CHARITY SPOTLIGHT

Texas High School Has Opened a Student-Run Grocery Store for Families in Need

At Linda Tutt High School, students can pick up groceries for their families using a good deed-based point system.

A vintage postcard of San Pedro, California.

San Pedro, California Is Home to the Country’s Only Volunteer-Run Post Office

A group of retired volunteers are responsible for keeping the lights on at the Assistant League Post Office in San Pedro, California.

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

Wildfires across California, Oregon, and Washington are devastating communities—here’s how you can help victims.

Facing History and Ourselves students visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

This Organization Designs Resources to Help Educators Teach Difficult Parts of History in Sensitive, Constructive Ways

Topics include global immigration, race in U.S. history, justice and human rights, genocide and mass violence, and more.

Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, and Martin Sheen in The West Wing.

The West Wing Cast Is Filming a Reunion Special to Promote Voter Participation This Fall

It’s a stage adaptation of an episode from season three, and Aaron Sorkin is on board to write new material for it.

Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone is on the list, and for good reason.

Google Teams Up With The Conscious Kid on a Book List to Promote Racial Equity in Classrooms

Selections from the reading list include Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Sulwe’ and Tomi Adeyemi’s ‘Children of Blood and Bone.’

Hope in a Box is giving kids the chance to balance out their Brontë with some Baldwin.

This Organization Is Bringing LGBTQ+ Representation to Rural Schools One Box of Books at a Time

Books range from the classic (James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’) to the contemporary (Adam Silvera’s ‘They Both Die at the End’).

Attorney Nina Shaw speaks at a 2019 awards ceremony for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

5 Organizations That Empower Black Communities—and How You Can Help

From legal aid to women’s healthcare, here are five organizations that promote equality and lift up Black communities.

You’re going to be stuck at home, and Keanu Reeves is going to be wearing this turtleneck. Also, it’s for charity.

You Can Watch a Free Livestream of John Wick This Friday Night

Let a sharpshooting, sharp-dressed Keanu Reeves keep you company while you’re stuck at home this Friday night.

Ireland's Great Famine in the 1840s struck a chord with the Choctaw people, who were well-acquainted with starvation, poverty, and oppression.

Ireland Is Repaying a Famine-Era Generosity by Donating Millions to Native Americans Fighting COVID-19

In 1847, while still recovering from the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw Nation sent money to Ireland during the Potato Famine. Ireland never forgot.

Publix Is Buying More Than 150,000 Pounds of Produce From Farmers and Donating It to Food Banks

With its new initiative, Publix aims to fight food waste, support local farmers, and feed the many people who are out of work and school.

Vietnam Installs Innovative ‘Rice ATMs’ to Give Food to Local Residents

Residents stand on bright orange tiles spaced a safe 6 feet away from each other while they wait to fill their bags with free rice.

This woman's 'adopted' grandson is showing her some sourdough bread he baked from scratch.

UK Nursing Homes Are Looking for Volunteers to ‘Adopt’ a Grandparent for Virtual Visits

Help keep nursing home residents—and yourself—from getting lonely during self-isolation by ‘adopting’ a grandparent.

It's OK if you decide to ignore the recommended serving size on a box of these beauties.

You Can Now Order—and Donate—Girl Scout Cookies Online

The Girl Scouts are making sure you get your annual fix of Thin Mints and Tagalongs—and sharing the love with healthcare workers, too.

Sturdy, comfortable Crocs are a favorite among healthcare professionals.

Crocs Is Donating More Than 100,000 Pairs of Shoes to Healthcare Workers

Crocs is devoted to helping nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals fight the coronavirus.

A Little Free Library full of canned goods in Chicago.

People Are Stocking Their Little Free Libraries With Food and Toilet Paper to Help Neighbors

Now, Little Free Libraries across the map hold everything from peanut butter to toilet paper—and some books, too.

Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey in the latest season of Grey's Anatomy.

Grey’s Anatomy Is Donating Hospital Gowns and Gloves to Real-Life Healthcare Workers

The 'Grey's Anatomy' spin-off series, ‘Station 19,’ also gave a few hundred N95 masks to a Los Angeles firehouse.

A curious sloth says hello after members of the Jaguar Rescue Center reunited her with her baby.

5 Ways You Can Help the Jaguar Rescue Center Save Costa Rica’s Wildlife

This Costa Rica animal rescue center houses every kind of animal, from spider monkeys to sea turtles.

South Carolina Farm Needs Volunteers to Cuddle With Pigs and Feed Them Cookies

Before the rescue animals can be adopted, they need your help learning how to be the best pet pigs they can be.

A Little Free Library in Traverse City, Michigan.

Donate Books to a Little Free Library Near You

Little Free Libraries have delighted readers around the world since 2009. Discover how they began and how you can get involved, too.

Food for Fines: Many Communities Let Residents Pay Parking Tickets With Canned Food Donations

Towns, cities, and universities have started accepting canned food donations in place of cash parking ticket payments for the holidays. Here are some of the places participating.

Project Linus’s ‘Blanketeers’ Donate Homemade Blankets to Children in Need—Here’s How to Help

From whimsical patterns to kooky characters, these blankets provide comfort to children battling illness or trauma.

John Green Is Donating $6.5 Million to Sierra Leone's Healthcare System—And You Can Help

One in every 17 Sierra Leonean women dies during pregnancy or childbirth. John Green wants to change that.