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A Few Pieces Of Fabric Become A Little Girl’s Cloak of Dignity and Love

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A clip here, a line of stitching there, and two plain old pieces of fabric are formed into a delightful dress for a little girl.

Not just any little girl, mind you. An African girl who has nothing: no other material possessions to her name.

This girl is one of millions of children who live in such abject poverty when her parents are forced to make choices between essentials such as food or clothing, and food inevitably wins out.

MORE: Woman Repurposes Wedding Dress Into Gowns For Stillborn Babies

No matter what the pattern of the material, no matter if it has pockets, or ruffles, or not, each dress these girls receive will be treasured as most likely their first personal possession and quite often even their first item of clothing.

It will become her cloak of dignity, her cotton suit of armor. It will become a message that says she is cared for by her family as well as by people across the globe.

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My husband and I give financially to many causes, which is critical, yes, but sometimes it feels so remote.

Whenever the angry world seems as if it’s spinning out of control, making these pillowcase dresses is my hands-on means of productively, positively helping.

It’s my refuge.

WATCH: 99-Year-Old Woman Sews Her 1,000th Dress For Little Girls in Africa

I know that a little girl somewhere is going to receive the dress I’m sewing and that her heart will be happy. I believe that she’ll sense that someone somewhere cares for her even if they’ve never met her, and hopefully she’ll gain a bit of self-confidence and self-worth from her new garment.

Yes, it’s a small contribution, but it just might be huge to a little child.

That’s my dream.

Learn How to Sew and Donate Dresses at LittleDressesForAfrica.org.

First of its Kind in America: Plant Will Turn Trash Into Fuel in West Virginia

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Terry Turner
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Construction has started on the first of its kind plant in the U.S. designed to convert trash into fuel.

Entsorga broke ground on the 48,000 square foot operation January in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It will use a mechanical-biological process–not incineration–to extract plastic and other carbon-based materials from people’s garbage and convert it into a replacement for coal and other fossil fuels.

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The product will replace coal currently being used at a nearby energy-hungry concrete plant. It is calculated that when the plant is up and running in 2017, it will produce 50,000 tons of fuel from the trash that would otherwise go into the landfill every year.

The company says their fuel creates similary or lower greenhouse gases than comparable fossil fuels, but converting the waste will cut the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from area landfills by 28,000 tons per year.

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Entsorga has used the process in Europe, converting trash to fuel in the UK, Italy, Greece and parts of Eastern Europe since 1997.

(WATCH the video from Entsorga West Virginia below)

Tributes Pour In For Dog That Helped NY Firefighters Heal After 9/11 -Watch

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Terry Turner
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New York firefighters said goodbye in January to a beloved mascot that helped the heroes of 9/11 live through their devastating losses of that tragic day.

Seven of the members of Ladder 20 died in the collapse of the World Trade Center. As condolences poured in from around the world, one gesture in particular had a lasting effect on the company. A pair of sheriffs from Rochester, New York showed up at the station one day and gave them a small dalmatian pup, which the firefighters named “Twenty”.

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Dalmatians are a traditional firehouse mascot, and Twenty was able to bring joy and laugher back to this badly wounded fire company. She also turned out to be a lot more– a healing presence that continued through 15 years of service.

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“I can’t say enough about what she did to help us,” FDNY Lieutenant Gary Iorio said on the FDNY Facebook page. “She went on all the runs, she’d jump in the truck, stick her head out the window and bark.”

“Today, Twenty has taken her final run to Heaven,” he added. “Rest in peace, man’s best friend.”

(WATCH the video tribute to Twenty below) — Photo: FDNY Facebook

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Extraordinary Math Teacher Also Has Extraordinary Hip hop Dance Moves

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McKinley Corbley
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We’ve never seen a math teacher with as much swag as Ron Clark.

The impressive Georgian educator who co-founded the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta posted a video this week depicting several of his students dancing with him to “Bet You Can’t Do It Like Me” by DLOW.

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The intention of the video was to show that having fun is every bit as important as the school’s unique curriculum for a child’s education.

The clip was originally only going to feature the students, but the kids insisted that Mr. Clark appear and break out his own dance moves like the Nae Nae, the Whip, and Milly rock.

Learn more about the educator who specializes in taking inner city kids and getting them ready for college on the website, RonClarkAcademy.com.

Gamestop Raises $2.8Mil for St. Jude’s Hospital Charity Drive

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During Gamestop’s 3rd annual fundraiser for children suffering from extreme illnesses at St. Jude’s hospital, customers donated $2.8 million dollars in December, exceeding the gaming store’s original goal of $1 million. (Gamestop)

Player’s Honesty Costs Him the Match, But Wins Hearts w/ Sportsmanship

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Terry Turner
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A sharp-eyed tennis player thought an umpire’s decision in his favor was wrong — so he told his opponent to challenge the call. His honesty cost him the match, but won the hearts of fans.

