A group of strangers offered up squeezes yesterday on downtown streets, and got surprisingly positive responses. On a cold winter day, the offer of a free hug from a stranger is often all it takes to warm the heart. They carrying large signs saying "Free Hugs" and left more than a few feeling a little […]
Two poor college students in Amsterdam asked Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson for a ride to Washington to see Obama's innauguration. The billionaire immediately answered, "Yes," and the pair were soon on their way, sitting in the private jet of Richard Branson.
Virginia entrepreneur, Earl W. Stafford, and his nonprofit foundation have paid more than $1.6 million so about 700 struggling Americans will get a chance to attend the presidential inauguration festivities.
A Kentucky woman whose van was stolen while she was visiting her husband in a Lexington hospital has a replacement vehicle, thanks to the kindness of people who read last week's newspaper story.
A Charlotte dentist was duped into buying a coveted NHL official hockey stick, but returned it to the real owner after discovering it was stolen from a young fan.
Often under fire, one medic risks his life driving severely ill and injured Palestinians to an Israeli hospital from the Gaza checkpoint.
Awakened by his barking dogs about 2 a.m., Jamie Sheetz looked out his window to see a neighbor's mobile home engulfed in flames. Dressed only in shorts, he sprinted across the lawn, smashed through a window of the burning home, grabbed the child from his bedroom and carried him back out the window to safety.
A contingent of 38 doctors and nurses from Cleveland, New York and Chicago, along with Salvation Army Officers who act as interpreters and ministers, will leave for Honduras this Saturday to treat 3,000 patients in need.
A mother in suburban St. Louis was overcome by emotion when a woman approached her and handed her two $100 bills, that could help to get the heat turned back on in her family's home. The words "secret Santa" were stamped on the money and the woman said, "The only condition is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
The owner of Ferguson Tree Farms says he is giving away one tree to every Reno family who can't afford one this Christmas. He says he gave away 400 trees Wednesday alone.
Something stirred inside Carey Barrett, 42, as he watched a news report about a program for people who want to donate a kidney. Even though he had no one in his life who was in need of an organ donation, he wanted to help. So, he flew to Texas to begin a pay-it-forward chain of kidney donations.
David Goodfellow's Hampstead home resembled a warehouse recently with 35 tons of toys and food baskets piled high, ready to be distributed in an ongoing giveaway known as the "Kindness Offensive."
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