Good News Notes: “The Baker Hughes Foundation has announced a $250,000 grant to One Tree Planted in support of global reforestation initiatives. The grant will be applied toward projects to plant 250,000 trees in regions where Baker Hughes operates in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. One Tree Planted is a leading environmental non-profit focused on the…
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Pontchartrain Park begins reforesting project
Good News Notes: “On Saturday, October 16, Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL), a local nonprofit organization will launch its Reforesting Pontchartrain Park Project which involves planting a tree in front of every home in the community. The event will kick off with brief announcements by the Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood Association, SOUL, and the New Orleans…
America’s Grow-a-Row donates 14 million pounds of produce to food insecure
Good News Notes: “America’s Grow-a-Row has reached the milestone of donating 14 million pounds — or, 56 million servings — of fresh fruits and vegetables to those experiencing food insecurity. America’s Grow-a-Row, headquartered in Pittstown, is a nonprofit organization that grows and gleans fresh fruits and vegetables that are donated to those facing hunger throughout…
Volunteers collect 540 pounds of litter during cleanup on Public Lands Day
Good News Notes: “Keep Lee County Beautiful partnered with the City of Fort Myers to hold a litter cleanup on Public Lands Day, September 25. A group of 38 volunteers gathered to clean Manuel’s Branch Neighborhood Park and a portion of the Caloosahatchee Watershed. Gutteridge Haskins & Davey also joined in to help clean up the area. The…
She changed her lifestyle, lost 100 pounds, then started a nonprofit to help others do the same
Good News Notes: “Have you ever found a solution to a problem and the first thing you want to do is share it with others? That’s what motivated this week’s Getting Results Award winner to start her own nonprofit. Shereece Mitchell changed her life through fitness and now she wants to help others do the same. Three…
NIGERIA: Kano State launches a one million tree reforestation campaign
Good News Notes: “The government of Kano, a state in northern Nigeria, is committed to planting one million trees. The reforestation campaign aims to halt the advance of the desert in a region marked by temperatures of up to 440c. Desertification has reached alert levels in Nigeria. The West African country is experiencing land degradation…
Nonprofit’s tiny home program helps put an end to homelessness
Good News Notes: “The facts are startling. On any given night, approximately 41,000 young adults will be homeless. Many are all alone on the streets. Without help, it can often lead to a life of instability. Now, a non-profit is aiming to reverse that course with a colorful new neighborhood just for them. Ernie Sandoval…
When disaster strikes, this Alabama nonprofit is ready
Good News Notes: “Hurricane Ida was on Judy Holland’s radar as soon as it was on James Spann’s. As the managing director of High Socks for Hope, she knows that whenever a hurricane, tornado or other natural disaster happens in the Southeast, the nonprofit organization will soon spring into action. And they’ll still be in the…
NCDOT, Volunteers collect 9M pounds of roadside litter
Good News Notes: “When consumer goods, often single-use disposables, are littered or improperly managed, this trash can find its way into rivers, streams and other waterways. These ultimately empty into our oceans, where the trash becomes marine debris, according to theEnvironmental Protection Agency. “In North Carolina, we take great pride in our natural resources, but…
Reforestation Gains Momentum in Puerto Rico as a Tool for Economic and Environmental Recovery
Good News Notes: “The passage of Hurricane Maria has been difficult to describe by those who were witnesses and victims on the island of Puerto Rico. As is often the case in the worst of catastrophes, the sense of desolation and post-apocalyptic devastation can only be measured if it was experienced firsthand. In addition to the destruction…