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Oakland Artist Turns Illegally Dumped Trash Into Homes For Homeless
Each morning, Greg Kloehn takes a cup of coffee and drives around the streets near his home studio looking for the piles of illegally dumped...
Meals-on-Wheels for Animals Helps Low-income Pet Owners
Meals on Wheels programs and their volunteers deliver hot meals daily to thousands of elderly people nationwide. The food sometimes was being diverted from...
‘HACKtivation’ Matches Nonprofits Serving Homeless With Tech Talent
Nearly 100 mostly tech workers acted as angels this weekend by donating their expertise to a dozen homeless nonprofit organizations in San Francisco. The...
‘Soup Ladies’ Cook Up Comfort for Landslide Search Crews
Few things offer as much comfort as a home-cooked meal.
A big-hearted restaurant owner known as "Momma" leads a group in Arlington, Washington called the...
Amazing Woman Given $50K for Her Anti-Mayhem Work With DC Kids
Hannah Hawkins, founder of the Children of Mine Youth Center, gives kids of all ages a safe place to learn and play, fenced off...
India and Southeast Asia Are Now Officially Polio-Free
Older Americans remember when, in the 1940s and 50's, polio crippled about 35,000 people each year. After Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, the...
How 6,000 Used Cds Were Turned into Beautiful Art
In a clever community art project, 128 volunteers attached 6,000 discarded CDs to a giant fishing net and then stretched it like a translucent...
Town Builds Tiny House for a Homeless Outcast
Because of his nasty demeanor on the streets of a South Carolina town, homeless man Ben Richardson, known as Rock Man, didn't have any...
Resale Store Refuses to Give Homeless Man a Coat, Woman Opens Free Shop in Response
A little store in a Hollister, Missouri shopping center is offering the basic needs -- clothing, hygiene items and baby supplies -- at incredible...
Photos Will Make You Wish You Ran for Cancer
On Sunday, March 9, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research posed as cheerleaders to don purple pom-poms and encourage thousands of runners in...
Soup Kitchen Looks Like a Cafe, Offers a Side of Dignity
Enter Masbia's front door and you will be greeted by a smiling host, who’ll then show you to your table. Moments later, an equally...
Students Discover Math Teacher’s Secret Identity… As Baby Cuddler
With his short gray hair, watchful eyes, authoritative voice and stern manner, high school math teacher and Vietnam veteran Jim O'Connor is used to...
Clint Eastwood Jumps Into Action, Saves Choking Man
The executive director of Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament now has a great story to tell his grandchildren: "Clint Eastwood saved my life,"...
Homeless Couple Given Tiny Home On Christmas Eve
For many couples, living together in a 96-square-foot house would be a challenge. But for Chris Derrick and Betty Ybarra, it’s a Christmas miracle....
Gold Bar Worth $1,200 Found in Charity’s Red Kettle
In Michigan City, Indiana, a generous holiday donor wrapped a valuable gold bar with a dollar bill and slipped it unnoticed into a red...
Meals on Wheels Now Feeding Pets, Too
After Meals on Wheels volunteers noticed a growing number of clients giving their food away to their furry friends, they started working with shelters...
Man Sets Up Toll-free Phone Lines So Any Kid Can Talk to Santa
2016 UPDATE: Once upon a time, there was a phone number for kids to use to call Santa Claus and talk directly to the North...
College Student Tries to Rent Family for Holidays But Finds New One
A California university student has reformed her old ways of crime and drugs after being abused and neglected as a child. She has a...
One Millionth Care Package by Operation Gratitude Now In Route With Keys to New Truck
Volunteers at Operation Gratitude, the non-profit military and veteran support organization, assembled its milestone One Millionth Care Package to the cheers of thousands of...
Holiday Travelers Arrive to Find Airline Has Bought Gifts Off Their Wish Lists
Thanks to a team of merry WestJet employees and the power of technology, a group of airline passengers was treated to a Christmas miracle that...