College Graduate Feeds the Homeless Using Hundreds of Dollars from Her Remaining School Meal Plan
Graduating senior Maya Nepos was set to leave her school in a few days when she noticed she had $600 worth of unused meal plan money left.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jun 22, 2021
NFL player Carl Nassib courageously comes out as gay and donates $100K to the Trevor Project
NFL player and Raiders lineman, Carl Nassib came out as gay, making him the first active player in history to come out
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 22, 2021
Courageous Boy And Mum Walking Across The UK To Support Medical Cannabis Access
A young boy and his single mother are in the midst of a 1,000-mile walk across the United Kingdom to raise awareness and funds
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 21, 2021
Hollywood A-listers launch New L.A. Magnet School For Underserved Communities
Described as an effort to “drive transformational change across the entertainment industry for students from underserved communities...
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 16, 2021
Two little girls run a lemonade stand to raise money for organ donations in Utah
Under the welcome shade of the maple tree on the corner of Countrywood Lane, the two girls carefully constructed their lemonade stand.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 15, 2021
Charity to wipe out $278M of patients' hospital debt
A national charity dedicated to wiping out unpaid medical bills has committed to paying $278 million in medical debt patients accrued
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 11, 2021
Wisconsin man breaks world record of 1.5 million push-ups for charity
A Wisconsin man broke the world record for most pushups in a year in his effort to raise money for the families of fallen first responders
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2021
A manager's act of kindness helped homeless man find a job
Earlier this year, he fell asleep outside of the Outback Steakhouse, and a woman woke him up to make sure he was okay.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2021
Calm App Supports Naomi Osaka With Donation, Offers To Pay Fines In 2021
This is bigger than any individual player," the meditation and relaxation app wrote on Twitter.
Joseph Shavit
- May 31, 2021
Malala Yousafzai Donates $150,000 to Children in Gaza
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is donating $100,000 (£71,000) to Save the Children, $25,000 to KinderUSA and $25,000 to DCI Palestine
Joseph Shavit
- May 27, 2021
#ILoveMetal, The World's Biggest Ever Metal-Music Charity Prize Draw
Black Sabbath and Judas Priest are among the international metal industry heavyweights who have donated over 1,000 items of #ILoveMetal
Joseph Shavit
- May 27, 2021
Casual conversation leads to a helping hand for the hungry
Some local churches received a helping hand Wednesday, and it all came from a conversation between two friends.
Joseph Shavit
- May 26, 2021
Mickelson and Brady team up again for charity golf match in support of COVID-19 relief
He has already referred to it as a match between the “old guys” and the “young bucks” – and he could not be more accurate.
Joseph Shavit
- May 20, 2021
A Kid From Baltimore is Running a 12K Around Rome for Charity
Niko Roros, a 24-year-old soccer player and youth coach from Baltimore, Maryland, plans to run a 12K around the Italian city of Rome
Joseph Shavit
- May 18, 2021
Girl gets Helping Hand to donate more blankets to young patients
Autry Jo Young was just 3 years old when she landed in the pediatric ICU at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis.
Joseph Shavit
- May 17, 2021
Tom Cruise Lends A Helping-hand To A UK Football Club Hit By The Coronavirus Pandemic
Hollywood actor, Tom Cruise, recently offered to help a volunteer-run football club in the UK. The Woburn & Wavendon Football Club...
Joseph Shavit
- May 16, 2021
Kids living at a local shelter have a new playground thanks to the efforts of charitable students
Kids living at a local shelter have a new playground thanks to the efforts of some Shiloh Christian School students.
Joseph Shavit
- May 16, 2021
Jaden Smith to Open Restaurant Where Homeless People Can Eat for Free
The establishment is named after Jaden’s I Love You food truck initiative, which he launched nearly two years ago...
Joseph Shavit
- May 16, 2021
Homeless children benefit from community kindness in Fort Lauderdale
Melissa Clark is a single mother of five who just ended a year of living in a shelter and working two jobs until the pandemic took one of...
Joseph Shavit
- May 13, 2021
A nutritious dose of kindness for Covid patients
As the coronavirus thrives off the complacence we paraded in the early part of the year, the sounds of sirens and the cries for help...
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