A 14-year-old from Rhode Island, Nicholas Lowinger, was chosen as a 2012 Huggable Hero, winning $10,000 for his outstanding work in public service. The boy’s foundation, Gotta Have Sole, donates new footwear to children living in homeless shelters.
New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also instantly increase a child’s self-esteem. To date, Nicolas has purchased 5,000 pairs of shoes for homeless kids by collecting donations worth $200,000.
Three young men are being hailed as heroes for their old-fashioned chivalry and courage under fire in saving the lives of their girlfriends.
While using their bodies as shields, Matt McQuinn, 27, Jonathan Blunk, 26, and Alex Teves, 24, were killed in the worst mass shooting in US history.
(READ the story in the New York Post)
Two men, who tried to kill each other 40 years ago, met at the Minneapolis airport this afternoon.
Dan Cherry and New Yen Hong Me were fighter pilots in Vietnam, on opposite sides of the war.
Cherry blew the wing off Hong Me’s jet with a missile during a dog fight over Hanoi in April 1972.
(WATCH the video below or READ the story in CBS-Local)
The CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, recently received a fat bonus of $3 million. Rather than stuffing that big bonus away in his own bank account, the Chinese executive gave it away.
The 48-year-old CEO took the $3 million bonus and distributed it among 10,000 junior level employees. Among the employees to receive a piece of the pie were receptionists, production line workers, and assistants.
An 11-year-old spitfire from Michigan puts cystic fibrosis in its place every day.
Because she toils through chest therapy every day, removing mucus so she can breathe normally, Shayna Hersh’s classmates sent letters to her sports idol, wanting to share her story and her love of the Detroit Tigers.
Unbeknownst to Shayna, the team called her father inviting them to New York to meet her favorite baseball player, Justin Verlander, pitch for the Tigers.
In secret, her dad led the girl to the Yankees’ stadium.
(WATCH the video below, or read the story from MLB)
Jarell Brooks, 19, who risked his own life to save three total strangers, is lucky to be alive. He was in the theater during the premier of Dark Night Rises when James Holmes opened fire.
When the shooting started, everyone scrambled to the exits, including Brooks who saw a young mother struggling to get her two young children to the exit.
Brooks made it his mission to get this family out safely even after he was shot in the leg.
(READ the story from ABC News)
Bruce Bridgeman lived with a flat view of the world until a trip to the cinema unexpectedly rewired his brain to see the world in 3D.
The 67-year-old neuroscientist at the University of California in Santa Cruz, grew up nearly stereoblind, that is, without true perception of depth, until February 16 when he went to see the film Hugo.
A fearful refugee, Guor Marial ran for his life to escape a Sudanese child labour camp. Now he will get to run at the Olympics after winning an appeal to the International Olympic Committee.
Despite having no passport and officially no country, the 28-year-old marathoner was cleared by the IOC to compete at the London Games under the Olympic flag.
Felting is mostly a hobby here in the U.S., but it’s a home building necessity for families in Mongolia.
That’s where a Virginia artist is headed taking her passion for felt to help make a difference for women.
Lisa Jacenich, owner of Artful Gifts in Monterey, uses locally sheered wool, but also a number of simple mechanized machines that will help the Mongolian women to increase their efficiency and family incomes.
Felting is mostly a hobby here in the U.S., but it’s a home building necessity for families in Mongolia.
That’s where a Virginia artist is headed taking her passion for felt to help make a difference for women.
Lisa Jacenich, owner of Artful Gifts in Monterey, uses locally sheered wool, but also a number of simple mechanized machines that will help the Mongolian women to increase their efficiency and family incomes.
The Mk9 blog published a story about a “Vicious Dog” 911 call, and the Police Officer who responded to it. The man who sent the firsthand account was Officer Dan Waskiewicz, the very cop who answered the call:
“I’m a Police Officer in Baltimore City. Today I received a call while on duty about a vicious dog chasing kids. When I came on the scene, I noticed people yelling out their windows at the dog.”
“I followed the dog into an ally to see how it was acting. Going on my own approach, being a dog lover, I got out of my car and called the ‘vicious dog’ over to me. The dog came over with it’s tail between it’s legs and panting.
The Mk9 blog published a story about a “Vicious Dog” 911 call and the police officer who responded to it. The man who sent the firsthand account was Officer Dan Waskiewicz, the very cop who answered the call:
“I’m a Police Officer in Baltimore City. Today I received a call while on duty about a vicious dog chasing kids. When I came on the scene, I noticed people yelling out their windows at the dog.”
“I followed the dog into an ally to see how it was acting. Going on my own approach, being a dog lover, I got out of my car and called the ‘vicious dog’ over to me. The dog came over with it’s tail between it’s legs and panting.
A week ago, with the company struggling under a revolving-door of management, few people would have considered Yahoo to be in the same league as Amazon, Facebook, or Google.
All of that changed Monday.
In what is perhaps the coup of all coups, Yahoo announced Marissa Mayer, a Google executive of 13 years, would be leading their company as chief executive officer starting immediately. The 37 year-old would begin the job while pregnant.
A newly discovered water source in Namibia could have a major impact on development in the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa.
Estimates suggest the aquifer could supply the north of the country for 400 years at current rates of consumption.
Kennedy Kibe lost $1,000 when the RoomStore filed for bankruptcy, but a woman who learned of his story in the news wanted to make it right.
Sue Hill contacted friends at Rolesville Furniture and paid $1,000 toward furniture for the North Carolina man and his family.
“He was an honest, hard-working person, and I just thought if I can help, I should help,” she said.
(WATCH the video or READ the story from WRAL Raleigh-Durham)
Kennedy Kibe lost $1,000 when the RoomStore filed for bankruptcy, but a woman who learned of his story in the news wanted to make it right.
Sue Hill contacted friends at Rolesville Furniture and paid $1,000 toward furniture for the North Carolina man and his family.
“He was an honest, hard-working person, and I just thought if I can help, I should help,” she said.
A national non-profit group, Flashes of Hope, photographs children who are facing serious health issues, in an effort to change how they view themselves. To date, more than 22,000 children have posed for portraits by skilled artists who know how to capture the spark within each child.
The portraits, taken by award-winning photographers who volunteer their time along with make-up and hair stylists, preserve forever the beauty, grace and dignity of the children and their families.
Allison Clark founded Flashes of Hope a decade ago, after her son, Quinn, was diagnosed with cancer.
(WATCH the videos below, or read a story w/ photos on CorporatePhotoJournalist.com)
A national non-profit group, Flashes of Hope, photographs children who are facing serious health issues, in an effort to change how they view themselves. To date, more than 22,000 children have posed for portraits by skilled artists who know how to capture the spark within each child.
The portraits, taken by award-winning photographers who volunteer their time along with make-up and hair stylists, preserve forever the beauty, grace and dignity of the children and their families.
After years of fruitless searching, Facebook — along with a maiden name — delivered the keys to a long-awaited meeting Tuesday at a restaurant in Florida.
When Stephanie Phillips and her mother, Joan Wehrmeyer, first saw each other, the two hugged with tears in their eyes for a long time, not letting go.
Thirty-one-year-old Spencer West recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. That’s an accomplishment for anyone, but when you see Spencer West, you wonder how it could have been possible. This climber has no legs.
“My family and I were told by the doctors that I would never sit up by myself, that I would never walk by myself, and that I probably wouldn’t be a functioning member of society,” he said.
But that didn’t break his spirit nor his stride.
A few years ago, Spencer joined a charity called Free the Children helping American kids to build schools in Africa. He climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with two friends to raise money for the charity and to inspire others who are having tough times.
(WATCH the video below, or READ it at CBS News)
