a “farm-to-vase” florist is transforming vacant lots into sustainable flower farms and hiring at-risk youth to help beautify the city one
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People around the world give gifts for various purposes and occasions, from solidifying business relations to celebrating holidays. More than just a fun tradition, anthropologists and psychologists have found gift-giving is an important part of societal integration and interpersonal connection, and giving can greatly benefit individuals’ well-being. But finding the perfect present isn’t always easy.
An American Idol alum has teamed up with the Make-A-Wish and Sing Me a Story foundations to bring an unforgettable experience to a 10-year-old cancer patient from North Carolina. Sing Me a Story is a nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, with a mission to serve “families in need through the imaginative stories of their
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After her father was diagnosed with cancer, Emily Bhatnagar found herself escaping into the pages of a book. Wanting other children to find the same relief that she did, she began to collect and donate books for kids undergoing their own cancer treatments. The book drive, called “For Love & Buttercup,” started small in July
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Giving Tuesday — widely heralded as a global day of giving back — takes place annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. What was once a simple altruistic idea launched by two organizations has become a beloved holiday tradition that has spanned the world within a decade. The first Giving Tuesday took place in 2012, a
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