Brilliant: Guess What Happens When This Van Pulls up to Panhandlers

A project in Alberquerque, New Mexico, just launched a unique way to help the homeless get off the streets.

By Jim Stout

01 October 37 Views

City Pays Homeless to Learn Job Skills While Beautifying Riverbanks

A picturesque river is getting a makeover while 20 of the city's homeless in Reno, Nevada are getting a new chance at jobs and housing.

By Jim Stout

13 October 41 Views

Every Week Boy Packs 100 Bags w/ Food and Hope for the Homeless

When his local soup kitchen told him he was too young to volunteer, this fourth-grader started delivering 100 bagged lunches every week to the homeless.

By Jim Stout

20 October 41 Views

Christmas Miracle Delivers Goal of Tiny House for Homeless Mom and 4-yo

The Christmas charity campaign to build a solar tiny house for homeless mom and daughter got a last minute donation that was called a Christmas miracle.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 December 37 Views

UPDATE: Praise For Shirt-Giving Samaritan When Girlfriend's Mom Sees

This woman, watching a viral video, suddenly realized the anonymous Good Samaritan was her daughter's boyfriend.

By Jim Stout

12 January 38 Views

Kind Homeless Man Gives His Own Coat to Cold Teen In Snow (WATCH)

A filmmaker was shocked as he recorded a homeless man giving his own coat to a teenager begging for change on a snowy street.

By Jim Stout

16 January 43 Views

CityPak Project Gives 15,000 Custom Backpacks to Homeless

The CITYPAK Project is distributing 2500 custom-designed backpacks to homeless people in NYC and surrounding areas this February, bringing the total number of PAKs given away to 15,000 across the U.S.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 January 52 Views

People Can Pay Their Parking Fines With Cans of Food for the Hungry

"Food for Fines" lets people pay their parking tickets with canned food for the hungry.

By Jim Stout

23 November 39 Views

Homeless Teen Bikes 6 Hours To College, Sleeps In A Tent -Determined to Be a Doctor

Offers of help are pouring in for a homeless teen who rode a tiny bike 50 miles in extreme heat to sleep in a tent and find a job before starting college.

By Jeanne Goddard

15 July 48 Views

Man Gives Free Haircuts To Homeless on Street Corner, So Stranger Buys Him His Own Barbershop

When a stranger heard that Brennon was having trouble running Haircuts for the Homeless through the winter, he decided to keep the barber's dream alive.

By Jeanne Goddard

31 October 33 Views

60 Schools Are Installing Washers and Dryers For Homeless and Troubled Students

Students are more likely to excel if they have access to clean clothes – which is why this company is helping schools install washers and dryers for free.

By Tiffani Spengler

13 July 38 Views

Single Mom Parlays Small Lottery Win into Fund For Homeless Man In the Cold

A woman parlayed her last $2 of pocket change into $15,000 of help to get a homeless man, thanks to a lottery ticket and help from her friends.

By Jim Stout

17 February 44 Views

Homeless Man Donates $10K to Shelter "to Make Sure His Friends Are Safe"

This homeless man insisted on donating to a shelter's charity out-reach program in order to make sure that his friends living in poverty are taken care of.

By Tiffani Spengler

06 June 44 Views

This Woman is Singlehandedly Buying Houses For Her City's Homeless

Distraught by the amount of Melbourne residents sleeping on the streets, Jessica Pearce took matters into her own hands.

By Tiffani Spengler

29 May 34 Views

Homeless Hero Tackles Carjacker Who Was Impersonating an Officer

These police officers were about to give chase to an alleged carjacker when a homeless man tackled the perpetrator to the ground.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 August 42 Views