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.
Medical students in Giessen, Germany, hosted a "Teddy Clinic" last week, dolling out free care to stuffed animals with the aim of easing anxiety among children, an estimated 90 percent of whom have fears about hospitals and doctors
Tondaleya's son Marine Corporal Paul Robinson is stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and hasn't been home to Philadelphia in 5 months, so it was a huge surprise when he walked on stage during her commencement ceremony.
Teenage cancer hero Stephen Sutton has been awarded an MBE after his courageous and selfless campaign to raise cash to fight the disease.
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 Georgia man who served ten years for manufacturing cocaine is being credited with saving a 15-month-old baby he found alongside a highway. Bryant Collins, an auto repair man who says he has been free and clean for five years, spotted the girl crawling alongside a Madison County highway, east of Atlanta.
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.
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.
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.
When he was healthy, Ed had been a forest ranger. He described to a chaplain at the Evergreen Health Hospice how he had lived for the outdoors. After hearing about his longtime desire to return to nature, compassionate hospice workers made it happen with the help of EMS workers at the local fire department.