Turning a Bad News Diagnosis Into Good

Even though the cancer has spread throughout Noah's body, his courage, joy, exuberance and perseverance are miracles to witness. Brandon Inge, 3rd baseman for the Detroit Tigers, signed a picture for Noah, hit a home run for him and continued uplifting the boy throughout his disease process.

By Zee Kidd

26 September 47 Views

The Unexpected Power of $10 to $20

Gary Ribble would not be able to read this story if not for people like you. Ribble, who has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, needed new eyeglasses last spring but couldn't afford them after losing a job he'd held for more than 40 years. Then he found out about the Modest Needs Foundation.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 January 47 Views

Protector of Anne Frank, Dies at 100: Tribute

Miep Gies, the last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis, has died in the Netherlands aged 100. She and other employees of Anne Frank's father Otto supplied food to the family as they hid in a secret annex above the business premises in Amsterdam.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 January 53 Views

Operation Warm Gives Tens of Thousands of New Coats to Kids

Americans are helping to keep kids warm in spite of the recent Arctic blast through Operation Warm, a charity that provides brand new coats to children from disadvantaged families. Founded by Pennsylvania Rotary Club member Richard Sanford, Operation Warm has provided more than a half million coats to children in 26 states since 1998.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 January 40 Views

Four Community Volunteers Honored as Heros for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

To honor and encourage volunteerism on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Allstate Insurance Company is honoring four African-American volunteers who generously serve their communities through extensive volunteer efforts and continuously make a positive impact in their neighborhoods. The four inaugural Give Back Day Heroes, from Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago and Washington, D.C., attended the King Center's […]

By Jeanne Goddard

18 January 40 Views

To Cure the Blind Sounds Impossible, But Not for the Mountain Climber Surgeon

To cure the blind. It sounds impossible. Biblical even. And that's exactly why Geoff Tabin—adventure climber, medical pioneer, human dynamo—is just the guy to do it. Geoff Tabin leads a medical team organized by his Himalayan Cataract Project with the goal of conducting the largest eye surgery camp in Africa's history, restoring sight to as many as 800 people.

By Teresa Helton

07 December 43 Views

Gift of Glamour Goes to Those who Need it

Stylists at the posh Carter Barnes salon in Atlanta decided that the persistent economic downturn needed a beauty intervention, with free botox, free color and free styling for all those who've lost a job or gotten sick.

By Casey B.

21 December 42 Views