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 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
A woman in Queens discovered the honesty of blue-collar workers from a recycling center this week after she accidentally left $5,000 in an old refrigerator her husband dropped off there.
From the back seat of a New York City taxicab, complaints about drivers flow effortlessly. But about twice a day, taxi passengers in New York take time to tell the city about some exemplary deeds.
Katie Sattler admits when she first noticed the diamond from her engagement ring was missing, she panicked. The diamond is three carats with an estimated value of about $30,000. She said the sentimental value is priceless. Thankfully, the PetSmart store manager is a fellow of honor and integrity.
20-something siblings Katie and Ryan Moi could really use $13,000 right now but they still decided to return the bag of cash they found on the street to its rightful owner. "Obviously, we couldn't keep it," Katie, 21, told the Register-Guard. "When I had my laptop stolen, that was the worst feeling. I would not do that to someone else." Good karma followed with unexpected rewards.
A lot of national attention has been showered on Billy Ray Harris, a panhandler in Missouri, after he returned a diamond engagement ring that accidentally dropped into his change cup when a woman was pouring in the contents of her change purse. The woman's husband, Bill Krejci, was so grateful for the honest man's efforts to return the ring, and so many friends asked how they could help, that a fundraising page was set up for Billy Ray on Feb. 14. As of this morning, Feb. 23, the Give Forward page just passed $100,000.
A Stradivarius violin – possibly worth several million pounds – has been handed in to a lost-and-found office in Switzerland office after a hapless musician left it on a train. The owner had lent the precious instrument to a musician friend who took it on a train and left it.
A man who lives under a San Diego bridge always lives by the Ten Commandments, too. James Pitcl, who collects recyclables and trades them in for cash, has proven that he always does the right thing, no matter how tempting the alternative.
Hundreds of dollars in cash and credit cards stuffed in a woman's purse that was left in a subway station did not tempt an Atlanta man, even though it's been three years since his last job. The Good Samaritan, named Rod Garrett, tracked down the woman who left the purse, hoping for future blessings to come as a result.
The earthquake and tsunami that walloped Japan left much of its coastline ravaged, but left one thing intact: the Japanese reputation for honesty. In the five months since the disaster struck, people have turned in thousands of wallets found in the debris, containing $48 million in cash.
A homeless man in southeast Michigan says a woman accidentally gave him a gold ring laced with diamonds when she handed him a handful of change, and now he is looking for the owner.
If you thought the Boston cab driver didn't get a big enough tip for returning $187,000 in cash to a man who left it behind, you are not alone.
Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa found $300,000 of someone's poker winnings left in a paper bag in his taxi Monday, but made sure every penny was returned to the rightful owner. He was rewarded graciously by his company.
Remember we reported last week about the Las Vegas cabbie who returned $300,000 in cash left in his car? His boss had rewarded his honesty by naming him Driver of the Year and giving him $1,000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant. Now, CNN reports that the gambler who lost the cash has given him a $10,000 bonus.
Shortly after cashing a check for $187,000, a man who had been homeless and living in a shelter for six months left his entire inheritance in the back of a taxi cab. The Boston cab driver was faced with a choice after searching for the man unsuccessfully back at the hotel where he picked him […]
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