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Here’s to another year of more good news.
On the final day of 2025, we’re wrapping up our look back at some of the year’s best news. Today, you’ll read through stories of progress for food access and immigration, as well as a few highlights of people who filled this year with good.
As you read through these stories of hope and helpers, we hope it energizes you to keep doing your part to make the world a better place in 2026.
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Food
A Michelin chef opened the world’s first fine dining restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Each employee is paid a living wage, a prepaid travel card, and funds for catering qualifications.
A teacher raised thousands of dollars to pay off student lunch debt by dancing on TikTok
Utah schools have amassed $2.8 million in school lunch debt, per the Tribune, and last year, Governor Spencer Cox announced he would use $1.2 million in federal funds to begin to alleviate some of those balances.
With grocery prices on the rise, a home chef taught people how to turn a $20 Dollar Tree trip into ‘four full family dinners’
Rebecca Chobat has spent the last three years making delicious meals on a budget. In this latest challenge, she turned 20 bucks into four amazing meals for the whole family.
A Portland coffee shop offered free breakfast to SNAP recipients — supporters responded by raising over $280k
The coffee shop announced the SNAP program after the USDA announced that 42 million Americans would lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on November 1.
Boston is transforming abandoned office space into affordable homes for 1,000+ residents
The city offered an incentive to convert underutilized office spaces into something that serves the city’s residents, especially those who can’t afford skyrocketing rent prices.
After living ‘life in a trash bag,’ a man donated 200k backpacks to restore dignity in foster youth
Rob Scheer’s experience in foster care — along with the stories of his own adopted children — inspired him to make a difference for all young people in need.
Courtesy of Civil Protection and Fire Department of Acuña, Coahuila/Facebook
Mexican first responders traveled to Texas to support flood relief efforts: ‘Solidarity without borders’
Thanks to volunteers at Fundación 911 and firefighters of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, search and rescue efforts in central Texas became an international mission.
Ms. Rachel donated 2 million meals to the World Food Program after the Trump administration’s cuts devastated the agency
The funding cuts specifically targeted emergency programs helping to keep millions of people fed — and alive — around the world, including places like Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and 11 other impoverished and conflict-affected countries.
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