Bruce Springsteen Writes Sweet Note for Schoolboy to Be Late For Class
The Boss is talented; he's cool; and he's even got time to help a young school boy who was rocking out way past his bedtime.
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Decorator Changes Widow's Sad Room Reminders into Bright Refuge
It can be unbelievably hard to get over a loss - that's why two women took charge and gave Lucy Kalanithi the boost she needed in her home.
Dad Uses Cat-Like Reflexes To Save Son From Flying Baseball Bat (WATCH)
Real-life superheroes come in all shapes in sizes – like a child's dad paying attention at a baseball game.
Building Bridges of Hope
In a remote corner of Ethiopia, a single dilapidated bridge had been critical to the lives of hundreds of thousands of Amhara highlanders who live without running water or electricity and depend on footpaths for their commerce and well-being. "If this bridge is broken, their lives are broken…" Ken Frantz, a former builder from Virginia, […]
Home Builder Gives Free Homes to Wounded Vets
Injured veterans are getting help from a custom home builder in Houston, Texas, who recently presented one soldier who'd survived an explosion in Baghdad with an unexpected gift: a home built especially for them, mortgage-free.
Law School Grads Mentor Juveniles Before they Become Adult Criminals
American University Law School graduates Whitney Louchheim and Penelope Spain launched a Washington, DC program where volunteers are mentoring juveniles, trying to keep them from returning to jail in the future. Five years later, Mentoring Today now has a solid track record, inspiring mentors to donate more than 1,800 volunteer hours, which have helped more than 30 young men to remake their lives. Last year, the nonprofit raised more than $350,000 from donors and grantmakers to fund its services.
Amazon Tour Guide Turned Medical Angel for Poor
Nearly 21 years ago, Patty Webster landed her dream job as an adventure tour guide in the Amazon jungles of Peru. But as she shared the area's beauty and culture with tourists, she realized there was no medical service to native people in this rainforest paradise. Since 1993, Webster has been bringing medical relief to some […]
College Mover Takes Break From Hauling to Serenade Elderly Widow (WATCH)
John Legend is going to have to watch his back with this ‘college hunk' winning hearts on the internet.
After a 3-Year Wait For Adopted Congo Boys, Watch Incredible Airport Arrival
These parents welcome their two new sons to America with joyful tears and big hugs, more than three years after adopting them from the Congo.
22 Year-old Rows Across the Atlantic for Clean Water Cause
Katie Spotz is a 22 year-old endurance athlete rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Alone. Along the way she's raising awareness for her cause: clean, viable drinking water.
Wheelchair Adventurer Travels Where No Chair has Ever Been (w/ Video)
At the age of 29, Andrew Shelley sat stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job as his father, until he decided to set out on a backpacking journey around the world to places where a wheelchair had never been before.
Oregon Truck Driver Named Highway Hero of the Year
An Oregon truck driver, Junichi Shimizu, who helped save the lives of three people involved in a fiery traffic accident, including a driver who was trapped in his burning vehicle, was awarded the 2009 Goodyear North America Highway Hero.
Building Bamboo Schools for Poor Kids in Nepal
Armed with a good education, high ideals and the courage to match, Uttam Sanjel created a new answer to the problem of child destitution: the construction of schools quickly and efficiently using bamboo. Bamboo is inexpensive (its use lowers the budget for construction by 60 percent), strong, earthquake-proof and easy to find.
Hero Pushes Stalled Van Away From Train
An Argentine man became a hero when he pushed a stalled truck off the train tracks seconds before a train roars in. He had been waiting on a scooter behind the van.
Teaching Kids to Read From the Back of a Donkey (Video)
A man toting 120 books while riding a stubborn donkey is a thrilling sight for hundreds of children in the rural villages of Colombia. Luis Soriano is a man with a mission to save rural children from illiteracy.
Oprah Educates Girls in Africa Despite Struggles to "Get It Right"
Nothing in Oprah Winfrey's life has made her prouder than creating her school for girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. And nothing, she says, has given her more headaches.
The Wizards' Wizard: A Tribute to Generosity
In the last few years, Washington's great sports impresario and philanthropist suffered from a rare brain disease that robbed him of everything but his burning love of life and sports and his burning desire to help sick children and the poor in Washington and around the world. When he saw children in need, his generosity was boundless.
Inspired by Opening a Page in a Book, Man Drills for Water in Maasai Village
A Harley-riding Wisconsin senior has been given the National Franciscan Peace Award for 2009, an honor previously given to Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II. Don Ryder works as the Wausau city safety director, but it is his work on a life-saving water project in drought-ridden Africa that earned him the prize.
Award Winners Changing the World Through Tech
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners received their awards at a Gala yesterday in San Jose, CA.
Pushcart Educator for the Poor Wins CNN Hero of the Year
(CNN) — Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to provide an alternative to gang membership and bring education to poor children who are scavenging in landfills, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. CNN's Anderson Cooper unveiled Peñaflorida as the winner of the most online votes at the […]