Bride flies 800 miles to share ‘first dance’ with her 94-year-old grandfather
Distance was no obstacle as Natalie Browning traveled from Virginia to Florida to share her ‘first dance’ with her grandfather.
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Joseph Shavit
- Sep 11, 2021
WWII veteran, 96, honored with flight on 1940s-era plane
Cy Massar of Chicago, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, was honored this week with a flight on a 1940s-era plane.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 4, 2021
Kitten with spinal cord defect gets wheelchair built from toy car
Heartwarming footage shows a disabled kitten whizzing around on a wheelchair made from a plastic bottle and toy car wheels.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 2, 2021
Families raise more than $77K with lemonade stand for Children's Hospital
A family in Indian Hill, Ohio, has raised more than $77,000 this year for Children's Hospital, all thanks to a lemonade stand.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 2, 2021
Two local volunteers lending helping hand to those hit by Hurricane Ida
The American Red Cross is sending two local volunteers to help with Hurricane Ida response efforts along the gulf coast.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 2, 2021
Utah hospital employee brings joy by performing spontaneous ballet in lobby
As yet another COVID-19 wave hits, a spontaneous act showed beauty still exists in places often associated with sadness these days.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 1, 2021
PewDiePie raises $1.5 million for charity from YouTube members alone
YouTuber PewDiePie has donated $1.5 million to various charities thanks to channel membership revenue he earned throughout 2020 and 2021.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 30, 2021
Student's kindness to special needs classmate goes viral
When you're as good as friends as Kylie Rappold and Connor Morris are, you tend to help each other out.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 29, 2021
Airbnb, Hims and Hers and other companies to support Afghan refugees globally
The UN Refugee Agency said last month that an estimated 270,000 Afghans had been newly displaced inside the country since January.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 29, 2021
Restaurants owned by Afghan immigrants lend helping hand to refugees fleeing the Taliban
A family of Afghan immigrants – forced to flee their homeland during the Soviet invasion – is collecting donations to help local refugees.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 28, 2021
New play explores kindness found amid devastation of Holocaust
Based on the testimony of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE, a groundbreaking Holocaust play will be released in September.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 28, 2021
Woman With Autism Creates Kindness Campaign to Give Back to Those In Need
For four years, Paige Howell has made random acts of kindness a full-time job, making gift baskets for those in need especially the homeless
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 27, 2021
'My Heart Just Melted': Kid’s Act Of Kindness in Helping Out a Friend is the Cutest
Kindness comes when you are least expecting it. It does not have to be huge life-altering changes, rather as small as someone helping out
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 27, 2021
‘Kindness matters’: Fan's moving response to John Cena's ‘never give up’ message
In a moving video, a fan surprised John Cena after talking how kindness shown by the WWE superstar had helped him during a tough time
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 26, 2021
Kind gesture from a neighbour nets teen basketballer the attention of LeBron James
The story of a north Edmonton community joining forces to gift a young basketball player a net spread far and wide even to the king himself.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 23, 2021
‘I come with baggage’: Couple finds heartbreaking poem within shelter dog’s paperwork
A woman has shared the meaningful note that she received when she adopted her dog.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 22, 2021
Police officer who donated kidney to little boy wins Sunday Life 999 Hero award
A police officer who saved the life of a young boy by giving him a kidney has been named this year’s 999 Hero.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 19, 2021
Ham Radio Enthusiast Heroically Saves Friend’s Life Hundreds Of Miles Away
A San Joaquin County man is credited with saving his friend’s life from hundreds of miles away. A miracle that he called the wrong number.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 19, 2021
Washington DC police officer saves 9 lives during first year on the streets
Officer Taylor Brandt from Arlington County has saved 9 lives since joining the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 18, 2021
Polish pole vaulter to auction off silver medal to pay for young boy's heart surgery
Olympian Maria Andrejczyk is auctioning her silver medal to help fund a toddler’s $190,000 life-saving heart surgery.
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