The official at the Hopman Cup match in Perth, Australia Tuesday night called a serve by Australian Lleyton Hewitt out of bounds. But American Jack Sock (pictured at left above) shocked his opponent and brought laughs from the crowd — and the umpire.

“That was in, if you want to challenge it,” Sock said as Hewitt prepared to serve again.

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Sure enough, an instant replay showed Sock was right and the crowd burst into applause for his honesty.

He’d been ahead 4-5 in the first set until the call. Sock’s honesty helped Hewitt win the match 7-5, 6-4 and prove that sportsmanship is alive and well.

(WATCH the video from the Hopman Cup below) — Photo: Hopman Cup

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Woman Repurposes Wedding Dress Into Gowns For Stillborn Babies

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Terry Turner
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When this woman last wore her wedding dress and vowed to love someone until death, she never dreamed the bridal costume would touch the lives of thousands of parents one day whose time had came to part with their stillborn babies.

Yvonne Trimble began by donating her dress to a UK charity that makes funeral gowns for stillborn babies–infants that are so small, it’s difficult for grieving parents to find clothes in which to dress them.

Cherished Gowns for Angel Babies in the UK then sent Trimble pictures of the seven intricate baby gowns they were able to construct using the fabric and lace. The group of volunteer seamstresses can usually make 10 to 30 baby gowns from a single wedding dress.

Deciding in May 2015 that I would never wear my wedding dress again, I sent it to a charity that turns donated dresses...

Posted by Yvonne Trimble on Sunday, January 3, 2016
 

Trimble said it made her feel good having contributed something to help a few parents in their time of grief.

But after she posted the photos of individual dresses to her Facebook page she found out that her gesture would touched far more than simply seven families. The photo was shared 100,000 times and Angel Babies was flooded with donations.

8,500 people jumped at the chance to send their dresses, and volunteers who wanted to sew gowns leapt from 250 to 750. The charity eliminated its waiting list in a matter of hours.

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Trimble says she spent the day crying as she read hundreds of messages from people thanking her for her contribution, and calling attention to the charity.

“From the bottom of my heart,” one message read, “Thank you for giving us mums some relief in the knowledge that our angel babies are forever wrapped in love.”

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(SEE more photos at the Daily Mail)

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Dr. Saves Baby’s Life With $20 Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Glasses

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Terry Turner
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Doctors were able to perform life saving heart surgery on a four-month-old girl thanks to a smartphone and a cardboard box.

Teegan Lexcen was born with only one lung and half a heart. Doctors in Minnesota told her parents that surgery was impossible–and the little girl wouldn’t live long.

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But another team of doctors in Florida came up with an idea that let them carefully plan a successful surgery.

Google Cardboard is a $20 gadget that turns a smartphone into a set of virtual reality goggles. A smartphone, fits inside and lets the viewer see images in 3D, as if you are walking around them.

Google Cardboard Heart Surgery screenshot WFOR
Photos via WFOR News video

Doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami loaded images from MRI scans into an app called Sketchfab and put on the Google Cardboard goggles. By turning their heads and moving around inside the images with the goggles, doctors could see the heart from all angles — and devise a strategy to repair the damage.

Dr. Redmond Burke and his team had used 3D printed models in the past to plan previously-perilous heart surgeries, but this time their printer was broken–and time was running out. They brainstormed and came up with the idea of using Google Cardboard, which actually worked better than the previous method.

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Unlike a 3D model that would have only shown doctors the little girl’s heart, surgeons were able to see other organs, and Teegan’s ribcage, too.

The contraption let Dr. Burke invent a completely new surgical technique, tailored specifically to the little girl. He was able to make less invasive incisions and ran into no surprises that could lead to extra complications.

RELATED:  3D Printed Devices Save Three Babies’ Lives

“It was mind-blowing,” Cassidy Lexcen, Teegan’s mother, said. “To see this little cardboard box and a phone, and to think this is what saved our daughter’s life.”

(WATCH the video below from WFOR News – Learn more at CNN *Warning: adjust your speakers as CNN video autoplays)

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Helping Out Homeless Man Worth More Than Winning Millions

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BLOG Submitted by LillGracie– So I had $14 in my pocket. I was going to spend $9 in Powerball and Lotto tickets and get myself some lunch.

