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A Coffee Angel for Cancer Patients Inspires Detroit
Every Thursday morning around 10:30 Dan walks into a Starbucks in Metro Detroit, takes out a list and proceeds to order dozens of drinks....
Rachel’s Legacy Inspires Other Kids to Give
Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise money for a clean-water charity by asking for donations instead of presents for her ninth birthday. Now, her death...
People Magazine Names Superintendent of Tornado-Ravaged Joplin Schools a 2011 Hero
For his herculean efforts to reopen schools buildings after five were destroyed by a May 22 tornado, Superintendent C.J. Huff has been honored as...
Hurricane Irene is Milder Than Expected for US Coast, Extensive Damage Averted
Coastal areas in the path of Hurricane Irene were mostly spared from major damage overnight and many residents awoke to catch glimpses of blue...
Contest Lauds World’s Unluckiest Travelers Who are Rescued by Kindness
In 2010, a travel insurance company collected unlucky travel stories and crowned the “World’s Unluckiest Traveler” who won a $10,000 dream vacation. This year,...
Twitter Tries to Fill Dying Girl’s Bucket List
A 15-year-old girl from North England has been fighting cancer for four years and now strangers around the world are fighting to help her...
Hospital’s 5-transplant Kidney Swap Sets California Record
In what is the largest single-hospital kidney swap in the state, five patients received new kidneys from five healthy donors in a marathon series...
Japan Grateful to ‘Fukushima 50’ Heros Working to Keep Nuclear Disaster at Bay
Like white knights, dressed in their hazmat suits, a band of 180 men have volunteered to continue working in extreme conditions, to help keep...
Good Samaritans Out in Force Among Stranded Motorists in Record U.S. Snowstorm
With snow totals of anywhere from one to two feet falling across nine midwestern states along with brutalizing winds, the February snowstorm of 2011...
Paid Actors Spread Undercover Joy in Chicago – Get Happy!
In order to bring smiles to the faces of people in downtown Chicago, local philanthropist Richard Driehaus hired some performance artists to create displays...
Calif. Man Uses Orphan Background To Help Others
Separated from his family during the Korean War, Sam Han was sheltered by strangers and eventually was adopted by a Minnesota professor and became...
Six Amazing Happy Endings Thanks to Facebook (Good News Network Exclusive)
We've lots of media stories featuring the wonders of Facebook. But these amazing outcomes will cheer even the surliest of social media critics.
From the...
Woman Recruits Facebook Friends to Save 7000 Gulf Coast Hermit Crabs
In the months since the BP oil spill, Leanne Sarco, a ranger at the wildlife preserve in the Gulf of Mexico along the fragile...
South Africa, 2010 – The Year it Became Fashionable to Do Good
It wasn't only government who made the South African World Cup a success. It was the 15,000 citizens who volunteered -- South Africans who...
Good News Shared While Huddling Against a Thunderstorm
Stranded by a severe thunderstorm in eastern Ohio with a group of soaked strangers in a glassed-in gas station booth with no power, all...
Pittsburgh Woman Behind Anonymous Acts Of Kindness Reveals Herself
An anonymous woman that has been practicing random acts of kindness around Pittsburgh has revealed her identity, saying that she can now "organize in...
Oregon Truck Driver Named Highway Hero of the Year
An Oregon truck driver who helped save the lives of three people involved in a fiery traffic accident, including a driver who was trapped...
Support Pours in For Blind Musician Whose Guitar was Stolen
Juan Hernandez, whose guitar was stolen a few weeks ago, has received offers of guitars and cash from people who learned about his plight...
Mystery Couple in Diner Starts “Magical” Chain Reaction
An unknown couple started a chain reaction at Aramingo Diner in Port Richmond, PA by paying for their own meal and for the tab...
Record-setting Kidney Swap Saves Lives
A team of doctors in the nation's capital just performed a 13-way kidney swap -- the largest kidney exchange ever recorded. Twenty-six operations...