Tampa Bay Lawyer Holds Contest to Give Away Free Home to Family in Need
A Florida attorney who helps families fight foreclosure, wants to help a family in a major way this holiday season. Mark Stopa plans to give away a home to a family in need.
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Employees Donate From Paychecks for 6 Months to Help Family They Never Met
A group of 55 employees donated money from their paychecks for six months to buy a wheelchair accessible van for someone they didn't even know, a family of seven who has a little boy with a rare genetic disorder. They surprised the family with a big, new MV-1 parked outside their home two days before Thanksgiving.
Anonymous 'Santa' Pays off $50K in Layaway Balances for Shoppers at PA Walmart
Last week we heard about an anonymous woman paying off $20,000 in layaway account balances in a Toys-R-Us store in Massachusetts. This week, a man, who only wanting to be known as "Santa B.", settled all the accounts for 100 holiday shoppers at a Pennsylvania Walmart -- paying $50,000 for the pleasure.
See the Reaction When Hundreds of Shoppers Get Their Purchases Free for Christmas
A family-owned department store chain decided to give customers at each of its 213 midwestern stores the ultimate Christmas surprise. All their items at check out time -- whether toys, electronics or kitchen appliances -- were given to them for free, compliments of Meijer stores.
Foster Father of 50,000 Gives Back After Growing Up in Poverty
From sleeping in the streets and being recruited as a child soldier, Dr. Amporn rose from the dust to become the foster father of 50,000 Thai children.
Boston Teacher Donates $150,000 Prize To Her School
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday honored a Dorchester third grade teacher who won a $150,000 online contest and donated the prize to her school.
Amazing Woman Given $50K for Her Anti-Mayhem Work With DC Kids
Hannah Hawkins, founder of the Children of Mine Youth Center, gives kids of all ages a safe place to learn and play, fenced off from the mean streets of Washington D.C. Those streets are where, in the '70s, her husband was robbed and murdered. She decided to dedicate her life to making a positive change in her community. After many years operating only with volunteers, she received a $50,000 check from 5-hour Energy Helps.
Father Pushes His Musically Gifted Son's Wheelchair In The University Of Louisville's Marching Band.
Patrick Henry Hughes is blind but plays in the University of Louisville pep band thanks to the lengths his father will go to help his son.
Good Samaritan Hands Out Food to Stranded Highway Drivers
Following a series of crashes that shut down one of the busiest highways in America last Wednesday, Monroeville, Ohio residents John and Sharon Ambrose gathered as much food as they could, and delivered it to motorists who had been stranded for hours.
New Jersey Letter Carrier Returns Wallet with $4,800 in Cash
A Jersey City letter carrier found $4,800 in crisp $100 bills inside a wallet on the sidewalk while delivering mail on the day after a big snowstorm. The first thought that came to Marcario "Mark" Panuil was, I need to give it back to the owner. His Postal Service coworkers and the local Postmaster honored him as a great inspiration in a ceremony this week, where he refused to take a reward.
Pharmacist Prescribes Anti-monster Spray for Child Who Can't Sleep
After a six-year-old girl in North Dakota mentioned that she was having trouble sleeping at night, a kind pharmacist decided to prescribe the antidote for her fears of monsters lurking in the room. The Examiner reports that pharmacist Jeff Dodds gave the girl a prescription spray bottle that he said would take care of the problem.
Spree of 318 Random Acts of Kindness Across Boston
Cathy O'Grady wasn't planning on being identified. But somehow, the media caught wind of her random acts of kindness all over the city this winter after pictures surfaced online of dozens of blankets with $5 gift cards she left out for the homeless in December. Recently she planned a spree of 318 good deeds in honor of a friend, Chad, who survived for that many days after his cancer diagnosis.
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