Main St. Missionary Baptist Church withstood Hurricane Katrina, even with the first floor underwater, and immediately began serving three meals a day to survivors in the east Biloxi neighborhood. It has remained a rock for the community as it struggled to recover from the storm.
When Bob Staub's head was pinned under the tire of his truck, three teens jumped into action and saved him just in the nick of time.
This police officer knows what it's like to be worried about the Grinch – so she had no problem easing TyLon Pittman's fears when he dialed 911.
A program by the Nature Conservancy seeks to restore grasslands in Illinois, which is known as the Prairie State even though 99 percent of that landscape has been lost to farming. A herd of 30 bison now roam the undulating hills as the centerpiece of the restoration project.
Bonnie "The Goodtime Duck" is off to waddle through the waters of heaven - so its favorite friendly bread-throwers felt moved to write the bird an obituary.
"Money is just paper or numbers on a screen," said the driver. "Self-gratification only goes so far. So, when you're helping another person, you're adding something to the world."
An older couple could not bear to see a heartbroken bride grieve over her rained-out beach wedding – so they offered up something a little better.
This Lowe's driver could not bear to see a kid without the tools of imagination that everyone else enjoyed in their youth.
750 volunteers from all over the country descended on Biloxi, Miss. for the official kickoff to the 2006 national campaign, launching a full-day of Hurricane Katrina Restoration activites.
Pat Davis was just 10 years old when two black men came into his father's barbecue joint in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in 1947. A huge fuss ensued, with four racists shouting every name in the book. "My daddy went over to their table and said, 'These are people who want to eat just like you want to eat. You don't bother them. You leave them alone.'
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