On a former industrial site in Kitchener there are around 2 dozen brightly coloured cabins. At less than 100 square feet each, they are so small they don’t require a building permit, and yet they are shelter for roughly 50…
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Kitchener Better Tent City – GNSOTD Tue, Feb. 22nd 2021
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Group That Delivers Valentine’s Day Gifts To Senior Citizens Gets Big Surprise – GNSOTD Tue, Feb. 9th 2021
There is one group of people who tend to get overlooked during most holidays, senior citizens who have little or no family left, and those whose family cannot visit them at this time because they care enough to want them…
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Mitten Maker Finds Manufacturer To Fulfill Giant Order – GNSOTD Tue, Feb. 2nd 2021
It was just last week we were speaking about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his now famous photo of him sitting in a chair wearing a big coat and mittens and how every element of that picture was going to…
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Internet Reunites Travel Journal With Its Creator After 20 Years – GNSOTD Tue, Jan. 26th 2021
The Internet has been playing an important role in keeping people safe and sane during the Pandemic. It has been a good tool to bring people together. But it also has served as a way to reunite people and pets,…
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Kitchener Girl Picks Her Aunt For School Hero Project – GNSOTD Tues, Jan. 19th 2021
Doing a school assignment on a hero is not an uncommon thing for kids to have to tackle at some point in their education. Some teachers put a twist on it and make it a local hero. But when five-year-old…
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Teen Wins Essay Contest And Donates Winnings – GNSOTD Tue, Jan. 12th 2021
13-year-old Sidney Hertzberg, of Ferndale, Michigan, entered into an essay contest that was put on by PetCo. She wrote about how the kitten she had adopted that she says has been a saving grace in her life and become a…
Tampa Bay ‘Kindness Warrior’ Celebrates Birthday With Drive-By Parade – GNSOTD Tues, Jan. 5th 2020
In Tampa Bay, Florida, there is a young boy whose family was told would not see his first birthday. Eric Piburn was born with congenital heart defects and has spent half his life in hospital according to his mom, Randi.…
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Boy Scout Troop Creates Safe ‘Hug Booth’ For Nursing Home – GNSOTD Tues, Dec. 27th 2020
We might have re-entered lockdown, but for many residents of nursing homes, lockdown has been going on for months during the Coronavirus pandemic. For thousands of residents of assisted living facilities across the United States that is especially true as…
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Salvation Army Searching For Mystery Man Who Gave Instead Of Buying iPhone – GNSOTD Tues, Dec. 22nd 2020
It has been a difficult year for charitable causes all over, as fundraising efforts had to be cancelled and altered according to the rules of the regions they are run in and people’s habits changed as they adapted to the…
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Colorado Stranger Leaves Christmas Tree on Fort Collins Resident’s Doorstep – GNSOTD Tue, Dec. 15th 2020
In Fort Collins, Colorado, a woman who only wanted to be identified as Haley was going about her week in the only way she can, trying to survive. Haley is a yoga instructor, only she can’t be currently because of…
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