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Couple's Wedding Day Saved by Strangers from Craigslist
A Texas couple on the eve of their wedding day was trying to sell furniture on Craigslist so they could buy the groom, who had just lost his job, a pair of shoes for the big day. They never imagined the kindness they would find in one 39-year-old stranger from Texas.
Wedding Photo From 9/11 Rubble Now in Owner's Hand 13 Years Later
A woman who worked 13 years to return a wedding photo found in the rubble of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks finally found the owner, thanks to 81,000 people who retweeting the image this year.
School Kids Show Gratitude With Positive Picketing
A middle school in Corpus Christi gave their students an impromptu class on kindness, helping them to shower gratitude on a group of construction workers building an addition onto the school. They are calling it Positive Picketing.
With Medical Bills Climbing, Waitress Gets $1,000 Tip on $14 Bill
Medical bills were piling up for Chrisi Kemp after her daughter got sick and an appliance had just broken at home. The North Carolina waitress told ABC11 that she had a breakdown right before coming into work at the One Whirled Cafe in Raleigh last Thursday.
Doctor in Training Found Time to Thank Fast Food Employer 3 Years Later
A doctor in her residency at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto was not too busy to remember her old boss at a fast food restaurant and take the time to send a thank-you note three years later.
Family Comforted By Mystery Letter After Home is Burned Down
They lost their dream home in the San Diego fires this week but found something in the rubble that restored their spirits and their community's hope as well.
Kind Woman Pays for Diapers in Mom's Cart After Walmart Price-Match Fail
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.
Photo of the Day -Texans Give to Border Refugee Children
A Dallas grandmother who was tired of all the protesting has organized a grassroots effort to provide care packages for children caught at the border. Cole, who is a nurse, created a Facebook post asking for volunteers to help. She thought she might be able to fill 50 boxes, but donations and offers to volunteer exploded.
Teen Who Lost Leg to Cancer Gets Dream Escort to His Prom
A teenage cancer survivor who lost his leg to a rare form of the disease had his dreams cut short to one day become a police officer. However, thanks to a thoughtful teacher, Kieran Maxwell was given a taste of what it would be like to ride with his blue uniformed heroes.
Widow's First Anniversary Dinner Alone is Made Special by Red Lobster Employees
Every year for 30 years, she was taken on a date to Red Lobster, her favorite restaurant, by her husband for their anniversary. This year would be different, according to their daughter, but the staff in Columbia, Missouri, made sure to make the night special.
Captain Orders 50 Pizzas Delivered to Airline Passengers Stuck on Tarmac
Frontier Airline Passengers flying from Washington, D.C. to Denver Monday arrived after midnight, five hours late, but most did not complain. While they were waiting on a tarmac in Wyoming for stormy weather to clear in Denver, the Frontier Airlines captain ordered pizzas delivered to the plane.
Waiter Gets $1,000 Tip and Shares It With Entire Staff
A diner who was celebrating his birthday at The Ginger Man in Albany, N.Y., last week tipped server Michael Shafts $1,000, along with the message, "Pay it forward." And, Shafts did pay it forward, sharing half the tip with his co-workers.
5 Friends Get $10K to Travel US, Spreading Kindness to Strangers
Thanks to a $10,000 grant from Kind Snacks, five friends are hitting the streets this summer, spreading acts of random kindness to strangers around the country through a nonprofit organization called ARK Project Now.
UPDATE: Little Danny Gets 100,000 Birthday Cards, Truckloads of Gifts
It took multiple hours and several trucks to bring home all of the cards and mountains of gifts sent to Danny Nickerson from all over the world. The boy, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last fall, celebrated his sixth birthday on Friday climbing through bins of packages at the post office.
High School Surprises Janitor With $1900 So He Can Meet New Granddaughter
High school students and faculty in Anderson County, Kentucky surprised the janitor with a special gift-- enough money to see his family stationed overseas.
Stranger Halfway Round the World Donates Car to Mom, Son With Cancer
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.
War Veteran Returns Home to Find $70K Makeover, Tears Ensue
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.
Chinese Tycoon Plans Million Dollar Lunch for Poor People in New York
One of China's top millionaire philanthropists is throwing a luncheon for a thousand poor people in New York City during which each one will receive $300 cash inside a red envelope.
Indianapolis Man "Pays it Forward" in School Cafeteria
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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