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Good News This Week: February 8, 2025 - Quilts, Hotels, & Veterans

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Hundreds of colorful handmade blankets sit outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia
Housing

Volunteers knit giant quilt of 1,000 blankets in memory of homeless people who died in the cold

The blankets are later donated to homeless community members in need.
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On the left, a server grabbing a plate of food in a restaurant. On the right, the glass exterior of the restaurant Home Kitchen
Businesses Doing Good

Michelin chef opens world's first fine dining restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people, looks to expand

Each employee is paid a living wage, a prepaid travel card, and funds for catering qualifications.
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A former Stay Inn Hotel in Denver, Colorado. It is surrounded by green trees and a bright blue sky
Housing

This hotel is on the market for $10. The catch? A buyer must convert it into affordable housing

The deal comes with a 99-year commitment to maintaining the property as affordable housing.
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the front of a small, cream-colored tiny home -- framed by green trees.
Businesses Doing Good

IKEA designs 'trauma-informed' tiny home, donates it to homeless seniors in Texas

The Swedish retailer is breaking ground on tiny home projects that evoke comfort and safety.
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A few from nature featuring mountaintop removal in Letcher County, Kentucky
Environment

Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land: 'A sign of progress'

Once a coal mine, then slotted to be a prison, a group of activists are working to reclaim the land.
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An aerial view of the Harris Community Village in Tooele, Utah
Housing

Vacant school transformed into first-of-its-kind housing, food pantry for homeless people

The Harris Community Village has 66 permanent supportive housing units and 44 emergency shelter beds — but it was once an elementary school.
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A crowd of bicyclists prepare for a massive bike ride as they gather items in a graffitied tunnel.
People Doing Good

Bicyclist builds 700-person network of volunteers, leads bike drives to deliver donations to the homeless

Verral Paul Walcott has been coordinating donation deliveries on a weekly basis since 2014.
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A gray thermal and foam arch-like structure called the Iglou, which offers emergency shelter to unhoused people
Housing

Emergency 'igloo' shelters provide refuge for homeless folks in freezing temperatures

The interior of the Iglou emergency shelter is 18 degrees warmer than outside temperatures.
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on the left, an overview of 31 tiny homes, in the middle, ocean lapping up on a beach, on the right, lawn chairs looking over a green space.
People Doing Good

Coastal town invites 31 homeless folks to live in tiny home village: 'They are welcome to stay in their home — forever'

A 31-unit tiny home community in coastal North Carolina is giving people a second shot at life.
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