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What This Inspiring Store Clerk Gave a Stranger Now Hangs on Her Wall
Heather Hogeboon wants the whole world to know about a good deed—an inspiring act of kindness by a young shop clerk at Spencer's, who...
Company Gives Employees $1,000 for a Job Well Done
In the six months leading up to Employee Appreciation Day on March 6, ABR Employment Services has been surprising their employees with big checks...
Teen Builds Excellent Tiny House, Donates to Homeless
After an arduous three-and-a-half-years building it in her California backyard, Kendall Ronzano is donating the excellent “tiny home” she started at age 16.
Last week,...
Kenyan Marathoner Finishes Third Despite Crawling to the Line
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"After showing herself to be in the elite class of female runners at the Austin Marathon, Kenyan Hyvon Ngetich hit the wall —...
Boy with Leukemia Given a Disney Room Makeover
A California family whose son was diagnosed with leukemia is thankful for volunteers who spent the week at their home in order to give...
Stylist Offers Trauma-free Haircuts for Special Needs Children
A hairstylist who is mother to an autistic daughter launched a service to take the trauma out of trims for special needs children.
Colleen Spano provides haircuts right...
Seahawks Reveler Gives Shirt off Back to Young Packers Fan After Loss
13-year-old Austin McElravy was attending his first NFL game with his dad, but the die-hard Packers fans were surrounded during the championship final by...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Woman Invents Amazing Car That Wheelchair Users Can Just Drive Away
A woman in a wheelchair wanted to help people like her to become more independent, so she designed and is now manufacturing an innovative...
At 108, Oldest Living Vet Likes Cigars, Whiskey and Driving to Church
Richard Overton, 108, is the oldest living veteran in the United States, but he’s as active as ever. On Tuesday, he served as grand...
Make-A-Wish Started With One Boy, Celebrates 250,000 Wishes Granted
Make-A-Wish is celebrating a huge milestone, having granted a quarter million wishes in the United States since the children’s charity was founded in 1980.
The wish-granting...
Food Scrap Recycling Business in Texas is Bike-Powered
A bike-powered business in Austin, Texas diverts nearly 100 tons of restaurant and residential food scraps to community gardens.
East Side Compost Pedallers from homes and...
An Instagram Photo Journal Helped Me Survive Cancer
About a year and a half ago, the life I was living ceased to exist. I was diagnosed with stage 2a Ewing’s Sarcoma, a...
Teen’s Inspiring Football Speech is Lesson in Positivity for All
A post-game interview with an Austin Texas wide receiver, Apollos Hester, turned into a motivational speech this weekend that goes way beyond football and...
NFL Football Shows Teen with Special Needs that He Has ‘No Limits’
A young Carolina Panthers fan with cerebral palsy found the opportunity to fulfill his dream of playing the sport he loves so much, thanks...
Google Surprises LA Teachers By Funding All Classroom Requests On DonorsChoose.org
Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District teacher on the education crowd-funding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result...
BikeMobile Fixes More Than Kids’ Bikes in Low Income Neighborhoods (WATCH)
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Tommy Bensko went on the road to primarily in low-income neighborhoods, fixing kids’ bikes for free and giving them a hands-on education about...
Hate Crime Victim Gets Free Dental Reconstruction
A victim of a hate crime who got nine of his teeth knocked out is receiving thousands of dollars in free dental work, along...
Teenager Takes His Great-Grandmother to Prom
A student from Rockford, Ohio who learned that his great-grandmother had not gone to the prom when she was in high school would not...
New Orleans Soldier Home From Afghanistan Uses Deployment Money to Help Homeless
Sgt. Austin Winton Lumpkin, a soldier who returned home to Gretna from Afghanistan, used his deployment money to help the homeless. While he was...