Operation Santa Claus, hidden away in New York City's main Post Office, lets donors become elves fulfilling wishes expressed by needy children in their letters to Santa. Across the US, 75 Post Offices are helping, six times many as last year.
This year marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a US Navy base, and a day that will live in infamy. It is augustly remembered by Roger Hare as the day his father survived, along with many of his shipmates aboard the badly torpedoed USS West Virginia, because of the quick-thinking actions of a single sailor named Sylvester Puccio. And Hare wants everyone to hear the story.
A Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter. But when the movers hired by the bank and police arrived at the house, they had a change of heart.
Scores of U.S. senators have signed on to an idea for a gift exchange, Secret Santa style, across party lines. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) came up with the idea: "We did Secret Santa when I was in grade school and I remember one year I picked this kid who used to intimidate me on the playground. Turns out after we got to know each other and we became friends.
After several arrests, drug addiction and being homeless, a 50-year-old Miami man has overcome the odds to graduate from Florida International University with a master's degree in social work.
Hundreds of dollars in cash and credit cards stuffed in a woman's purse that was left in a subway station did not tempt an Atlanta man, even though it's been three years since his last job. The Good Samaritan, named Rod Garrett, tracked down the woman who left the purse, hoping for future blessings to come as a result.
Hundreds of Japanese-American veterans of World War II were honored Saturday with a parade in Honolulu—nearly 70 years after they volunteered to fight for their country even as the government branded them 'enemy aliens.' About 200 veterans rode in convertibles past a cheering crowd, celebrating the Congressional Gold Medals awarded to the veterans by President Obama last month.
Remember the businessman who this month traveled to Reading, Pa. to give away hundred dollar bills to strangers? One of the people that Secret Santa gave money to is 30-year-old Thomas Coates. Coates is a deadbeat by most accounts, including his own. But when the Secret Santa called him a good man, pushing hundreds of dollars into his hand even when he said he didn't deserve it, a prayer was answered.
A Kansas City woman got an early Christmas present when she received a state record $6.1 million from the Missouri unclaimed property fund, which works to return stocks, bonds, bank balances and safe deposit box contents to unknown owners.
Three Connecticut wealth managers who won a $254 million jackpot followed through on their promise to put the money toward philanthropy, today announcing donations to five charities that assist veterans.
Americans give more to help others than the residents of 152 other countries, according to a new global survey that asked how many people donated money to a charity, volunteered their time, or helped a stranger in the previous month.
A little girl's Christmas wish is coming true after a letter to Santa soared 684 miles on two little pink balloons, landing on a rural California ranch. The rancher, who recognized the tattered letter written in Spanish as a note to Santa, traveled 50 miles to the nearest shopping mall to find gifts for the girl whose parents have fallen on tough times.