Posted on 20 May 2013. Tags: Indianapolis, kindness, tip, waitress
Treating others the way we would like to be treated is good advice as one Indianapolis waitress recently learned. CeCe Bruce, who works at a local Steak ‘n Shake restaurant, received a generous tip from a customer – $446 on a bill that was just $5.97. Bruce has been working at the franchise for two [...]
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Posted on 16 May 2013.
Jonah Pournazarian, 7, is one of about 100 people in the U.S. who suffer from Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1B (GSD). The disease is incurable and until the 1980s, most of its victims died by the age of two. Dylan Siegel, 6, is Jonah’s best friend. He wanted to help his friend get well and [...]
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Posted on 10 May 2013. Tags: bombing, Boston, children, kids, lemonade
In the town of Squantum, just southeast of Boston, four little girls found a way to turn the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing into a plan of action for good. These ten-year-olds, all best friends, wanted to raise money to help the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy who died in the [...]
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Posted on 22 April 2013. Tags: charity, coworkers, lottery, office pool
You just now it is going to be “one of those days” when you show up for work and everyone is hugging and laughing because the office won the lottery- the same lottery you opted not to participate in. That is exactly what happened to Jennifer Maldonado when she showed up to work one Sunday. [...]
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Posted on 08 April 2013. Tags: 12 yearold, backpack, cash, michigan, middle school
Recently, a 12-year-old middle school girl brought a backpack to school crammed full of money. The backpack contained $20,000 and the girl began handing it out to her friends by the handful. The girl, who remains unidentified, got the cash from another child whose home is across the street from her parents’ Taylor, Mich. home [...]
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Posted on 04 April 2013. Tags: accident, airplane, banner, Cayman Islands, horseback riding, pelvis
A horseback riding incident left a man with broken pelvis on Valentine’s Day. He thanked the doctor who repaired it and restored his ability to walk again in a most unusual way. He rented a plane to fly overhear towing a banner that read “Dr. Daniel Chan is the man! Thanks Memorial staff. Don.” Daniel [...]
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Posted on 02 April 2013. Tags: charity, Charlotte, Christian, donations, Homeless, hygiene, ministry, supplies, volunteer
Justin Barnes, a resident of Lake Norman, NC, saw a need for supplies for Charlotte’s homeless population and decided to take it upon himself to fill it. Once a month, Barnes travels to downtown Charlotte early on a Saturday morning and disburses supplies including hygiene products, food, drinks and clothing. Barnes, 32, started volunteering in [...]
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Posted on 18 February 2013. Tags: 1958, auction, Corvette, Dan Akerson, GM, Habitat for Humanity
Dan Akerson, CEO of Chevrolet’s parent company, General Motors, has decided to put his personal car on auction to raise funds for the Habitat for Humanity organization and it’s not just any car either. The car hitting the auction blocks at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Friday a rare 1958 ‘Vette. The proceeds [...]
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Posted on 04 February 2013. Tags: children browning, Inmates, prison, rescue
Three youngsters, 16, 10 and 8, accidentally flipped the kayak they were travelling in and found themselves floundering in the fast-moving Salmon Creek in southwest Washington State. The only people close enough to hear their cries for help were prisoners on a work detail. The three inmates gave no thought to their own safety or [...]
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Posted on 26 January 2013. Tags: charity, fire, good Samaritan, humanity, trucker
Elias Uribe, of Parker County, Texas, can’t thank the stranger who stopped to help him enough. He calls the woman a hero and says she was like an angel to him in his moment of need. Uribe lost control of his 18-wheel rig on Interstate 30 which was slick with rain. The truck crashed near [...]
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