I walk into the Chinese dollar scoop joint, and there is this dude standing there. He dropped two quarters, and was having a hard time picking them up. I couldn’t tell if he was drunk or high; but it didn’t matter. I picked up the quarters and handed them to him. His face is bruised, his ears are cut and bloody, he’s moving really, really slowly.

He looks at me, says thank you, and then…

Dude: Man I’m hungry. Thanks for getting those quarters. My back hurts, or I would have gotten them myself. I just need a little something to eat. I guess I’ll have an eggroll (while he is counting his change), but I really want a soup. . . Maybe next time.

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Me: I’m hungry too! Soup, does sound good huh?

Dude: Yeah. I’ll get an eggroll. Sorry I look so messy; I got beat up.

Me: No sweat at all, dude.

The lady comes to take our orders, and when they ask him what he wants,

Me: “He’ll take a number #3, (because it comes with a soup). He looks at me

Dude: “I don’t even have enough for that. Are you sure?

Me: I didn’t ask you what you have. I asked you what you wanted

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They make his food, give him a tray, and he says I’ll be sitting at the table over there, will you eat lunch with me?

If I had more time I probably would have. Maybe more than the food, he just wanted someone to talk to. (Next time.)

Who needs to win Powerball when I struck it rich just helping someone out?

This is my friend Felicidad, an amazing, selfless woman who gives so much to this world in her work, and everyday life. ❤️

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Image by Tracey O, CC

Moby Opens Vegan Restaurant, Donates All Profits to Purrr-fect Cause

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McKinley Corbley
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You might know Moby from his cool electronica music, or his DJ and recording work that has earned about $30 million, but did you know about his new vegan restaurant in Los Angeles that is giving all its profits to animal charities?

After opening the Little Pine bistro in November, the music tycoon announced that every nickel they made would be donated to organizations such as The Humane Society, Mercy for Animals, Farm Sanctuary, Sea Shepherd, and PETA.

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“Opening Little Pine was never meant to be a conventional entrepreneurial endeavor,” Moby explains in a press release. “I want it to represent veganism in a really positive light, and also help to support the animal welfare organizations who do such remarkable work.”

The hip space located at 2870 Rowena Avenue features Mediterranean, plant-based cuisine & woodsy-chic design that reflects the celebrity’s interest in architecture.

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“I can write about organic food and veganism and architecture & design, but it’s a lot more compelling and interesting to open a restaurant and show actual, physical examples of organic food, community, veganism, and architecture & design,” says Moby on the website. “Blogs and instagram are great, but a picture of food will never replace an actual, beautiful plate of food served in a beautiful space.”

See the menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch at their website: www.littlepinerestaurant.com.

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Clothing Pantry on Wheels Delivers Winter Gear to Cold Folks on the Street

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Terry Turner
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A big, purple bus is keeping people warm during a bitter cold New York winter–even when it has no seats on the inside.

A church in Buffalo has turned it into a mobile clothing pantry for delivering gloves, hats, and other cold weather gear to people on the streets..

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True Bethel Baptist Church was still in the process of converting it when temperatures plunged below freezing, so Pastor Darius Pridgen decided to press it into service early.

After parishioners stocked it, the pastor and his crew began cruising Buffalo neighborhoods, and rushing up to anyone who needed warm, wooly gloves and hats.

The church plans to hand out $200,000 in clothes over the winter, but the pastor reminds everyone that they can help neighbors in the cold, too.

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“I challenge people and encourage them, because that’s what I’m going to do… keep some extra gloves, some extra hats (for) when you see seniors and you see children out,” Pridgen told WIVB News. “God would just have us to be the angel and not wait on an organization.”

(WATCH the video from WIVB News below) – Photo: WIVB video

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Refugee Kids Throwing Snowballs With Cops Find Winter Fun (WATCH)

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Terry Turner
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Snow fair! A Serbian police officer is outnumbered during this fun snowball fight with refugee children.

The cop is a member of the staff at a refugee camp in Sid, Belgrade — close to the Serbia-Croatia border. He joined the kids for some lively snow play, but appears to have backed himself into a corner.

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The kids giggle with glee, pelting him with snowballs as he wags his finger at him.

Camp co-coordinator, Nemanja Božović, posted the video to Facebook, and you can hear him chuckle at his officer’s situation. You even can hear his boss laughing, instead of coming to his aid.

(WATCH the video below via Facebook)

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Boston Reduces Veteran Homelessness by 85%, Housing 533 Vets in 18 Months

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Terry Turner
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Minuteman and Boston Harbor CC Liz West CC Katie Haugland

Boston, Massachusetts has moved 533 homeless veterans out of shelters and into permanent homes in the past 18 months, since “Boston Homes for the Brave” was launched in June, 2014.

