The first-ever coral IVF babies on the Great Barrier Reef produced the next generation. This happened as part of the mass coral spawning event of 2021 and became the first breeding population of the Reef through the innovative process which is pioneered by a coral specialist from the Southern Cross […]
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This Dog Was Saved from the Shelter & Became the First Ice Skating Dog in the World
The eight-year-old labrador Benny was due to be put to sleep after he spent six months without being adopted in a shelter. With one day left before he was put down to sleep, his current owner Cheryl DelSangro, saw him and she knew he would bring so much happiness to […]
Man Loads His Truck with Food & a Grill to Help Kentucky Tornado Victims
This man did his part to help the people hit hard by the Kentucky tornadoes. He drove to Mayfield and set up a grill and cooked food for the people there, plenty of who have lost their homes and their loved ones. He drove for 30 minutes with the grill […]
Nurse Adopts Patient’s Elderly Dog after Poor Health Forced Him to Give the Pet Up
After Thanksgiving, nurse Jennifer Smith got an early morning call from John Burley, one of her favorite patients. Burley was stressed about his pet, a senior dog named Boomer. The phone at work that Monday rang at 7 am and John was calling from the hospital room, saying that Boomer […]
Amazing: Professor Gets a Box with $100 Bills Totaling $18,000 Anonymously to Help His Students
Vinod Menon is a physics professor who doesn’t usually get a lot of mail in his office. However, when the City College of New York went back to in-person classes this semester, he had some junk mail and one cardboard box which has been sitting in his mail for 10 […]
Robin Williams Secretly Raised $50,000 for a Seattle Food Bank before His Death
Before his tragic death at the age of 63, Robin Williams made numerous acts of kindness, most of which remain unknown to this day. The legendary Oscar-awarded actor and stand-up comedian raised $50,000 for a food bank in Seattle, Washington, before his death in 2014. These donations were gathered between […]
McDonald’s Teen Employee Hops through a Drive-Through Window to Save a Customer Choking on a Chicken Nugget
The Saturday shift of this teen McDonald’s employee turned into an act of heroism that all the public praised. The Minnesota resident, 15-year-old Sydney Raley, was on her Saturday shift at the Eden Prairie McDonald’s and didn’t expect to clock out as a hero. She’s been employed there for seven […]
Inspiring: She Lost Both Legs in the Brussels Bombing & Now Competes with a Horse in the Paralympics
Beatrice de Lavalette was only 17-years-old when she was at the Brussels’ Zaventem Airport to head back to the US for spring break. But, the next thing she remembers is total darkness and feeling like she’s being lifted off the ground. De Lavalette had been standing next to a suicide […]
Tunnel to Towers Foundation Pays Off the Mortgages of the Fallen First Responders to Honor Them
The five mortgage pay-offs are part of the Season of Hope organized by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. It celebrates the holiday season by delivering mortgage payoffs and mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen first responders, injured veterans, and Gold Star families throughout the country. This year, the foundation […]
The bank that Lost 66 Workers on 9/11 Paid for all their Kids to Go to College
An investment bank is helping the families of the workers they lost during 9/11 to build a brighter future. The Sandler O’Neill & Partners is an investment banking firm that had its headquarters in the World Trade Center’s south tower before it was destroyed. Through their foundation, they’ve paid for […]