This elementary school teacher from North Carolina raised more than $100K for the students in need during the Christmas season and helped them have a full belly during the holiday season. Turquoise LeJeune Parker, a teacher at Lakewood Elementary in Durham, NC hosts a fundraiser every year and the money […]
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German Shepherd that Was Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks Miraculously Survives
When this German shepherd-husky mix was one-year-old back in 2016, it fell off a fishing boat in the north of San Diego in the Pacific Ocean and was presumed dead after her owner couldn’t locate her. Luna was suddenly miles away from the land and her owner, fisherman Nick Haworth […]
Amazing: How ‘Granny Pods’ Help Family Members to Live Near You in a High-Tech Cottage
When families struggle with finding a place for the grandparents to live out their retirement days, the options aren’t many and plenty of them are quite complicated. Full-service homes tend to be expensive and may not suit the budget of every family. And, paired with the guilt that family members […]
Inspiring: Ohio Man Makes Activity Booklets for Chemo Patients
When he was a child, Scott Murphy knew he could always count on his older sister Linda. She cared for him when he was a child and continued caring for him as they grew up. In 2019, Linda got diagnosed with uterine cancer and Scott wanted to be there for […]
Awesome Trend: Seniors Are Buying Tiny Homes & Live their Golden Years Off the Grid
An increasing number of seniors are looking at tiny homes for their retirement days. According to a survey from 2015, 30 percent of tiny home residents were between the ages of 51 and 70, making seniors a major part of the tiny home movement. With the demand on the rise, […]
Baby Donkey Named ‘Betty White’ to Honor the Late Actress’s Donations to the Animal Sanctuary for Years
For years, the iconic actress and TV star who recently passed away at the age of 99, Betty White, had been donating to the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue located in San Angelo in Texas. After death on the 31st of December in 2021, the animal sanctuary decided to name a […]
Habitat for Humanity’s First 3D-Printed Home on the East Coast Belongs to a Mom with a Touching History
With the lumber prices on the rise, Habitat for Humanity saved around 15 percent per square foot when compared to regular building costs by choosing 3D house printing. They didn’t use wood, but rather concrete which is also better at retaining temperature. This helps save up money in the long […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Little Boy Finds an Abandoned Stroller with Newborn Girl, Years Later, They Meet again
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 […]