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Donating Home to Homeless

Good Mood Admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:49:18 +0000

Lelia Boroughs, who died at 84, from San Francisco, was known to her neighbors as an eclectic, kind soul who would offer to pick up their groceries and feed the homeless who squatted on the ledges outside her apartment. When she died she crafted her will to leave her condo to the city to turn into a homeless shelter.

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Cities are trying to help the homeless survive the hot summer

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:49:01 +0000

Many USA cities are suffering heat waves during this summer and a lot of the cities from Lansing, Mich., to Boston are sending out street patrols with cold containers with water and opening cooling centers to make sure homeless residents are cared for during the heat wave.
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New homeless shelter for teens

Good Mood Admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:49:38 +0000

Jon Bon Jovi, originally from New Jersey, contributed this week a new homeless shelter for teens and young adults in Philadelphia.

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builds his own car out of junk

Good Mood Admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:58:52 +0000

Orismar de Souza, a 35 years old homeless man from Brazil, built his own car using junk and used parts he could get. Once car was completed he was able to search for a job and started to work.

Read the full story (MSNBC)

Feeding homeless children nightly

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:45:41 +0000

Bruno Serato, owner and chef of a restaurant in California, serve dinner every night for the past 6 years to underprivileged children at the local Boys & Girls Club.

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Green Gym for Homeless People

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:16:25 +0000

In Detroit, A new gym opened, this gym is for homeless men and women and it has some donated ping pong tables, treadmills and other equipment which was donated. In addition, 10 stationary bikes that generate electricity were purchased and the electricity produced from it goes back to the facility and reduces by that the electricity costs.

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Homeless brothers from Budapest to inherit billions

Good Mood Admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:58:56 +0000

Two brothers, who are living in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest, are in line to inherit $6.6 billion, after their grandmother, who they have never met, died. The brothers will have to split this huge amount with a sister living in the USA.

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Homeless Woman Back To Broadway

Good Mood Admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:44:37 +0000

Last year, Terri White, a 61 woman who was performing on Broadway as a kid, is now back on Broadway, appearing in the musical “Finian’s Rainbow,”the same play she first performed in as a child and opened Thursday in the St. James Theater in New York City.

Read the full story (NY Times)