Rupert Imhoff is a star on Facebook. Through his online networking against hunting for whales, he has attracted 135,000 people to the cause. Because of Imhoff's thorough research and keen debating points -- along with his utter passion -- his group is growing by nearly 2000 people every day.
After surviving three years of loss, trauma, and grief, Harold Cameron has transformed himself into the "The Chief of Helping People." His mission and passion is to encourage positive thought and action and, along with the governors of three states, he has proclaimed March 1 to be "Be Positive, Do Something Positive Day".
In Uganda, one man went to his neighbors and his friends and brought together three groups of people - Christian, Muslim and Jewish - to put aside old differences and create a coffee cooperative that now boasts some 700 members of all three faiths.
"A new study, published today in the journal Science, suggests that what matters most is not how much money we have but, rather, what we do with it. Spending money on others, it shows, can boost our own happiness."
three national winners this week were awarded the Above & Beyond Citizen Honor, a unique award because they are personally presented to unsung heroes by our nations most honored heroes, the 109 living Medal of Honor recipients themselves -- along with Gen. Colin Powell and Brian Williams
Every rescue dog deserves a second chance at health and happiness – that's why the people of Chicago made sure Jingles was cured of heartworm.
If you're not benefiting from the people you spend your time with, then here's some tips on how to deal with them effectively.
This is an ongoing story of merit, accomplishment, and community caring. A Ugandan boy was brought overseas for surgery and now the whole town in Southern Oregon is chipping in to help his family to buy food back home. (Mail Tribune w/ photo ) Thanks to Jim for submitting this story!
For one week, February 15 to 24, Ottawa is choosing to be kind. The city will be celebrating, encouraging, and even keeping a web journal to showcase the simple acts of kindness brought to life throughout the community this week.
On a recent Saturday two hundred New Yorkers sycronized their watches, converged on the grand concourse of the world's largest train station and froze in place like statues while hundreds of travelers gawked in awe at the Grand Central Station spectacle.
My faith in human nature has never been so inflated as it was last weekend after our family get-together in Vail. Here's the story.
I am enamored of all things Canadian right now because of the kindness of someone I was visiting. That kindness seems to exude from all corners of her country… When I recently visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my Canadian friend, at my request, stopped her busy workday to take me to Banff. I don't ski or […]
A full scholarship to a $34,000-a-year private college for an excellent waiter! Always doing your best pays off.
The Emirati Women's Traveller Group are four young Emirati women who have toured the country in a car breaking tradition by travelling alone without a male relative.
Here's some modern advice on how to be happy with a number of fresh twists and insights.
Osama bin Laden's 26-year-old son Omar wears dreadlocks and a biker jacket and tells the AP "there is a better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West."
A group of women villagers on a remote island off Papua New Guinea have funded and built their own medical aid station after all local services had been closed due to lack of funds for maintenance.
Deciding she'd had enough at 250 pounds, Heather Davis took it upon herself to make lifestyle changes through regular exercise and a healthier diet to lose weight.
A marine gets a Thanksgiving package from mom on the very day of the holiday when he and his unit missed the special dinner prepared for the troops.
Sammy Gitau grew up in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. As a teenager, he joined a gang, and became a drug addict. But a pamphlet in a dust bin helped turn his life around.