Eloise Vincent founded SOFTLY International-- Securing Our Future Today Loving Youth -- to supply medical care, clothing and beds to families living in extreme One of her beliefs was tested and ultimately strengthened this winter when SOFTLY’s abundant funds ran out.
Watch a pizza delivery driver's reaction after receiving a $1,000 tip from a church congregation practicing what it preaches.
The man who managed to buy the Google.com domain for $12 announced he'd be giving his reward to charity. Google doubled the amount after hearing that plan.
Online art sales have painted a picture of relief for Syrian refugees: $31,000 dollars and counting, so far.
This 10-year-old didn't like the idea of "good" police officers being called "bad"—it felt like bullying to him, something he knew about firsthand.
Erin had spent the summer collecting cans and bottles just to be able to buy herself 60 raffle tickets. What she did when she won was priceless.
When a landscaper heard how a man kept flipping over in his wheelchair on his own property, he came to the rescue building a new sidewalk..
All Ms. Carroll wanted for her 75th birthday was a cake—and when her wheelchair left her stranded mid-trip, two officers stepped in to make sure she felt loved.
A teen's essay inspired a complete stranger to buy the boy's mom a new wheelchair accessible van to replace the 15-year-old one that was breaking down.
A high school teacher sold his prized collection of toys to help purchase a specialized wheelchair for a boy he'd never met.
When a neighbor's expensive wheelchair was stolen, an eighth-grader raised the money to replace it in a single day. Watch him get a big hug in return.
A police sergeant made himself an "easy mark" for criminals wanting to rob the vulnerable. What he got instead was an outpouring of kindness from strangers.
When a farmer couldn't work his fields at harvest time, dozens of neighbors did it for him, bringing in all 450 acres in a matter of hours.
In the two weeks since our story ran, 30 businesses and counting have volunteered their services—Meathead Movers has even had to hire someone to keep track.
He set out on his own in 2009 when he took the 8,000-mile flight from Kenya to Maryland as a foreign exchange student. He had no running experience before coming to the US, but now owns the fastest 1,600 time in the state and has secured a college scholarship. But his long goal is to return to his village that has no electricity or running water and teach them to read.
Reality show judge Simon Cowell makes a three-year-old boy feel like a winner by offering help to get him cancer treatment in America.
Good neighbors fixed fence that had been knocked down in hit and run, because they appreciate the neighbor's generosity at other times.
Web site shares stories of kindness and generosity. Two of our favorites are featured here.
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