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Man Gives Quarter Million Homemade Wheelchairs to Needy Around the World
Don Schoendorfer creates makeshift wheelchairs for the disabled around the world. They cost him less than $49, but he has given away a quarter...
Be Positive Do Something Positive Day, March 1, Created Through Tragedy
After surviving three years of loss, trauma, and grief, Harold Cameron has transformed himself into the "The Chief of Helping People." His mission and...
Dolls for World Peace
Elderly women in an assisted living center are recapturing life by making dolls for children in Darfur. Two thousand dolls have been made, each...
Historic Run for Blind Triathlete (Video)
Aaron Scheidies, who is legally blind, completed the U.S. Open Triathlon in one hour, 58 minutes and eight seconds. It was the first time...
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Six Steps to a Happier Workday
There are many facets of work and life in general that we do not control. But we can increase our control over our own...
New Patron Saint of New Orleans
New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany founded the Brees Dream Foundation to rebuild children's facilities and programs throughout New Orleans....
Four-Fingered Concert Pianist Overcomes Physical Barriers (Video)
A Korean concert pianist moves the audience to tears performing classical music with just two digits on each hand. Disfigured from birth, and with...
Singles Get Together and Make a Difference for Valentine’s Day
Singles are being inspired across the nation to "get engaged" through volunteering this Valentine's Day. Recognizing the power of community service to bring people...
Hospice Helped Dying Man Shed His Virginity
"A young disabled man who receives care for his life-limiting illness at a hospice run by a nun spoke yesterday of his decision to...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
Change Your Life, No Matter the Circumstances
Part 3 in our series on Gratitude and how it can change your life features a man so down on his luck that calling...
When Doctors Say Your Child Will be ‘a Vegetable’
Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team competing in nearly continuous marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they're competing in...
9-11 Special: Healing the Soldiers’ Wounds
Thousands of U.S. veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan maimed and disfigured, their lives forever changed. The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped...
Retirees Win 100K for Creating Lasting Change
The Purpose Prize honors "what may be a new trend -- retirees taking on some of the country's biggest social problems."
The five winners of...
Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes
Today was an interesting day. The phone had rang last night and told me where to go.
The program was teaching disabled children how to...
Service Animals Help Mentally and Emotionally Challenged to Function
AIRMONT, N.Y. -- When Micky Niego knew she had to go out in public, the fear and stress could bring on a severe asthma...