http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2014 2014-06-10T06:10:04+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bill_nye_the_science_guy_asks_parents_not_to_raise_creationist_kids/?source=rss Creationists: Please don't teach your kids to deny evolution, begs science educator and television personality Bill Nye, who hosted "Bill Nye the Science Guy" in the 1990s. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States 2012-08-28T15:31:03+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pairing_angels_with_cancer_patients/?source=rss Jonny Imerman is a cancer survivor who wants to make sure no young adult battles the disease alone. In 2002, he started Imerman Angels, a nonprofit that pairs cancer patients with cancer survivors for one-on-one support. The group has made more than 8,000 matches worldwide. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories 2012-08-26T18:58:59+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ex_addicts_staying_sober_through_sport/?source=rss After beating his addiction to drugs and alcohol, Scott Strode found support through sports. Since 2007, his nonprofit, Phoenix Multisport, has provided free athletic activities and a sober support community to more than 4,700 participants in Colorado. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories 2012-07-11T03:37:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/cashing_in_the_american_dream_to_help_aids_orphans_those_who_raise_them/?source=rss Jackson Kaguri is helping grandmothers who are raising grandchildren left orphaned by AIDS. His Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project provides free education and health care to nearly 600 children in Uganda, and it offers support to nearly 7,000 grandmothers. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Africa, Uganda 2012-07-01T02:46:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/help_for_a_hidden_population_of_caregiving_kids/?source=rss Connie Siskowski is helping young people who have to take care of an ill, disabled or aging family member. Since 2006, her nonprofit has provided assistance to more than 500 young caregivers in Palm Beach County, Florida. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States 2012-06-19T03:18:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/former_cowboy_flying_free_health_care_to_those_in_need/?source=rss Stan Brock started Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit that provides free health care to people in the United States and all over the world. Since 1985, the all-volunteer group has held more than 660 medical clinics and treated half a million people. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories 2012-05-20T22:59:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/seeking_justice_for_haitis_rape_victims/?source=rss Malya Villard-Appolon is a rape survivor dedicated to supporting victims of sexual violence in Haiti. In 2004, she co-founded KOFAVIV, an organization that has helped more than 4,000 rape survivors find safety, psychological support and/or legal aid. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Caribbean, Haiti 2012-05-07T05:25:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/community_comes_together_to_fulfill_fallen_soldiers_final_wish/?source=rss It took more than a village to help bring the last wish of a fallen soldier to come true, but ten months and the help of strangers led to its completion. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories 2012-05-07T04:25:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/from_concrete_jungle_to_urban_oasis/?source=rss An Oakland, Calif., program called Urban Releaf is planting trees in neighborhoods that lack foliage, restoring community pride. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, California 2012-05-01T03:47:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/giving_a_childhood_to_young_cancer_patients/?source=rss Nancy Zuch started the Morgan Center, a free preschool program for children battling cancer. Named after Zuch's daughter, a cancer survivor, the Morgan Center has helped more than 150 children make friends, learn and play in a safe environment. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, New York 2012-04-30T06:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/non_profit_chauffeurs_cancer_patients_to_treatments_in_exotic_cars/?source=rss Battling cancer is a monumental struggle that takes shape in the smallest actions. Everyday activities take on new meaning in the face of cancer's debilitating symptoms. Even making it to a cancer treatment center can be a challenge. That's where the non-profit group Your Ride Is Here comes in. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Texas 2012-04-20T00:28:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/in_the_worst_calamities_these_veterans_rush_to_the_rescue/?source=rss Iraq war veteran Jake Wood started Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that brings military veterans together to help communities hit by natural disasters. Since 2010, the group has grown to 1,400 volunteers and carried out 14 missions around the world. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories 2012-04-15T13:01:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indian_man_jadav_payeng_single_handedly_plants_a_1360_acre_forest_in_assam/?source=rss An Indian man has single-handedly grown a sprawling forest on a 1,360 acre (550-hectare) sandbar in the middle of the Brahmaputra. It now has many endangered animals, including at least five tigers, one of which bore two cubs recently. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, India 2012-04-04T19:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pulling_children_out_of_nepals_prisons/?source=rss Pushpa Basnet was shocked to learn that children in Nepal were living in prisons with their parents. In 2005, she started a children's center that has provided support, such as housing, education and medical care, to more than 100 children of incarcerated parents. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, Nepal 2012-04-02T05:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bringing_health_care_to_the_worlds_most_remote_areas/?source=rss Dr. Benjamin LaBrot started Floating Doctors, a nonprofit that travels by sea to provide free health care for people in remote coastal areas. In the last two years, LaBrot and his volunteer team have treated nearly 13,000 patients in Haiti, Honduras and Panama. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Health, Feel Good, Heroic Stories 2012-04-01T01:02:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/florida_group_rebuilds_vital_coral_reefs/?source=rss Restoration Foundation to help bring life back to endangered coral reefs. Since 2003, his group has grown thousands of corals in underwater nurseries and planted them on reefs in the Florida Keys. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Florida 2012-03-04T17:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/marine_pledges_to_donate_marrow_wins_29m/?source=rss A U.S. Marine who recently pledged and was accepted as a bone marrow donor credits that good karma for his $2,882,808 windfall at a Las Vegas penny slot machine. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Nevada 2012-02-28T03:43:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gates_donates_750_million_to_fight_aids_tb_and_malaria/?source=rss The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World, Health, Feel Good, Heroic Stories 2012-01-27T08:51:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_cleanweb_takes_off/?source=rss This past weekend in New York, a group of high tech companies, venture investors, hackers, college students held the second Cleanweb Hackathon -- a gathering where software developers and serial entrepreneurs, fueled by coffee and burritos -- or similar fare -- stay up one, two or more nights writing code for apps that just may change the world. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Technology, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, New York 2012-01-26T17:06:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men/?source=rss Alberto Cairo's clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for Red Cross/Red Crescent), Cairo tells the powerful story of why -- and how he found humanity and dignity in the midst of war. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Asia, Afghanistan 2011-12-24T04:16:00+00:00