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A CT native is a 2025 CNN Hero of the Year finalist. Here’s her big idea and why it’s taking off

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Glastonbury native Hillary Cohen, who has been named a 2025 CNN Hero of the Year finalist, had a big idea around food insecurity ...
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Meet five inspiring people who found unique ways to help others

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These five people are making the world a better place with their kindness, compassion, and courage – and now, they have been named ...
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Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

New York (CNN) — Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 ...
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Renaming a local street is the latest success in this CNN Hero’s mission to empower his community

Growing up in his South Philly neighborhood, Tyrique Glasgow fell into street life at a young age. The experience left him with 11 bullet wounds and a prison record – all of which had roots in the ...
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Why changing a local street name became part of this CNN Hero’s mission

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CNN Heroes: Looking back at Robert Redford’s legacy and his fight to protect the planet

'People just let their souls bleed out of their pens onto that paper': How writing is changing his life in prison ...
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A CT native is a 2025 CNN Hero of the Year finalist. Here’s her big idea and why it’s taking off

Glastonbury native Hillary Cohen, who has been named a 2025 CNN Hero of the Year finalist, had a big idea around food insecurity and founded a nonprofit to help solve the food crisis. The 40-year-old ...