The 24 agencies and organizations united by the cause have overseen an 85% decrease in veteran homelessness in the city and have cut the time veterans spend in shelters by 25% in the last 18 months.

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When the ‘Homes for the Brave’ program–consisting of city, state, and federal agencies working with private non-profit homeless advocates–started, only about six percent of veterans departed homeless shelters in six months or less. That’s up to 70% a year-and-a-half later.

The program set out to effectively “meet them at the door” and respond to homeless veterans’ needs immediately. This allows Homes for the Brave to move vets from shelters into permanent housing more quickly.

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“We know every veteran who’s in the system, how long they’ve been there, what their housing needs are, and we go through the list every single week, making sure that we’re making progress,” Sheila Dillon, director of the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development, told WBUR News.

Photos: Liz West, CC; Katie Haugland, CC 

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Thank You… Thank You… Thank You, Angels

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Michelle L
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This Christmas was going be very quiet and basic, with only a little extra–but we would be together as a family, which is what the day is about.

However just days before Christmas we where visited by a wonderful stranger who had a hamper of delicious food and presents for our 5 children.

As she explained, a group had got together to help us out and thank us for being wonderful parents.

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Now we would like to also thank you. We don’t know you but would like you to know how much we appreciated your help.

The children were absolutely amazed on Christmas morning and so happy. It was a dream Christmas morning for them, Santa had delivered so much. For Mum and Dad it was so comforting to have cupboards full of food and to see them so happy. We let our eldest children know how we came to receive such a wonderful Christmas, so they would know the kindness and caring of people in the world, and grow up knowing there is good around us everywhere.

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Thank you to our Christmas Angels. You have given us hope and spirit. We really appreciate what you have done for us. Not a day has gone by since then that I haven’t said “Thank-you” to you again and again.

Once more, from the family of 7 on the Sunshine Coast of Australia thank-you. You are all amazing, wonderful, and kindhearted.

Photo: danna(curious tangles), CC

Patient Gets Engaged to Marine Who Gave Her Best Gift of All, Life

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Terry Turner
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Dempsey Kreuger transplant couple screenshot WLS

It was a match made in surgery.

A complete stranger, proved to be the perfect match for an Illinois woman — he donated part of his liver for a transplant, and they stole each other’s hearts.

Heather Krueger had stage 4 liver disease and her doctors told her she only had a couple months to live unless she could find a living donor.

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Chris Dempsey overheard Heather’s cousin talking about the situation at his office, and offered to be tested to see if his liver was suitable for a transplant.

It turns out he was a perfect match – in more ways than one.

Doctors transplanted 55% of Chris’s liver in March, and the two spent a week recovering in the same ICU.

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But, later, they wanted to spend more time together and last month, Chris asked Heather to spend the rest of her life – which can now be a long, healthy one– as his wife.

(WATCH the video from WLS News below)

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Chained Bull Finally Feels Exuberant Freedom For the First Time (WATCH)

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Terry Turner
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This bull literally kicked up his heels, celebrating his freedom after spending his entire life chained to a tiny stall.

Throw-back Thursday (#TBT) takes us back to August, 2014 when Austrian animal rescue group Gut Aiderbilchl rescued about 500 cattle from cramped stables.

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In the video below, Bandit the Bull jumps, kicks, and rolls around in hay as soon as he realizes he’s free.

Later, after a playful romp in his new home, an obviously grateful Bandit nuzzles his rescuer in a show of thanks for saving him.

Note: The other bulls in this pen were also freed–so fully enjoy the moment.

(WATCH the video from Gut Aiderbichl below) — Photo: Gut Aiderbichl, YouTube

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Lost Parrot Finds Help Getting Home by Flying in a Truck Window

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Terry Turner
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At first, it seemed like he must have been transported to the tropics when Baby the quaker parrot flew into the window of his truck on an unseasonably warm night in Ontario, Canada.

Brandon Muir, the operations manager for a waste management company, was sitting in his garbage truck on Christmas Eve, listening to the 2-way radio chatter as his crews wrapped up work for the holiday. He’d lowered the windows to take advantage of the mild weather.

That’s when Baby flew inside the truck and made herself right at home.

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Photos by Brandon Muir

As soon as he raised the window, Baby hopped on the steering wheel, looking like she was ready to go home. It turns out, she was lost and could use a lift.

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After calling the police in Caledon for help, it took a while for them to figure out what to do about the parrot.

They finally found Baby’s picture on a Facebook page for missing birds and were able to returned the parrot to the Dedonato family.

