Caught in an Afghanistan firefight, 12 year-old Obaid lost both his legs, but refused to give up. He was being measured for prosthetics by the Red Cross when NBC News first featured his story in a televised report. A Boston-area grandmother was touched by what she saw and decided to help from 7000 miles away.
Christina Summitt was tending bar when she mentioned to a friendly couple that her puppy, a great Dane mix, was rushed into surgery the previous day, and the vet bill was enormous. She is still crying over the tip they left her.
On March 4, a YouTube magician and prankster name Rahat set aside his mischievous pranks to do something really kind for a homeless man he'd often seen hanging around his shopping mall. He heard that the man named Eric was a nice and respectable guy, so he gave him a lottery ticket telling him it was a winner and that he should come to the shop and claim his prize. The store clerk was privy to the stunt and pretended the ticket was indeed a winner and handed over $1,000 in cash to the homeless gentleman. People liked the video of Eric so much that they wanted to know how they could help. What happened next is the stuff of internet legend.
Crusader Prime, a masked 40-something Indiana man in red spandex, a fedora and a thrift store trench coat, hit the streets on a cold day to hand out blankets and food to homeless people. He is part of the Real Life Super Hero (RLSH) movement that has ballooned across the country since the mid-2000s, united through the internet on www.reallifesuperheroes.com.
When a young woman found herself stranded on dark streets, a homeless man found her a safe place to stay and changed her outlook toward the less fortunate.
A longtime Victoria cab driver got a taste of the kindness of strangers Friday after he was stiffed on a $225 cab fare. When Roberts realized the passenger had skipped out, a stranger turned up out of nowhere and pushed a wad of cash into his hand.
When Khadijah Muhammad left for work in Koxville on Wednesday, she did so with a notice on her doorknob from the local power company saying they would shut off her electricity if a past-due bill wasn't paid by the next day. After serving a small family, she unexpectedly received a note and then saw a thousand dollar tip left for a meal that totaled just $29.30.
Boe Kirner, who now lives in Perth, Australia, wrote on the Good News Network Page, after seeing the photo washed blankets for the homeless: The 21-year-old New Zealander was in New York City doing a 6 month stint as a paramedic when she met a homeless boy to whom she gave her house key. The kindness shown might have dramatically changed two lives.
Read about the Facebook group, SnowedOutAtlanta, that attracted 46,000 fans in a day and how that hive of concerned citizens helped rescue a pregnant mom and boy who had been stuck in their car for 12 hours - with only Tic Tacs to eat - with no water. By 11 o'clock that night, Michelle Sollicito, who started the group, said that at least 400 people had been helped by the group
Thanks to a team of merry WestJet employees and the power of technology, a group of airline passengers was treated to a Christmas miracle that turned an airport into Santa's workshop. With the help of 175 WestJet volunteers, three airports and Santa himself, they made a seeming miracle happen for more than 250 guests on two Calgary-bound flights.
When Christopher Kiezek sat on Santa's knee recently, like a lot of kids, he asked for an Xbox One. But he also asked for a new arm so he could play it. He was born without fingers and his mother says the insurance company won't pay for a prosthetic device because it wasn't necessary for the boy's life. A family friend, moved by the boy's Christmas wish, set about to touch others with the story.
Most people thought he was poor. He clipped coupons and took a bus — not a cab — to a University of Washington alumni luncheon he attended in his later years. Only a tight circle of family and friends knew that MacDonald was nurturing a secret fortune.
Joel Hartman was digging through a dumpster, hoping to find someone's leftover food. Instead, he found a French woman's wallet. Not only did he not keep the contents, he searched four hotels in order to find the woman. This story has many happy endings, beginning with a generous four-diamond hotel that rewarded him in a big way for his good deed.
Thursday night, New York artist Jamison Ernest made the surprise announcement that he would be extending his gallery show an additional week so that he could give a gift to seven lucky visitors: $77,777 worth of diamonds.
Generous patrons at coffee, bagel shops and fast food drive-throughs have been spreading a little kindness to fellow restaurant-goers by becoming the anonymous benefactors of other people's meals, paying their orders before they even get to the window.
A Boston area waiter said he was asked to perform an anonymous act of kindness for a restaurant patron on Tuesday night. The photo he posted as proof is warming hearts across the internet.
After being dealt one devastating blow after another, a record-breaking number of donations has changed the life of a former cancer patient who suddenly became paralyzed after aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. At 29, Melissa Smith, who had beat cancer twice, was hit with a rare disease that paralyzed her from the waist down. Her sister, hoping to raise money badly needed to help Melissa, relentlessly urged a charity site, Chive, to intervene. It turns out, strangers around the world were waiting to help too.
After Glen James, a homeless man from Boston, found and returned a backpack with more than $40,000 worth of cash and traveler's checks, a stranger from Virginia launched an online campaign to reward him. An update from NBC News shows Mr. James meeting his benefactor for the first time, after people around the world donated more than $148,000 to the fund.
The cardboard sign he was holding made him look like a beggar, until you look close enough to read it: I HAVE a HOME, I HAVE a JOB, COULD YOU USE an EXTRA $5.00?
The Glen James fund, set up for the homeless man who returned a backpack with $42,000 inside, has collected more than double that in donations. The Virginia man who started the campaign calls it amazing and a statement to everyone in America. As of this morning, more than 4,000 people have given money to support a better, healthier life for Mr. James, who found the backpack Saturday but immediately turned it over to police
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