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When a three-month-old baby hadn't eaten for a day and a half after her mother was detained, a Minneapolis mom showed up with 350 ounces of donated breastmilk and saved the day. Now her grassroots network has helped over 500 families stay fed and cared for.
Over 100 volunteers gathered in College Station to pack comfort boxes for women fighting breast cancer, creating warm hugs in cardboard form. The Blessing Box Project, born from founder Dawn Compton's own 2018 cancer journey, has shipped thousands of boxes nationwide since 2019.
After a family friend vanished in 1986, Mary Asprey and Janet Newman created Britain's first 24/7 missing persons helpline from a tiny bedroom. Their grassroots charity now helps 10,000 families annually and changed how police respond to disappearances.