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New Foster Families Adopt Elderly U.S. Veterans, Call it a Privilege
A program run by the Veterans Administration has successfully placed elderly U.S. vets with families who receive stipends for providing room and board.
1500 veterans...
Teen Collects Books in French for her Second Goodwill Mission to Haiti
Giselle Osborn was among a handful of youth chosen to travel to Haiti this past August as part of a delegation to build eco-friendly...
Tennessee’s Bold Leap in Care for the Aged and Disabled
After lagging behind the rest of the country for years, Tennessee is catching up fast when it comes to improvements in its health care...
Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients’ Time to Die: New Book from U.S. Scientist
US scientist David Dosa was sceptical when first told about Oscar the cat, who lived in a nursing home and regularly predicted patients'...
‘Titanic’ Stars Help Last Living Passenger of Shipwreck
The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic"...
Kindness Tornado Rips Through Town
Without warning Biddeford, Maine experienced a tornado of kindness on Thursday. Residents were lifted up and spirits were tossed into unfamiliar territory as Michael...
Help Wanted: Pub Companion for Elderly Man, $14 per Hour
Mike needed someone to accompany his elderly father on visits from the nursing home to his favorite pub. He received a slew of responses...
Unarmed but Dangerous
Hello, my name is Tawana Williams. I know that my story will bless your viewers. I was born without arms in Wilson, NC. in...
Top Ten Pet Stories of 2007
I compiled this list for the Ellen DeGeneres show and suggested they ask their audience to vote (with cheers) for the Top Pet Hero...
Free Room at The Inn Helps Families be Together for Holidays
For 19 years, one of the biggest hotel groups in the world has offered free rooms for Thanksgiving and Christmas at all locations in...
Neighbors Unite Around ‘Loner’ Among Them
For years, Bill Judge had been a loner, known in his neighborhood for the five old cars in his driveway and his eccentric habits....
Cat Senses Final Hours of Elderly Patients
I came across a wonderful story about a cat who snuggles up beside citizens of a nursing home four hours before they die. It's...
Encouraging Signs That Elder Care is On the Mend
Finally, for the first time, I have hope. I started my career in the aging field in the "mean old days" of the 1970s,...
German Youths Make Amends for Holocaust
Even though it was not their own generation involved in Nazi crimes against Jews, two dozen German youth worked in Israel donating a year...
Retirees Win 100K for Creating Lasting Change
The Purpose Prize honors "what may be a new trend -- retirees taking on some of the country's biggest social problems."
The five winners of...
Check out the Archives!
I uploaded another 13 stories to the Archives: stories from the old website's LIFE section, 1997-1998. They remain timeless stories of organizations still operating...
Good News in History, October 31
On this day, 74 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the "Queen of Curves," who "liberated architectural geometry, giving...
Woman Who Left School at 15 Graduates as a Doctor at 41: ‘You can 100% do the crazy things you’ve always dreamed’
A woman who dropped out of school at age 15 finally studied for her GED (known in the UK as GCSE)—and now has graduated...
Kindness of Strangers Buoys a Family Caring for Their Terminally Ill 6-year-old Girl
A saga in Australia's news media has come to a head in the best possible way, as a struggling family and their terminally ill...
Missing for 12 Years, Beloved Cat Named Artie Finally Reunited with His Family
A Welshman has been reunited with a family cat who has been lost for 12 years.
Then just 17 years old, Theo-Will McKenna was attending...