In honor of Mother's Day, HuffPost Impact presents It Just Takes One, a series on children and the tutors, mentors, guardians and others who have ma...

When Valentin Abe arrived in Haiti, he was startled that fishing that wasn't a large part of the island nation's economy. Abe had a simple vision: fis...

Of the thousands of women who work behind the scenes in the Kentucky horse industry, many are uninsured and don't have the time or resources to get me...

One nonprofit has an innovative solution for cleaning up the massive oil spill on the Gulf Coast, using the ultimate renewable resource: human hair. S...

The Seattle chapter of the Make A Wish foundation makes hundreds of dreams come true for children struggling with cancer and other life-threatening di...

On a week-long volunteer trip to Haiti with the J/P Haiti Organization, the nonprofit founded by actor Sean Penn and philanthropist Diana Jenkins, vol...

When Iraq War veteran Troy Yocum heard that a fellow vet had lost his house in this down economy, he decided to quite literally drum up support for st...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Kiera Brinkley doesn't mind curious children, and mostly brushes off the stares of adults. Every once in awhile, someone will ...

Following the devastating floods that destroyed dozens of homes in Nashville, Tennessee, volunteers from the community are rallying together to join t...

Over 30,000 walkers will take over New York City streets on Mother's Day, May 9, to raise money for charity as part of Oprah's Live Your Best Life Wal...

In honor of Mother's Day, HuffPost Impact presents It Just Takes One, a series on children and the tutors, mentors, guardians and others who have ma...

When taxi driver Daniel Chung heard that homeless people in his Christchurch, New Zealand community had died sleeping outdoors overnight, he knew he w...

Each year, Foster Club chooses all-star foster youth to represent the organization. These kids have been through a lot, but are resilient and determin...

When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a sur...

When Alex Bond and his crew anchored his yacht briefly near Kanton Island en route from Hawaii to Australia, they had no idea what they would find on ...

We've seen laundromats pop up at music festivals, serving as a kind of brand butler for festival-goers with dirty duds. Not until recently, however, h...

When the January 12 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haitian-born Hamline University Professor Max Adrien immediately wanted to return to the country to...

For Amelia Jones, an autistic teenager in California, navigating high school can be difficult, especially when it comes to socializing. That's where a...

The baseball and football star for the Villanova Wildcats recently took time off to help a little girl. A football standout ... Matt Szczur (pronounc...

To help local economies rebuild themselves in two countries plagued by war, the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) presents the Race to Innovation, a...

After six months of diligent testing, three schoolgirls in a Palestinian refugee camp have developed a revolutionary walking cane that could help the ...

As he strolled down a Milwaukee street one day, Daviene Smittie stopped to ask a man planting a flower bed if he could lend a hand in exchange for cas...

During her seven-year battle with lung cancer, Lee Rhodes was moved by the struggles of the patients sitting alongside her in the waiting rooms. Many ...

Each night this week, NBC Nightly News is highlighting the work of a celebrity and how they are making a difference. The series puts the spotlight on ...

For over 20 years, Father Greg Boyle has worked to help Los Angeles gang members rebuild their lives. The organization Boyle founded, Homeboy Industri...