# Inspiring

People Magazine Names Superintendent of Tornado-Ravaged Joplin Schools a 2011 Hero

For his herculean efforts to reopen schools buildings after five were destroyed by a May 22 tornado, Superintendent C.J. Huff has been honored as one of the top 2011 Heroes Among Us by People magazine.

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Shamed Boy's Family Gets Minivan When Public Steps In to Defend

No good can come from publicly shaming a six-year-old boy. That's the lesson educators at Lincoln Elementary in Grants Pass, Oregon recently learned when the community stepped up to defend a student and help a family in need.

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60 Years Later, Student Makes Amends for Stealing From School

An anonymous letter arrived at Helper Middle School in Utah last week that contained a confession. It also contained a check, 60 years in the making.

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Bystanders Lift Burning Car to Save Trapped Biker (Video)

A 21-year old motorcyclist who collided with a BMW on the campus of Utah State University was lying unconscious beneath the burning wreckage when bystanders rushed to help.

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Girl With Special Needs Starts A Thriving Business Based on an Inability to Read

Emma's mother was worried that her 21-year-old daughter would never find a job—until she tapped a skill that sought after by businesses.

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Artist Sews Ripped Clothes for Free on SF City Sidewalks

One day a month artist Michael Swaine can be found on a San Francisco sidewalk using his vintage sewing machine with foot pedal to mend the holes in people's clothes for free.

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Tip of a Lifetime: Three Lucky Waitresses Get $5,000 Checks

The Boone County Family Restaurant in Rockford, Illinois has some very happy workers today. Three waitresses there, each in their 20's, stared in disbelief Saturday as a blond-haired woman inexplicably handed them three $5,000 checks. Despite their protestations, the generous diner, whose identity is being kept a secret, insisted that she and the other waitresses take it.

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Watch Adorable Father-Daughter on a Kindness Spree for Their Birthdays

Amélie and her dad decided to celebrate their birthdays by doing 39 random acts of kindness (their combined ages) and made a sweet video to inspire others.