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Hockey Team Sends Beloved Janitor Home to See Family For the First Time in 30 Years
This beloved ice rink janitor may work in a chilly place, but his story will warm your heart.
Minasie Theophilis came to America from Ethiopia...
Are You Living a Meaningful Life? Here Are a Few Tips on How to Start
There's a difference between being happy and living a life with meaning, so here's some advice on how to live more meaningfully today.
People Willing to Pay 11% More For New Biofuels That Help the Earth
This university took a survey in several U.S. cities about the cost of bio fuel – and people were willing to pay 11% more to help save the environment.
Airplane Passenger’s Kind Gesture Brings Mom to Tears
The combination of her child's fussiness and her anxiety over airplane travel had Monica Nelson on edge until a kind stranger lent a hand.
Watch Man Use His Flyboard to Extinguish Boat Fire
When Jesse Gavic is soaring high in the sky on his flyboard, his firefighting skills are not unlike that of Iron Man.
Artist Uses Miles of Yarn to Create Field of Color Over Abandoned Tennis Court
Instead of vandalizing building walls and facing hefty city fines, this young artist decided to use a more community-friendly medium.
Bruce Springsteen Performs Moving Tribute To Prince (WATCH)
Better get your tissues ready because the Boss is not taking this song lightly.
Minnesota Cafe Shows Homeless Man a Job, Instead of the Door
When this homeless man asked a restaurant owner for spare change, she gave him a job, instead.
Rather than giving him a handout and turning her...
Quite a Drop in the Bucket: $500,000 Left in Red Kettle to Encourage Charity
Wow! Bell-ringers never had such an amazing Christmas treat delivered into their little red buckets.
An anonymous couple dropped a $500,000 check into a Salvation...
People-Powered Grocery Store Lowers Food Prices for Volunteers
A nonprofit grocery store offers healthy foods and a boost of self esteem for less fortunate customers.
Founder Kurt Vickman lets people volunteer to work...
Tears Flow As Kindergarten Teacher Sees A Student on TV 30 Years Later (WATCH)
Many of us remember our first teachers—and though they’ve likely had thousands of students throughout their teaching career, they often remember us, too.
One day, while watching...
12-Yr-Old Generously Uses ‘Make-A-Wish’ For Food Truck To Feed Others
Lucas Hobbs absolutely loves food—he’s a 12-year-old, self-professed foodie.
He couldn’t eat much while undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but now that he’s feeling better,...
New York State to Turn Lights Out for Migrating Birds
The bright lights of New York attract millions of people to the big city, but they’ll be attracting fewer birds–which is a good thing...
Sheriffs Pack Patrol Cars With Little Orange Boxes of Sunshine
In Minnesota, Hennepin County sheriff's deputies are patrolling downtown Minneapolis carrying boxes filled with granola bars and other nutritious goodies to hand out to...
3M Vows Not to Source From Deforested Areas, Ignore Human Rights
3M announced this week a new sourcing policy that ensures all the virgin wood fiber going into its paper-based products and packaging comes from...
97-Year-Old Gets U.S. Citizenship, ‘Honored’ To Vote For First Time
A 97-year-old Minnesota resident is preparing to vote for the first time after obtaining U.S citizenship.
A retired physics teacher, Chengyi Pan, who emigrated from...
Athelete’s Generous Gesture to Grieving Family
The quarterback for the NFL Minnesota Vikings, Christian Ponder, and his wife were in "the right place at the right time recently to help...
City Helps Turtles Cross the Road
They have survived ice ages, asteroid collisions and what the 19th century naturalist George Perkins Marsh called the “destructive agency of man,” but turtles...
Teen Hits Full-Court Shot Twice in 2 Tries
A 13-year-old boy, Easton Gamoke, scored a full-court shot for his Minnesota basketball team in the last second of the game, bringing his team...
More Companies Pay Workers To Volunteer on Work Days
In Minneapolis, employees at the U.S. Bank can draw up to 16 hours of pay per year for doing things like serving breakfast to...