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 with his faith in mankind restored.
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92-yo Customer Pays Nursing Tuition for Waitress
Benjamin Olewine is a regular at the Peachtree restaurant where Melissa Mainier of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania worked. Melissa knew she wanted to be a nurse and was wracking up a lot of debt to put herself through school. One day he told Melissa that he wanted to pay her tuition -- and has done so now for years.
Son Finds Kidney for Mom on Craigslist
A 65-year-old mom in West Virginia was told she'd have to wait five years to receive an kidney transplant, so her son Jeremy posted an ad on Craigslist, saying "Wanted: Kidney", and found a perfect match.
Pharmacist's Intuition Saves Customer's Life
Mild-mannered pharmacy employee John Robertson is being hailed as a hero after saving a customer's life. When a customer failed to pick up his prescription, Robertson got worried and went to check on him at his home. Turns out, the man was injured and lying on his bathroom floor.
Oakland's Mother of the Year Donates Clothes to Babies in Need
Lisa Klein was named Oakland's Mother of the Year for her almost decade-long work collecting gently used baby clothes for low-income or homeless families.
Firefighter Who Saved Infant Finally Meets Girl, Now 18, at Graduation
At graduation, for the first time, 18-year-old Skyler James got to meet the firefighter who, on a bitterly cold November morning in 1995, found her — a newborn baby — abandoned beneath a snow-laden pine tree in a cemetery.
Quadruple Amputee Stuns TV's Mike Rowe: 'I'm not a victim'
American soldier Travis Mills served three tours in Afghanistan until he lost his arms and legs in a bomb explosion. The retired US Army staff sergeant spent months recuperating, but don't dare call him a wounded warrior.
Former Corporate Shark Feeds The Hungry
David Gerson drives an aging Volvo station wagon with a coffee stain on the passenger seat --hardly the type of car usually driven by successful corporate tax lawyers who negotiate billion-dollar mergers in Silicon Valley. David, 62, however, is what some might call a reformed lawyer. That 25-year law career never quite fulfilled him, so in 2011 he took a job feeding the poor.
Oakland Artist Turns Illegally Dumped Trash Into Homes For Homeless
One man's trash can be another man's construction materials. Greg Kloehn makes tiny homes on wheels for homeless people out of trash.
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 home on leave, he purchased products to fill more than 200 bags, which included a new pair of socks, personal hygiene products, water, and snacks. "The reason I wanted to do this gift-giving project was to show people that you don't have to have a lot to give a little," said Lumpkin.
Resale Store Refuses to Give Homeless Man a Coat, Woman Opens Free Shop in Response
A little store in a Hollister, Missouri shopping center is offering the basic needs -- clothing, hygiene items and baby supplies -- at incredible prices. They're all free. The shop, called Selfless Blessings, was started by Andrea Berdine after she witnessed a thrift store turning away a man who asked if he could have one of their coats. He wasn't asking for money, she told KY3 news. He was cold, and he was wet, and he needed a coat.
Girlfriends Do the Unthinkable for Friend with Cancer
South African Girda McKenna asked her friends for just one thing after she was diagnosed with cancer. She wanted them to sit together for a photograph. The portrait turned into something much more, blessing her with a memory of true friendship, when all the ladies decided to do something unforgettable.
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