NYC Mom Brings Vegan 'Chili on Wheels' to Homeless

A vegan family, Michelle Carrera, and her 4-year-old son Ollie, realized the city's soup kitchen meals all contained meat, so the two started bringing their warm homemade vegan chili to those in need, calling it 'Chili on Wheels'.

By Jeanne Goddard

19 February 37 Views

Teen Builds Excellent Tiny House, Donates to Homeless

After an arduous three-and-a-half-years building it in her California backyard, Kendall Ronzano is donating the "tiny home" she started at age 16. Last week, it was pulled on its portable trailer to Austin, Texas where it will provide shelter to a homeless person or family in a 27-acre transitional homeless community.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 February 39 Views

Tattoo Shop Owner Dedicates Years to Helping the Homeless and Addicted

The owner of Inkslinger's Tattoo Shop has quietly become an inspiration to his Massachusetts community. Billy Pfaff's shop is often filled with donations he has collected for the homeless -- coats, blankets, sleeping bags, tents and gift cards -- which he personally hands out. Why does he care? In 2010 he was in their shoes.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 January 39 Views

WS Post Inspires 73 Shoeboxes Filled With Goodies for Homeless

When a Nevada graphics manager saw a Good News Network post in November about a woman in Canada who runs a shoebox project for women in shelters, something in the article stuck with her. For a month she said, I kept reading it and thought, 'Maybe I could do something similar.' She decided to fill up as many shoeboxes for the homeless as she could -- with a goal of filling 50 boxes for Christmas.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 January 45 Views

French Baker Gives His Store to Homeless Man Who Saved His Life

A French baker is giving his shop to a guy living on the street who saved his life after he was knocked out by carbon monoxide poisoning.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 April 41 Views

Calif. Homeless Service Restores Dignity With Work and Volunteerism

In 2008, Yvonne Nair took $25,000 from her retirement account and started Saffron Strand, Inc. to provide training and mental health support aimed at healing the trauma and returning the homeless to the workforce.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 June 36 Views

New Orleans Soldier Home From Afghanistan Uses Deployment Money to Help Homeless

Sgt. Austin Winton Lumpkin, a soldier who returned home to Gretna from Afghanistan, used his deployment money to help the homeless. While he was home on leave, he purchased products to fill more than 200 bags, which included a new pair of socks, personal hygiene products, water, and snacks. "The reason I wanted to do this gift-giving project was to show people that you don't have to have a lot to give a little," said Lumpkin.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 March 39 Views

Winnipeg Woman Marks One Year of Baking, Giving Bread to Hungry

Over the last year Althea Guiboche has run out of money and run out of baking supplies, but she has never stopped giving away free bread and soup to the city's homeless every week. The aboriginal mother of seven was even forced by the province to become trained in food-handling if she wanted to continue, but now she has an official certificate and she cooks inside a commercial kitchen at the community center -- all toward the goal of becoming more compassionate and giving.

By Jeanne Goddard

04 February 38 Views

Homeless Man Turns in Lost Backpack Stuffed With $42,000 - And Donations Pour In

A homeless Good Samaritan turned in a lost backpack stuffed with nearly $42,000 in cash and travelers cheques he found Saturday at a Dorchester mall. After returning the bag to its rightful owner, the Boston police honored Glen James yesterday with a citation for his "extraordinary show of character and honesty."

By Jeanne Goddard

17 September 40 Views

Man Turns to Police and Finds Help Instead of Committing Another Crime

A man taught to hate cops his whole life turned to them to keep from committing a crime, and was stunned at their response.

By Jim Stout

31 March 39 Views

The Barber in the Park: Man Called Joe Helps the Homeless and Inspires a Community

For the last 25 years, the man known as Joe the Barber has been offering homeless people in Hartford, Connecticut free haircuts in the park. They walk away sporting a new look, but also with new pride. For payment? He'll take a hug.

By Jeanne Goddard

30 May 46 Views

UPDATE: 'Golden Voice' Ted Williams - Once Homeless Now Giving Back

Do you remember the story two years ago about the homeless man with the golden voice who was discovered pan-handling for change on a cold Ohio street? It turns out, he didn't fall back into old habits and end up on the street again as some had worried. Williams now helps the homeless and addicted whenever he can. He maintains an apartment and continues recording voice-overs for Kraft Mac and Cheese commercials.

By Jeanne Goddard

05 January 35 Views

Winnipeg Bus Driver Gives Homeless Man the Shoes Off His Feet

A Winnipeg Transit bus driver is being hailed a Good Samaritan after stunned passengers watched him give the shoes off his feet to a man who was walking barefoot on the sidewalk.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 September 37 Views

Anonymous Wealthy Couple's $30-million Gift to Help Vancouver's Homeless

A $30-million philanthropic gift from an anonymous wealthy couple is allowing the City of Vancouver to reopen Taylor Manor as a home for street people with complex mental health issues.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 July 42 Views

Elderly Woman Leaves her $400,000 Condo to the Homeless

Before she died last September, Lelia Boroughs, 84, told her attorney she had no family to whom to leave her estate. So she crafted her will to leave her $400,000 condo to the city to turn into a homeless shelter.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 February 41 Views