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Goodyear ‘Highway Hero’ Risked Life at Burning Tanker Wreck
A truck driver who rescued another trucker who had fallen from a burning tanker truck that was hanging over the side of a freeway...
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...
Pizza Man With Heart Funds Elderly Meals Program
The owner of Fox's Pizza, Tom Wynkoop, who earned media attention in early January after he volunteered to deliver their medicines to any homebound...
Chicago ‘Superheroes’ Hit Streets to Do Good Deeds
Crusader Prime, a masked 40-something Indiana man in red spandex, a fedora and a thrift store trench coat, hit the streets on a cold...
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,"...
Romance Novel Supports Free Dental Care For Domestic Abuse Survivors
For 15 years, dentists from around the U.S. have teamed up with women who are domestic abuse survivors in need of major dental work...
New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the...
Random Stadium Seats Leads to Life Saving Donation
In October 2013, Louis Munoz donated one of his kidneys to William Lynch. The organ match would not have occurred without a bit of...
Detroit Snow Blowing Gang is Looking for Elderly, Disabled Who Need Walkways Cleared
Over the past several summers, the 'Mower Gang' has volunteered to mow abandoned Detroit parks free of charge to help give kids a place...
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...