Many people were scrambling to get indoors after a sudden storm hit Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. However, one man in an electric wheelchair was struggling to get uphill in the downpour. Fortunately for him, a kind stranger noticed his predicament and rushed to his aid. He jumped out of his car and braved the heavy rains…
A father’s solution to help his blind daughter participate in an Easter Egg hunt is spreading across the United States thanks to the efforts of military and law enforcement members. David Haisch’s daughter was 4 months old when she lost her vision. His first thought was that she would never have a normal life, but…
Eileen Eagle Bears and her horse, Mr. Smudge, made multiple hour-long outings in the middle of a snowstorm to bring food to a truck driver stranded in his truck in Manitoba, Canada. Eileen and her family saw the stranded trucker on a road’s surveillance cameras and thought she wanted to do something to help him….
When Kendrick Taylor and his friends were shopping near a Florida Winn-Dixie grocery store back in 2014 when they heard screams coming from the parking lot. Taylor immediately looked and saw a thief knocking over a 76-year-old woman and attempting to steal her purse. Taylor, a Navy veteran, sprang into action and ran over to…
Every day, across the country people die in hospice care. For many of the dying, the health care workers at their facilities are the people they are close to in their final moments. Nurse aid Isabelle sang every Friday to Grandma Helen. Upon hearing that Grandma Helen was going to pass, Isabelle stopped by on…
A Los Angeles man makes it his life’s mission to foster terminally ill children. For the last 22 years, Mohamed Bzeek has been caring for terminally ill children in the Los Angeles County foster system. He has cared for more than 40 kids, 10 of them dying right under his roof. Many parents who are…
As the Fonz on the classic TV comedy “Happy Days,” Henry Winkler played America’s most famous teenager. But a little-known fact about Winkler haunted him throughout his childhood – he was dyslexic and could barely read. His dyslexia was so bad that his parents thought he was lazy and called him “dumb dog”, his teachers…
David Matos de Souza was born paralyzed because of an infectious disease known as Poliomyelitis, a virus that attacks the spinal chord. Although David has used a wheelchair his entire life, the 6-year-old Brazilian boy recently shocked and delighted students in his class by taking his first steps. The amazing moment was caught on video…
At age 18, Logan Hunt was homeless and had nowhere to go. He had a difficult, sad childhood. He was put up for adoption when he was just a toddler, and had a hurtful failed adoption in his childhood after which he spent 10 years bouncing between foster homes. He then aged out of foster-care…
A few weeks before her 89th birthday, Johanna Quaas visited young gymnasts at the International Gymnastics Training Camp in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and took to the parallel bars! The retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany is the Guinness Book record holder for the oldest active gymnast in the world. She only began to train at gymnastics…
When 4-year-old Norah spotted an elderly man while grocery shopping with her mom, neither knew they soon would be making a new friend! Norah and her mom, Tara Wood, were shopping for cupcakes for Norah’s birthday when she saw the elderly gentleman walk by. Wood says she doesn’t know why, but Norah was instantly drawn…
7-year-old Sofia Sanchez has Down syndrome. She was abandoned at birth and grew up at an orphanage for the first year of her life in a small town in Ukraine. Her life changed when she was adopted by Jennifer and Hector Sanchez in 2010 and she joined them and her new brother, who also has…
Jesse Shand was so severely overweight that he could no longer bathe himself or go outside his home.He weighed well over 650 pounds and had given up on his life. One day, he visited an online body-building forum and posted a series of photos and videos of himself, almost as a joke after he was given a…
Ben Ellis is the much loved Latin teacher at Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) in Nashville, Tennessee and has been battling esophageal cancer after being diagnosed last year. Recently, Ellis, who was resting at home, got a huge surprise after 400 students and faculty from the school showed up at Ellis’ home to sing to him….
Zion Harvey became the first child to undergo a double hand transplant after doctors had to remove his hands and feet due to a life-threatening infection when he was 2 years old. Now a year after his operation, 9-year-old Zion says his favorite thing about his new hands is “being able to wrap them around…
Wedding guests were treated to a heartwarming surprise when a little boy made his way down the aisle. Braden is using a stroller and beaming as he makes his way down the aisle, with the wedding guests all watching him. His mom, Jenny Mayer explains that Braden has Down Syndrome, but it does not define…
Kasey Simmons tries to go out of his way to make people happy. But recently, he was the one made happy when someone unexpectedly left him a $500 dollar tip on a 0.37 cent purchase for a small gesture of kindness that he had made to a stranger the day before. The 32-year-old waiter who…
When we are grieving for a loved one, sometimes it’s a complete stranger who can lift our spirits by extending us friendship when we least expect it. This is exactly what happened recently between a depressed dog and a friendly duck. Two years ago, a dog named George lost his partner, Blackie. The two dogs…
Four police officers went beyond the call of duty recently when they responded to a call after neighbors reported hysterical cries coming from the home of an elderly couple in Rome, Italy. Michele, 94 and Jole, 89, have been married for almost 70 years but they became distressed after watching upsetting news on the television….
