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Susila Silva
BBC
25 December 2018
Radio / Over 15 Minutes
Around the world, people are putting out Little Free Libraries—a small birdhouse like box for people to take, leave, or swap books. These libraries have helped create easy access to book ownership and reading as well as community among neighbors.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/12/08/674133297/dear-internet-goats-in-sweaters-are-cuter-than-kittens-in-mittens?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Danielle Preiss
NPR
8 December 2018
Text / Under 800 Words
A calendar featuring goats wearing warm clothing has raised thousands of dollars for local organizations in Varanasi, India. The creative gimmick draws on the power of large numbers of small donations, similar to the ice bucket challenge supporting ALS research.
https://coloradosun.com/2018/11/27/pocketchange-charity-giving-tuesday?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Kevin Simpson
The Colorado Sun
27 November 2018
Text / 1500-3000 Words
A web browser extension called PocketChange allows people to donate small amounts of money to social causes and have their donations matched by “cause-aligned” brands. The software taps into the desire of news readers and social media users to take action in the moment that they learn about social causes, as well as companies’ growing interest in marketing around social causes. The startup has partnered with about 70 charities and six online sites so far, including The New York Times, Google News, and Facebook.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/good-money/your-favorite-charity-has-most-of-its-money-in-wall-street-20181127?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Chris Winters
Yes! Magazine
27 November 2018
Mixed Media / 800-1500 Words
Traditionally, private foundations have been required to give away only 5% of their wealth each year. Beyond that, the majority of funds have typically been invested in Wall Street funds, sometimes funds that fundamentally contradict their mission. This is changing. The F.B. Heron Foundation has shifted to a more socially conscious investing strategy, as have parts of the Gates and Ford foundations. Impact investing is relatively new, but it is growing in a field where the potential for impact is huge.
http://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/26/mainefocus/the-for-profit-company-that-turned-around-maines-failing-addiction-treatment-initiative?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jackie Farwell
Bangor Daily News
26 November 2018
Mixed Media / Over 3000 Words
Groups Recover Together, a for-profit clinic in Maine is helping treat people addicted to opioids. Because the company only prescribes buprenorphine, has venture funding, and doesn’t have to pay for overhead staff, it is able to treat much more people than the nonprofit clinics. Around 600 people a week are served through the program, in its first day alone 250 people were treated. The company operates 60 clinics in the country. ““The for-profit model, of which probably people have traditionally been pretty critical, may be serving a really important purpose.”
https://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/the-unique-arts-festival-where-performers-play-for-their-health-care-20181123?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Phillip Pantuso
Yes! Magazine
23 November 2018
Mixed Media / 1500-3000 Words
For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival that invites musicians and artists to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. Over 173 musicians and artists at the latest festival made 465 clinic visits. “If we were to talk about revolution, in our mind we think it’ll be pitchforks, but in reality it’s more like: What can you bring to the table?” co-founder Joe Concra said. “Then one day you wake up, you reali
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