A California woman who had never visited CraigsList before arrived in search of a volunteer opportunity and found a message that read, “Please Help us, My Dad Needs a Kidney!”
Daniel Flood’s three daughters had posted their plea in the Volunteer section of the online classified site, which offers everything from cars to real estate, piano lessons and pet services.
Facing a waiting list for kidney donors of 2-6 years — and a dire diagnosis that gave him six months to live without one — the family was desperate.
His daughters’ ad was answered by Dawn Verdick (photo above), who had just experienced the death of a loved one. Her rare O-negative blood type was a match to the 68-year old father, so she flew to New York.
Now the three sisters have set up a service to do the same for other people. (FloodSisters.org)
“You can’t sit around grumpy, moping and feeling sorry for yourself in this recession,” the retired 76-year-old said. “You’ve got to get off your duff and do something. And what more can you do but open up a retail store to provide quality goods at good prices? 
President Barack Obama has chosen Kathleen Merrigan, an organic food expert who helped the US Senate develop labelling rules for organic food, to be second-in-command at the Agriculture Department. Sustainable and organic farmers are thrilled that someone who has been associated with these issues her whole career is going to be at such a high level in the department.
Traffic on Regent Street in London came to a halt as rock legends U2 performed on a roof top for thousands of commuters.