In the wake of a huge fire, the Alaska Red Cross was readying a temporary shelter in a local school but all 900 evacuees had found more comfortable accommodations elsewhere when private homes and hotels opened their doors with love.
The social media community of Reddit has once again responded with incredible generosity to a personal story of tragedy posted on their website. Jake Villanueva, 23, was given six months to live after a surprise diagnosis of terminal kidney cancer and he posted his story on the website. Not to ask for anything, but just to talk. What happened next is the stuff of Reddit legend.
In a gesture of repayment for help that it received during the terrible local flooding of 2008, the town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has sent $50,000 dollars in relief funds to the Czech Republic to rebuild a flood-damaged library.
The folks at Edgar's Mission rescued little Soda Pop and rehabilitated her by helping the lamb learn to walk again using a tote bag.
This July, after an Oregon couple walk down the aisle, they will hit the open road on a unique journey from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine, taking a leap of faith with dozens of people they've never met. The leap? The new bride and groom will sit down to breakfast with strangers across America and select 50 of those breakfasts to highlight in a book, Breakfast with Strangers: 50 Meals across America.
Injured troops and cancer patients were given a massive boost this week after receiving a surprise visit from David Beckham.
A 4-month-old kitten in Scotland born without bones in his front legs, will be able to get surgery for his rare genetic condition, the insertion of metal pins into his legs, thanks to a successful fundraising effort from cat lovers on Facebook.
A man who turned the other cheek when a homeless man in Bradford, England shouted racist slurs at him has since helped his abuser find a home and work.
Atlanta Thrashers fan Andy Freeman, after having been on dialysis for two years, received a donated kidney from a stranger solely because they shared a love of hockey.
A baby in Kenya needed life-saving heart surgery, but it would cost $23,000 and the family couldn't afford it. Enter a 5-year old Canadian boy from Waterloo who heard the story and marched to his bedroom to empty his piggy bank. After seeing their boy Cameron's heartfelt gesture, the parents decided that maybe they could help him inspire friends, family and strangers to kick in the extra funds needed to reach the goal.
Beautiful acts of kindness and compassion often surface in the wake of tragedy, and that is what happened in Charleston, South Carolina over the past week.
By early Friday morning, a total of $35 million had already been donated according to the American Red Cross. The public has been generous, a spokesperson said. Agencies have deployed hundreds of troops and tons of supplies, and opened hundreds of shelters.
The Brighton Implant Clinic recently began offering free dental treatment to patients who have exceptional circumstances and are unable to afford treatment. Of the dozens treated, David Bryant who works with blind war veterans, is perhaps the most inspiring. Inundated with stories, the UK dentists agreed that Mr. Bryant's caught their eye.
It started with an impassioned letter from a Parkland, Fla., teenager to Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker. It ended with a dream come true.
Three Tennessee homecoming king nominees made a unanimous and touching decision that no matter who won, they would give the crown to a beloved student who has Williams Syndrome, a neurological disorder that inhibits learning and speech. At the Unionville Community High School's basketball homecoming ceremony, the teens turned over the honor to junior Scotty Maloney.
Nine-month-old Flipper the kitten was born with a twisted spine that makes it impossible for him to stand up -- or walk about without dragging himself laboriously. But little Flipper's life was changed forever by cat-lovers from a high school robotics club in Colorado.
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A 97-year-old woman, has spent 15 years fundraising for children's field trips. Last week, she finally took one of her own, for the very first time.
In the last 15 months Isabelle and Katherine Adams have made life immeasurably better for villagers they've never met, in lands far away from their own home in Dallas. The young sisters, ages 6 and 9, have raised $120,000 for clean-water projects in Ethiopia and India, all through selling origami ornaments they create themselves.
A 23-year-old shopper who forgot to take his money from the ATM slot was shocked when he returned an hour later to find a kind stranger waiting to hand it back.
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