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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
More than a million Americans voted on their favorite Hero Dog this year. The VIP panel of canine judges and experts voted on the finalists and then crowned the winner. This year’s Humane Hero Dog Award went in the paws of the loving four-year-old hound mix named Boone from Butler, […]
Michelle Butler was 21 weeks pregnant with her twins (boy and girl) when she felt contractions. Her sister drove her to the hospital and Butler prayed for the contractions to stop. But they didn’t and at around 1 pm on 5th of July in 2020, she gave birth to babies. […]
This is the most amazing story about an unusual friendship that lasted shortly but brought so much positivity and happiness. It’s touching and inspiring. It shows the power of kindness. Chris Salvatore, 31, moved into a new city and the first person he made friends with was the then- 89-year-old […]
The seven-year-old Eric found an abandoned baby in a stroller when he was at the park. He asked his parents to adopt her; however, they couldn’t do it. Eric didn’t give up on the girl. He went to the orphanage where she was, every single day until a family adopted […]
Parents are excited when their child is approved by their pediatrician for solid foods. They begin meal plans and are in awe of seeing their kid try something different than milk. But, despite all the joys of this phase, the kid is at risk of choking. This risk only increases […]
When she was 17, Kelly Lyee Chigumbura was raped near her family home in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley. After she realized she was pregnant with a child from her rapist, she left school and abandoned the dream of becoming a nurse. She says her goals shattered and she felt like […]
Helping the less fortunate never goes unnoticed. And, what these four young men did was recognized by everyone. They escorted a retirement home resident back to her residence after her scooter broke down during a rainstorm. The public relations representative at the Florida Living Independent Community in Seminole County in […]