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Out Of Tragedy, Unexpected Forgiveness and Connection

Six months ago, Raphael Hameed was walking with his 5-year-old son, Ish, when they were hit by a speeding car. NPR wrote: Raphael was seriously injured, but Ish, his only child, was killed. The driver's sister, Megiddëh Goldston, has formed a bond with the Hameed family and now visits them to help with their day-to-day […]

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Panhandler Thanks Community After Securing a Job

No matter this man's back story, we just loved this photo. On Christmas Eve in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thomas Joseph Bennet held a sign on the street thanking all those who helped him in the past.

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Dollar-a-Slice Pizza Shop in Philly Becomes Pay-it-Forward Mecca

After witnessing the success of the dollar pizza stores in Manhattan, Mason Wartman left his job on Wall Street to move back to Philadelphia to open one of his own. What he didn't know then was that Rosa's Fresh Pizza would become a bastion of kindness for customers paying it forward by buying slices for others.

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100-Year-old Leads Exercise Classes, Checks in On Facebook

A Minnesota woman who turned 100 leads an exercise class and says she doesn't allow age to slow her down. She insists that the key to longevity is a positive attitude.

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A Chick-fil-A Owner's Act of Kindness On a Cold Night

A photo of a man in need getting some help at a Chick-fil-A restaurant alongside a highway in Birmingham, Alabama is inspiring viewers far and wide. The restaurant's owner, known for his kindness, gave a man free food and handed him his gloves so the man might be warmer in the cold.

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Ill Fan is Headed to Seattle Playoff Game in Style, Thanks to Generous Fans

Diehard Seahawks fan Sherri Forch has never been to a game. That will change Saturday, when she will not only attend the Seahawks' divisional playoff game in a wheelchair, but be right on the 50-yard line under shelter, thanks to generous fans and family.

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Flower Girl and Ring Bearer from Wedding Get Married 20 Years Later

Brittney Husbyn had already practiced walking down the aisle with her fiancé Briggs Fussy, but it was 20 years earlier. They got married this weekend decades after serving as ring bearer and flower girl at a wedding in 1995 as 3-year-olds.

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Principal Raises $17,000 to Buy Shoes for Her Needy Students (w/ Video)

The principal of a school outside of Louisville, KY, where 75 percent of students live below the poverty line, realized her students were so poor that most didn't have decent shoes. So she decided to hold a fundraiser, and it succeeded beyond her wildest imagination.