A charity in the UK organized a team of volunteer builders to add an extension onto the house of a disabled man who’s been forced to sleep in his dining room for 3 years. 58-year-old Paul Kitterman hasn’t been able to walk since getting an abscess on his back...
A 90-year-old Englishwoman who owns an animal rescue sanctuary has reportedly rescued 10,000 animals from abuse or abandonment. Barby Keel has dedicated 54 years to running the Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary in Sussex, UK, a long journey that she admits won’t come to an...
It all started with heartbreak and $100 in tips, when in 2014 Kristina Ulmer’s sister headed home with the cash earned from her breakfast tables, but never made it due to a car crash. Because Katie was always concerned about struggling folks who were less fortunate,...
In an unprecedented success for conservation efforts, a tiny population of Guam kingfishers given a new home has laid its first eggs—after 40 years of the species being extinct in the wild. Exterminated from its Guam island home by invasive brown tree snakes, the...
A Pittsburgh-area contractor picked up the flag for his profession after a local senior couple were scammed out of some new landscaping work they paid for. Losing out on $6,750 for a new retaining wall for the garden-side of their driveway, the couple was shocked when...
For the towns along Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through North Carolina, rebuilding homes and stores takes time. But thanks to an army of volunteers, rebuilding the sense of community in towns like Chimney Rock and Bat Cave has been done at light speed....
For 25 years, a local nonprofit has been refurbishing bikes for resale or donation to communities in need in Chicago and the world. Over the years, its horizons have continued to expand beyond the Windy City and out to the farthest corners of the world. Working Bikes,...
Passing away Monday at the age of 88 to the shock of Easter revelers, Pope Francis left behind a simple last will in testament that outlined how the pontiff hoped his earthly remains would be interred. The news of the Pope’s death broke first around Europe given the...
Some of her best childhood memories were filled with revving engines, spinning tires, and cheering crowds while her brother drag-raced—but in those days there were no driving opportunities for women. Yet, she vividly remembers the rush of adrenaline she felt while...
In celebration of National Donate Life Month in April comes an inspiring story of two old friends who were reunited through grief and kindness—and ended up creating ‘the perfect plan’. 15 years ago, Anjie Lynchard moved across the street from Mary Ann Carroll in...
A sporty great-grandmother attends Zumba classes at age 94 three times a week—and her health has never been better. Mary Marson says her long, healthy life is down to eating organic food and joining weekly classes of Zumba—an aerobic workout featuring Latin American...
From India comes the story of a remarkable man, and an even more remarkable tree. Capable of producing more than 300 different varieties of mango, it is a world-renowned horticultural accomplishment that won its grower important civilian honors and international...
A beloved Michigan bookstore recently received a helping hand from the community when a human chain formed to pass its entire inventory from the store’s old location to the new one. One wonders how many times a neighbor asked another whether they had “read this one?”...
Britain’s youngest Elvis impersonator has been invited to perform at Presley’s Graceland home in Memphis. Talented Cooper Worthington has been a lifelong fan of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and if the honor of singing at the King’s house wasn’t enough, it happens that...
Screaming protestors surrounded the building as federal marshals escorted a brave six-year-old girl on her way to making history. In first grade. It was November of 1960 when Ruby Bridges became the first black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in...
A photo showing a man with a cane sitting on the ground at a bus stop led to a groundswell of compassion and a determination to make things right. From that uncomfortable predicament, a local movement in Berkeley, California, was born. It started when Darrell Owens...
An 81-year-old restaurant server named Betty in Pittsburgh must have been smiling the rest of her shift: a woman had given her an outsized, $40 tip. She might have thought that was the end of their interaction, but Betty could not have imagined what that $40 tip would...
A woman has spoken to the media for the first time after becoming a mother to the UK’s first child born from a transplanted womb. Grace Davidson was able to have that opportunity thanks to her sister, who donated her womb in what Davidson called “a huge act of...
This is the moment a nine-year-old boy said goodbye to his local trash collector after greeting him every week on the road outside his driveway for years. Noah Carrigan had waited for the same garbage man every Tuesday since he was five – forming a sweet friendship....
Later this month, an exhibition will open at the Archaeological Museum of Pompeii where a brand-new discovery will play a starring role in communicating the lives of women in the Roman world’s famous buried city. Found mounted against a wall inside a necropolis near...
While many Americans have received valuable inspiration and information from motivational speaker Tony Robbins, millions more have received something more valuable—their next meal. Admittedly always interested in solving food scarcity and hunger in America, Robbins...
In a story that will make you ‘aww’ and ‘aha’ like the best Pixar film, a Japanese community center released a line of collectable trading cards featuring the town’s older male residents. Seeking a way for the younger generation to connect with the “amazing” community...
For 8 years in a row, the lesser-known Indian city of Indore has been voted the country’s cleanest city, an honor accorded to it off the back of a massive civic drive to improve and maintain hygiene standards. Recounted to the Guardian by Amrit Dhillon, Indore’s...
A missing kitten has been finally reunited with her owner sixteen years after vanishing from the backyard. Sunshine disappeared from owner Carl Pullen’s garden in 2009 when she was around three-years-old. Carl presumed the pedigree Bengal cat was stolen because the...
