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  • Nonprofit "New Vecinos" program helping migrants in Chicago move in to permanent homes

    The Chicago-based nonprofit New Life Centers helps asylum seekers at city-run shelters move into and furnish new permanent homes anywhere in the state.

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  • A School for Courage

    The School for Courage is a community gathering space and support program for girls in Pirita, Romania, where pervasive poverty and a lack of services have contributed to high rates of underage pregnancy. Girls who take part in the program can get resources about menstrual and reproductive health, learn basic skills such as cooking and sewing, play games or use the internet with their friends, and get access to supplies such as deodorant and toothpaste.

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  • Meals on Wheels Delivers Food and Climate Resilience for Seniors

    Local Meals on Wheels programs are known for delivering food to low-income seniors, but during climate disasters, they are in the position to check in on the most vulnerable. The programs’ volunteers and staff do just that, whether that means giving fans to clients during a heatwave, tarping roofs after a hurricane, or making check-up calls.

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  • Volunteers prepare welcoming home in St. Paul for Afghan family

    The International Institute of Minnesota’s refugee resettlement program finds and prepares apartments for refugee families moving to the state. Through a combination of donations and buying new or used items, the organization stocks the home with all of the essentials, groceries, and furniture. And volunteers help set it all up.

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  • A new outreach team focuses on relieving disorder on Third Avenue

    As a part of Seattle’s Third Avenue Project to relieve disorder downtown, the organization We Deliver Care has workers stationed on the streets almost constantly to provide necessities like snacks and water to those who need it. Their consistent presence and assistance builds relationships with the people they help, which allows the We Deliver Care workers to de-escalate conflicts.

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  • South Siders Organizing To Help New Migrant Neighbors At School-Turned-Shelter: 'Woodlawn Is A Welcoming Community'

    A closed school was converted into a shelter for some of the nearly 200 migrants arriving in Chicago. In tandem, local residents and faith-based groups started the Chicago 4 All initiative to help provide them with the necessary resources to settle in.

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  • Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

    A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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  • These queer organizations are providing free binders to people in New Brunswick

    The LGBTQ2S+ organizations Chroma N.B. and QT Fatties work together to provide free chest binders to New Brunswick residents.

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  • Trans Chicagoans Finding Joy in gods closet

    Gods Closet runs clothing popup shops for transgender and gender nonconforming people in Chicago. All of the clothing is free and the organizers create a safe, celebratory environment with stylists, photographers, and music.

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  • Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

    Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth solicits a wide variety of donations from around the world to create personalized gifts for Two-Spirit youth who might feel lonely or alienated during the holiday season.

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