In the eleven years since Duncan McDougall quit his successful management consulting career to start the Children's Literacy Foundation he has touched the lives of more than 75,000 rural and at-risk readers across New Hampshire and Vermont.
When it comes to college, Minneapolis, Minn. native Camille Thomas has two philosophies: it's never too early to plan to attend and it's never too soon to start helping a young person get there. Putting her money where her mouth is, Thomas has established a scholarship for students at her high school alma mater.
Fulfilling a personal goal, former science minister and supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury has become the first Briton to give more than £1 billion to charity.
A Pittsburgh man trekked to Chicago for no other reason than to do good deeds for strangers in the hope that they will do the same for others. He calls it the best weekend of his life.
More and more retired seniors are patrolling the streets of Glendale, CA, with radios, becoming the eyes and ears of the police. The Retired Seniors Volunteer Patrol (RSVP), includes more than 30 seniors giving back to the community.
Volunteers for Normal Moments, Inc. give parents of critically ill children relief from daily chores like housecleaning, lawn maintenance, and meal preparation so they can spend as much time as possible sharing the most normal moments with their sick children.
A prominent Canadian doctor has begun to recycle unused prescription drugs to homeless people in Ottawa because he says they could not afford them otherwise, a practice that is is controversial but one way to ensure that homeless people get the medication they desperately need. (CBC News)
Greg Mortenson has been promoting peace by building schools and purging ignorance in Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade. "If you fight terrorism, that's based in fear. But if you promote peace, that's based in hope," Mortenson said.
In Australia, amidst the worst wildfires ever, the basic goodness of the human spirit shone through after a Shepparton man heard about a family that lost everything and said he was overcome with emotion. Such was the impact that yesterday he drove his six-month-old Dodge Caravan to their town, to give it away.
A Georgia family put all their belongings on eBay to pay their children's medical bills. Then a Fort Worth couple offered $20,000 for the lot — on one condition. "Take our money but keep your stuff." Keith and Donnia Blair didn't want the bedroom sets, the appliances, the 62-inch high-definition television, the swing sets or the 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe.
The town of Seal Cove, Newfoundland has had a harrowing week. Neighbors have gone to bed each night to the wails of five dolphins, who'd been trapped in a small and closing gap in the ice of the community's cove since the beginning of the week. Finally they decided to do something about it.
Virginia entrepreneur, Earl W. Stafford, and his nonprofit foundation have paid more than $1.6 million so about 700 struggling Americans will get a chance to attend the presidential inauguration festivities.
A Kentucky woman whose van was stolen while she was visiting her husband in a Lexington hospital has a replacement vehicle, thanks to the kindness of people who read last week's newspaper story.
A Charlotte dentist was duped into buying a coveted NHL official hockey stick, but returned it to the real owner after discovering it was stolen from a young fan.
Awakened by his barking dogs about 2 a.m., Jamie Sheetz looked out his window to see a neighbor's mobile home engulfed in flames. Dressed only in shorts, he sprinted across the lawn, smashed through a window of the burning home, grabbed the child from his bedroom and carried him back out the window to safety.
A contingent of 38 doctors and nurses from Cleveland, New York and Chicago, along with Salvation Army Officers who act as interpreters and ministers, will leave for Honduras this Saturday to treat 3,000 patients in need.
A mother in suburban St. Louis was overcome by emotion when a woman approached her and handed her two $100 bills, that could help to get the heat turned back on in her family's home. The words "secret Santa" were stamped on the money and the woman said, "The only condition is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
The owner of Ferguson Tree Farms says he is giving away one tree to every Reno family who can't afford one this Christmas. He says he gave away 400 trees Wednesday alone.
Something stirred inside Carey Barrett, 42, as he watched a news report about a program for people who want to donate a kidney. Even though he had no one in his life who was in need of an organ donation, he wanted to help. So, he flew to Texas to begin a pay-it-forward chain of kidney donations.
David Goodfellow's Hampstead home resembled a warehouse recently with 35 tons of toys and food baskets piled high, ready to be distributed in an ongoing giveaway known as the "Kindness Offensive."
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