The Make-A-Wish Foundation and the citizens of San Francisco made 5-year-old cancer survivor, Miles’ wish come true – he got to be Batkid for a day and rescue slews of citizens from iconic Batman villains. The northern Californian kid is in remission from leukemia and had the foundation if he could become Batman. He was […]

Fred Kowal, a truck driver hauling debris Thursday near the Meadowlands stopped to assist a pair of swans that had wandered onto the highway. One seemed to be injured. The injured bird and its apparent mate were in danger and Kowal, an animal lover and former bird owner himself, took matters into his own hands. […]

  The tragedy that occurred at the Boston Marathon has brought one couple closer together and given them a plan for their shared future. Together they hope to build a new home and the support system they hope will carry them through the long road to recovery which lies before them. Rebekah Gregory was a […]

  A youngster is taking on one of the most notorious churches in history, battling their message of hate and homophobia with a message of peace and love with her lemonade stand. Jayden Sink is raising money for Planting Peace, a nonprofit organization that works to save the rainforests, supports orphanages and helps get much-needed […]

    Jessie Frank is a mom who was having a really bad travel day, the kind where everything that could go wrong, did. That is until it didn’t anymore. In early June, she was on her way home to Atlanta. The busy mom was going to pick up her 12 year old daughter who […]

Hurricane Sandy left in its wake battered buildings and broken dreams. The people affected by the fury of the storm are still putting their lives back together one step at a time. Essentials like food, water, shelter and clothing have to come first. Non-essential items are not even given a backwards glance so the senior […]

  At hospitals across the U.S., it is not uncommon to hear the strains of an acoustic guitar or the sound of singing in the hallways. Vanderbilt Children’s hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Is one such hospital and it is because the healing power of music is being put to good use there. Musicians on Call, […]

David France plays his violin in the subway beneath Boston to bring joy to some and to raise money for the after-school program he founded in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. His program, Revolution of Hope is an after-school orchestra he began a few months ago as a result of his experiences with the New England Conservatory’s […]

The only thing more dedicated to a child’s well-being than his parents is his grandparents. That point was recently driven home when an 87-year-old man chose to help his great-grandson by leaping from an airplane thousands of feet above Ohio in an effort to raise funds for his medical expenses. Clarence Turner, 87, of Warren […]

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 […]