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“It’s amazing the way that it all worked out, he (Muir) was at the right place at the right time and someone else might have just shooed her away,” Carol Dedonatos told the Caledon Enterprise. “I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am that he did what he did. Without him, she probably wouldn’t be here today.”

Christian College Kids Raise $800K in 2 Days for Women’s Hospital in Syria

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Terry Turner
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When Christian college students set out to help build a hospital for women and children in Syria, they didn’t need a miracle to raise beyond enough money in a single day.

The students were attending an annual conference called Passion, a global gathering of college-age students that attracted 40,000 attendees over the past weekend in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas.

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The passionate youth at the arena events, and others online watching the live-stream, donated $785,000 on the first day of the campaign alone.

The $811,813 raised in two days was more than the $575,000 needed for “Project Haraka,” the planned hospital that will serve 12,000 people a year in northwest Syria, including refugees in nearby camps. It will feature the country’s first newborn intensive care unit.

The extra $236,000 raised at Passion will go toward medical care for an additional 10,000 people in the country.

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“Most people will seek a political angle any time Syria or the Middle East is mentioned,” Zach Walden, a law student at the University of Alabama, told USA Today. “But the reality is that the love of God transcends nations and politics.”

In past years, Passion events, organized by Choice Ministries, has raised money to fight modern slavery and human trafficking.

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A Random Act of Kindness Caught on Camera Leads a Homeless Man to Shelter

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Terry Turner
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This photo tells the story of an act of kindness credited with finding a homeless man a place to stay in the cold of winter.

A sheriff’s deputy spotted an unidentified homeless man alone in the cold midwestern weather. Sergeant Depuy gave the man a ride to a nearby McDonald’s, where he asked the staff to let him stay inside to get warm.

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Alex Fischbach was watching the scene when he said the lawman pulled some money out of his pocket and told the homeless man to buy something to eat.

“The man tried to refuse but the officer said, ‘I’m not asking you to take it, I’m telling you to take it.’” Fischbach wrote on his Facebook page.

Fischbach says the two shook hands before the officer left. He snapped a photo as the sergeant left, and says he was touched that the officer wasn’t looking for “gratitude or recognition.”

This picture is a quick snap of one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. We pulled up to the McDonalds in...

Posted by Alex Fischbach on Saturday, January 2, 2016
 

The photo on Facebook was quickly shared around Morrison, Illinois, and a pastor located the homeless man — identifiable by his coat in the photo — and took him to a nearby shelter run by a church.

Sergeant Dupuy says he was just doing his job.

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“He was basically just…showing that police officers have hearts,” the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department spokesman told ABC News. “It goes on often, but someone caught it which is nice. It’s recognition for doing a good deed.”

Doctor Carries Injured 280-Pound Man Two Miles to Safety

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Terry Turner
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Doctor Carries Man to Safety 2 screenshot FB Dan Reardon

What started as a pleasant New Year’s Day hike for a doctor and his girlfriend, turned into a rescue mission, with the need to carry a 280-pound man two miles to safety.

Dr. Dan Reardon and Dina Zaky were strolling around Escondido Falls on a holiday hike when they came across Mark Martinez, who’d fallen and hurt his ankle.

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The man was hopping around on one leg, trying to get back down the mountain in Malibu, California. They didn’t know it at the time, but Martinez had broken his ankle and one of his lower leg bones.

The young doctor hoisted the man onto his back, even though Martinez was one-and-a-half times Reardon’s own weight–and the hero spent two hours carrying him out of the woods.

Zaky ran ahead of them until she could find cell phone reception to call for an ambulance.

Reardon, a former ER doctor, is CEO of a company that helps people get into healthy shape by analyzing their DNA. He plans to help Martinez lose some weight after his new patient and friend recovers from the broken bones.

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“I’m happy to have been able to bring Mark to safety,” Reardon told TODAY. “The instinct of doctors is to help people and I don’t like to see people struggle.”

(WATCH the video of Reardon carrying Martinez below) — Photo: Dan Reardon, Facebook

Well today's hike with Dina turned into something a little different. As you'll see in this video, I ended up carrying a 280Ib guy 2.3 miles out of Escondido Falls, who'd injured his ankle and knee, so couldn't walk. Dina ran back to the beginning of the trail to call for assistance (no cellular reception whilst hiking), and so we had the EMT's waiting for us at the other end.Thank goodness I took today as my rest day, and thank goodness the FitnessGenes Muscle Building System has been helping me get stronger!I was very pleased to see Dina at the other end with a big bottle of water!The guy has a fractured ankle and proximal fibula!

Posted by Dan Reardon on Friday, January 1, 2016
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