Landry is the seventh child born into his family. When he was just 9 months old, he underwent brain surgery for AVM. AVM is anterior venus malformation. It causes a tangle of abnormal blood vessels and veins in the brain that have a chance of rupturing; if they do it can cause bleeding in the…
Tawny Nelson is a single mother of four sweet little girls, ages 9, 5, 2, and 6 weeks old. It’s no easy feat, though, taking care of the girls all on her own. Recently, she shared a story with Frank Somerville, a news anchor for KTVU News in California. He was so moved by her story that…
A vet technician was working on her birthday, but little did she know she would be taking home a puppy that day in an effort to save his life. “I took him on knowing that he might not live,” the vet tech wrote. That’s because the chocolate Lab puppy was born with a cleft palate….
Circumstances and their troubled pasts brought them together. But love kept them together. When Phyllis Olson met an Arabian stallion named Shag-Ra she had almost given up on life and love. From a young age, Phyllis had fled an abusive home. She married, divorced, lost her kids, lived on the streets and abused alcohol throughout….
There was a little boy named Danny who was developmentally challenged. Although he had difficulty speaking and participating in physical activities, he was much loved by his family. Little did they know that someone across the street would have a profound effect on Danny’s life. That someone was Saki, a stray puppy who was found…
Brad Bousquet has been amazed at his wife Alissa’s resiliency while fighting breast cancer. That’s why in order to commemorate her last day of chemo treatment, Brad wanted to do something extra special. “She has amazed me with her strength, courage, and positive attitude through it all,” Brad writes of his wife on YouTube. “She…
Gabe Adams was born in Brazil without any arms or legs. As an infant, he was abandoned by his mother and ended up at an orphanage and that’s when his life took yet another dramatic turn. Word of a limbless baby travelled to North America and reached Janelle Adams in Utah. When she saw Gabe’s…
Growing up, twins Mary and Ruth looked identical until they were around 11 years old. After that Mary started to put on weight. A lot of weight. By the time the sisters appeared on the Oprah Show back in 2005, Mary was 300 pounds heavier than her sister. While Mary said she always felt like…
16-year-old girl named Anita Valkova admits to always being scared of dogs. But when no one came to help a sick stray dog who was being pelted with rocks by the kids in her schoolyard, she decided to act. She posted how she rescued Alfeiya on Imgur in hopes to encourage other people to step…
Before 13-year-old Laura Bretan walked onto the “America’s Got Talent” stage, she said she was extremely nervous about performing in front of Simon Cowell and the other judges. She was super excited, but also didn’t want to make a mistake. That’s what makes what happened next so special. From the moment Laura begins singing the…
Earning your Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) in the U.S. Army is no easy feat. It is known as one of the most difficult and prestigious Army skill badges to earn. It takes incredible guts, determination, physical stamina, and as you are about to see, the motivation from one’s fellow soldiers. In the video below,…
Almost everyone has heard of students giving apples to their teachers and placing the fruit on a teacher’s desk. But one teacher in New Jersey’s Woodbury School System turned the tables and instead did something special for each of her students. Chandni Langford is a fifth-grade teacher who decided to surprise her students with an…
Sometimes brilliant ideas come from the smallest observations. For dad Bryan Ware, the idea came when he saw crayons being thrown out at a restaurant. He found out they threw them away after they had been used by kids on the table. From there, he had an idea on how he could repurpose the crayons…
Ward Miles had a dramatic first year of life. Born three months prematurely, he weighed only 1.5 pounds and had to be rushed to the Neonatal Care Intensive Unit. During those early, stressful months, his dad, Benjamin Scot Miller, and mom, Lyndsey, kept a watchful eye on him. Benjamin is a professional photographer and took…
When Shaylynn Hampton noticed a young boy being picked on because of his shoes, she decided to do something about it. Now, her simple act of kindness is touching hearts all over the country. 11-year-old Richard had come to play basketball near to Shaylynn’s Kentucky home, but the other kids teased him over the holes…
Nicole Marie Heintz wasn’t expecting to make a difference in one family’s life when she recently pulled into get gas. It was a cold morning in Minnesota and she noticed a man was crying at the gas pump. Something compelled her to go over to him and ask what was the matter. What happened next…
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