LinkedIn held its second annual 'Bring In Your Parents Day', an idea that was born when the company realized that one-third of their employees' parents had no clue about what their offspring did for work. With more than 50 other companies around the globe participating this year, the event (#BIYP) has become a worldwide initiative to help bridge the gap between professionals and their parents.
When Frankie-Rose Lea was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in August experts said her best chance of surviving was immediate proton beam therapy, but that would cost £160,000. Her parents put their house up for immediate sale, saying they would rather "live in a box" than fail to exhaust every possibility to save Frankie-Rose. Now they won't have to go homeless thanks to the generosity of people in the UK.
Growing up in 13 different foster homes and the pain of physical and sexual abuse left Tina Thomas feeling empty and incomplete. But Tina is a survivor and no longer can be defined by her past. Fate intervened in her teen years when, despite never having broken the law, she was assigned a probation officer, Mary Beth Ryan. That summer, Ryan asked Tina to be a peer mentor at a special camp for abused girls. It changed her life forever.
Do you believe in fate? Famed surfing dog Richochet rode the waves with two teen boys who were destined to meet. Both have the same name, the same age, the same heart condition and both families wrote to Surf Dog within a day of each other asking for help.
A Texas couple on the eve of their wedding day was trying to sell furniture on Craigslist so they could buy the groom, who had just lost his job, a pair of shoes for the big day. They never imagined the kindness they would find in one 39-year-old stranger from Texas.
A woman who worked 13 years to return a wedding photo found in the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks finally found the owner, thanks to 81,000 people who retweeting the image this year.
A Pittsburgh man whose wedding was called off decided to turn the lemons he was dealt into "LemonAID", a charity fundraiser for an organization that provides free surgery in developing countries.
Doctors diagnosed Nicole Munda with a rare liver disease and the guidelines for a donor were strict. If the 29-year-old didn't get the perfect liver soon, she would die in six months.
The Rychner family of Farmington, Minnesota had little interaction with the elderly man living next door for nearly a decade. All that change last year when the family's 3-year-old son, Emmett, struck up an unlikely friendship with the 89-year-old Erling Kindem over a shared love of tomatoes and lawn tractors.
Every year for 30 years, she was taken on a date to Red Lobster, her favorite restaurant, by her husband for their anniversary. This year would be different, according to their daughter, but the staff in Columbia, Missouri, made sure to make the night special.
To honor his wife for their 61st anniversary, Bob Phillips sent a letter to a North Carolina newspaper, proclaiming that he would never see a bride more beautiful than her. The Charlotte Observer printed the letter, and posted it online, where it has been widely admired on social media.
Growing up my dad always dreamed of owning a 57 chevy bel-air. He grew up poor in a family of 7 children. He never thought he would be able to own his dream vehicle but would talk about it all the time. When I was 8 years old I promised him that on his 57th birthday I would buy him a 57 bel-air. I never forgot and was able to fulfill my promise.
Tondaleya's son Marine Corporal Paul Robinson is stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and hasn't been home to Philadelphia in 5 months, so it was a huge surprise when he walked on stage during her commencement ceremony.
George Pike's father was an active farmer and chauffeur at age 70, until he went into the hospital for hip replacement surgery in March 2013. An infection kept him in a chair and depressed for many months. So his son made the decision to end early his year abroad in Australia, sell his car, and return home. Watch the heart-warming reunion.
A crib once intended for a grieving mother's baby has a new purpose. It's a touching surprise from a stranger known for his woodworking -- and now for his kindness.
Twin sisters were born in Ohio holding hands, a birth that was especially happy for the couple, who were told they would probably never have children.
After the wildfire outbreak in Southern California last week, NBC shared the story of one family who escaped with their lives. Everything they owned was destroyed, but their community rewrote the script.
Melvyn was diagnosed with Alzheimer's three years ago. For his wife, Doris, it's been hard to watch. But she says something happened recently to remind her that the man she fell in love with is still here, reports Steve Hartman.
A dying father has given his young daughter a memory to last a lifetime, offering to walk her, with white dress and flowers, down the aisle, because he won't be able to do it at a future wedding. Decked out in gray suit and boutonniere, Jim Zetz, 62, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last year, gave photographer Lindsey Villatoro some beautiful images to capture for his family to forever remember the day.
Alison Miller's 24-year marriage was so passionate and fulfilling that after her husband's sudden death, last spring from cancer, she felt so much grief that it spurred her to do things she never could have imagined.
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