Six campaigners who have fought governments and industry to protect the planet won prestigious Goldman Environmental Prizes on Sunday. The awards, often referred to as the Nobel Prizes of the environmental world, went to people in six continents who took on everything from toxic chemical dumps in the former Soviet Union to ship-breaking in Asia, […]
More and more retired seniors are patrolling the streets of Glendale, CA, with radios, becoming the eyes and ears of the police. The Retired Seniors Volunteer Patrol (RSVP), includes more than 30 seniors giving back to the community.
Volunteers for Normal Moments, Inc. give parents of critically ill children relief from daily chores like housecleaning, lawn maintenance, and meal preparation so they can spend as much time as possible sharing the most normal moments with their sick children.
In Australia, amidst the worst wildfires ever, the basic goodness of the human spirit shone through after a Shepparton man heard about a family that lost everything and said he was overcome with emotion. Such was the impact that yesterday he drove his six-month-old Dodge Caravan to their town, to give it away.
A Georgia family put all their belongings on eBay to pay their children's medical bills. Then a Fort Worth couple offered $20,000 for the lot — on one condition. "Take our money but keep your stuff." Keith and Donnia Blair didn't want the bedroom sets, the appliances, the 62-inch high-definition television, the swing sets or the 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe.
The White House shared a video introducing Chief Judge Merrick Garland, Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court– telling of his life and accomplishments.
Two poor college students in Amsterdam asked Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson for a ride to Washington to see Obama's innauguration. The billionaire immediately answered, "Yes," and the pair were soon on their way, sitting in the private jet of Richard Branson.
Virginia entrepreneur, Earl W. Stafford, and his nonprofit foundation have paid more than $1.6 million so about 700 struggling Americans will get a chance to attend the presidential inauguration festivities.
Awakened by his barking dogs about 2 a.m., Jamie Sheetz looked out his window to see a neighbor's mobile home engulfed in flames. Dressed only in shorts, he sprinted across the lawn, smashed through a window of the burning home, grabbed the child from his bedroom and carried him back out the window to safety.
A contingent of 38 doctors and nurses from Cleveland, New York and Chicago, along with Salvation Army Officers who act as interpreters and ministers, will leave for Honduras this Saturday to treat 3,000 patients in need.
A mother in suburban St. Louis was overcome by emotion when a woman approached her and handed her two $100 bills, that could help to get the heat turned back on in her family's home. The words "secret Santa" were stamped on the money and the woman said, "The only condition is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
Something stirred inside Carey Barrett, 42, as he watched a news report about a program for people who want to donate a kidney. Even though he had no one in his life who was in need of an organ donation, he wanted to help. So, he flew to Texas to begin a pay-it-forward chain of kidney donations.