When you’re a professional basketball player, you really don’t need anyone to give you cars and prizes; you can buy them with the pocket change you put on the dresser every night.
But it still takes a special person to pass the wealth along to someone else.
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We wrote about a woman who dropped her wedding and engagement rings in a Salvation Army red kettle. Today’s update on the story comes from the “one good turn” file. Read more →
Every year, the Salvation Army red kettles turn up all sorts of interesting “contributions.” In these parts, someone regularly drops in thousands of dollars, and occasionally the gold coin.
This contribution, made in Massachusetts, might be the most poignant ever. Read more →
When Anthony ‘Tony’ Mies, died at Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring, MN in October 2013, his granddaughter, Regan, was inspired by a blanket his used in his latter days. Read more →
Dozens of farmers show up in Wisconsin to bring in the harvest for a man who was killed while farming last week. Read more →
In Corona, California, firefighters rescued a man yesterday, known only as Willy G, when he became dizzy while mowing his lawn. Read more →
In Round Hill, Virginia, Spencer Bergman worked hard all summer selling lemonade at his stand. He wanted a dog. But a thief wanted the money. Read more →
Friends help take the sting out of a hurtful high school “joke.”
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When Brock Shepard broke open a box and a helium balloon floated out at Blaine High School’s field house yesterday, it signaled that the kids of Blaine are alright, and so are quite a few of the adults. Read more →
Lillian Weber makes a dress each day as she sits by the sewing machine in her Iowa farmhouse. She sends them to people she doesn’t know in Africa. Read more →
A Twin Cities federal law enforcement officer is raising money to try to get the family of an Iraqi who served as an interpreter for U.S. forces back together. Read more →
The world responds to a Facebook posting about a little boy who may have little time left. Read more →
A New York student refused to participate in his commencement ceremony unless his twin brother, who has Down syndrome, was allowed to walk on stage with him. Read more →
The Minneapolis man, pulled to safety by the superhuman strength of a Woodbury man, got a chance to meet each other again.
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This moment, caught on a security camera in Canada, pretty well destroys everything we’ve been told about being in a vehicle during a thunderstorm.
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Bob Collins