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Lowe’s Employees Jump to Help, Fix Disabled Vet’s Broken Wheelchair
Michael Sulsona, who lost both his legs after stepping on a land mine as a soldier in Vietnam, was lucky to be in his...
New Fund for Asia to Protect Poor From Climate Extremes
A new $140 million fund to boost climate resilience in cities in six Asian countries was launched on Friday by the Rockefeller Foundation, the...
Billionaire Gave Most of His Money Away and You Never Heard His Name
An Irish-American billionaire who kept his philanthropy secret for 15 years has given away $7.5 billion - and plans for it all to go...
Soldier’s Rescue of Orphan Leads to Reunion 40 years in the Making
Kimberly Mitchell's life story has always been missing a few important pages -- like how she ended up in an orphanage in 1970's Vietnam...
Country Star Tim McGraw To Give Away 25 Mortgage-Free Homes To Wounded Vets
Just in time for Memorial Day, Tim McGraw is giving away a mortgage-free house to wounded or needy service members for each stop on...
13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals
Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
Microfinance Effort Matches Tiny Lenders with Kids Who Yearn for College Worldwide
Another micro-finance initiative is improving the economic outlook for poor families around the world, this time through the financing of college tuition for students.
Although...
International Women’s Day: Three Women Turned Pennies into Empowerment
Today is the 100-year anniversary of the founding of International Women's Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide and to rekindle efforts...
After 43 Years, MIA Hero is ‘Coming Home’
Forty-three years ago this month, a U.S. Army soldier vanished during a fierce battle at Lang Vei, South Vietnam.
He would later be awarded a...
Obama Singles Out Active Soldier to Receive Medal of Honor
Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, a 22-year-old from Hiawatha, Iowa who was on patrol with his unit in Afghanistan, ran straight into the teeth...
Obama: New Rules Will Make PTSD Claims Easier for Veterans
President Obama announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin on Monday to make it easier for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress...
Room to Read Builds Its 10,000th Library
Three weeks ago in Nepal, 1,000 villagers gathered to mark a momentous day in the history of Room To Read, a charity that builds...
US and EU Should Be High on Afghan Opium
US President Barack Obama has called for new ideas on the world's seeming intractable problems. Well here's one that could undermine the Taliban in...
Ten Signs of Peace on Earth: The Children’s Culture Connection
The good news that is the common thread running through children in war-torn Iraq or poverty-laden India, is that they all still have hope....
Young Scholars Tell the President “No” on Torture
141 Presidential Scholars were being honored recently at the White House. After the president told them that it was important in their future careers...
Visiting Battlefields and WWII Memorial Brings Closure to Elderly Vets
The Greatest Generations Foundation, established in 2004, has so far helped more than 100 World War II veterans return to Europe to battle sites...