Prince Albert police are issuing tickets at an escalating rate, but the intention is not to punish -- it is to praise. Their Positive Ticketing Program rewards youth for good behavior and develops a rapport with patrolling officers.
When Frankie-Rose Lea was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in August experts said her best chance of surviving was immediate proton beam therapy, but that would cost £160,000. Her parents put their house up for immediate sale, saying they would rather "live in a box" than fail to exhaust every possibility to save Frankie-Rose. Now they won't have to go homeless thanks to the generosity of people in the UK.
A deluge of love and compassion has reached a 54-year-old homeless man who had the courage to put into action the Christian tenet, "Ask and it is given." Neil Shytles posted an ad on community Facebook pages around Virginia Beach asking for someone to invite him for Thanksgiving dinner. "I was very alone last Thanksgiving. PLEASE, if you have room in your home and in your heart to share your Thanksgiving, I not only (would) be thankful, but also consider myself blessed to spend this time with you."
After a video went viral in October showing a magician ripping up a homeless man's sign and turning it into money, a fund was set up that raised $40K for the veteran to get him off the street. When the humble vet only wanted a portion of the money, the magician surprised another struggling veteran with an avalanche of life-changing gifts, and made a beautiful video.
When a Pak'nSave checkout operator Rebecca Mclean, 18, helped an elderly customer pay for her groceries last week she did not intend to tell anyone. However, Northern Advocate editor Craig Cooper witnessed Ms Mclean's generosity, and wrote an editorial about it.
Every single day of the school year, gang members in New Zealand deliver hundreds of handmade sandwiches to schools in Waikato, making sure no children go hungry like they did when they were young. Offers to help support the project have left tattooed gang members speechless.
YouTube channel OckTV decided to see what would happen if they asked random people outside a pizza place to share a slice. As expected, many people didn't want to give up their pizza, but one homeless man generously shared a slice, after he'd just received a hand-out.
An energetic grandmother named Carol Flynn decided to step in and help a thrifty young mother who had been 'counting her pennies' at the local Walmart store in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was a random act of kindness, a private moment between the two women, but a watching stranger caught the scene on video and posted it online to inspire others.
A woman paid back $200 she stole from a bar 15 years ago while bartending because "it was wrong and I regret it."
When 15-year-old Henry Stratman, who has Down Syndrome, found out that his house had been broken into and his beloved iPad taken, he was devastated. Within hours, commenters posting to an online news website in Humboldt County self-organized an effort to replace it.
The Brimfield, Ohio Police Department announced this week that they are redoubling their efforts in the name of safety, pulling over as many citizens as they can. Not only that, they are profiling a certain group known to "travel in groups". Before you ask where the good news lies in this disturbing information, read part of the full announcement that Chief David Oliver posted on Facebook, to the delight of many:
Jaime Thurston aims to be the catalyst for change in one person's life every week this year. She achieved that BIG TIME last week when a gift was delivered to a family half way around the world, because they were struggling through two cancer diagnoses at the same time.
George Pike's father was an active farmer and chauffeur at age 70, until he went into the hospital for hip replacement surgery in March 2013. An infection kept him in a chair and depressed for many months. So his son made the decision to end early his year abroad in Australia, sell his car, and return home. Watch the heart-warming reunion.
A Las Vegas doctor flew to Mississippi Saturday for the sole purpose of meeting with a little girl who was allegedly asked to leave a KFC restaurant because of her facial scars caused by a dog attack. He and another surgeon have volunteered to work free of charge to help improve her scars.
A retired Marine Corps Iraq veteran returned to the home he bought with his wife in January. But thanks to a friend, volunteers and thousands of dollars of donations, it is not a rundown place anymore.
Veterans who have learned to cope without limbs are instilling confidence in young amputees by teaching them to play softball at a camp in Louisville, Kentucky. (Video)
A Toronto group called Henna Heals is working with both cancer patients and women with alopecia, whose lives are challenged by hair loss. They use natural ingredients to paint intricate designs that create a crown of artistry.
A blind New Mexico man, Clifford Alderson, 48, graduated from the New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Community College program, earning his degree by listening and learning to feel his way around the vehicle.
In New Orleans, Louisiana, like any city in America, there are thousands of signs. But one sign, that simply says "Love" is popping up on telephone poles all over the city.
Ryan Cox has been paying for the order behind him in the drive-thru line at Starbucks for some time now. But this time he paid it forward for children at a local elementary school whose parents were delinquent on their lunch payments.
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