For the past 8 years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California participate in a book club at a very unusual location, i.e. the Soledad State Prison. The founders of the book club named Exercises in Empathy, Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti said that students go into the prison […]
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13-Year-Old Boy from Texas Raises $6,000 to Purchase Christmas Gifts for Homeless Shelter Children
For his 11-th birthday, a boy from Texas, Jaxson Turner, asked for a unique gift-to give back to his community. He wanted to show others that no one is ever too young to care. He was able to collect enough money to provide food for 250 people in a homeless […]
Student Raises $28,600 for a Homeless Man Who Offered to Pay Her Cab Home
This art student who lives in Preston once collected more than £21,000 for a homeless man after he offered her his last £3 so she could pay her cab home. The lady Dominque Harrison-Bentzen, who was a student at the time at the University of Central Lancashire, explained that one […]
Young Girl, 7, Single-Handedly Is Trying to Raise $100,000 for Her Dad’s Cancer Treatment
This mother of four is fighting together with her children to fly her husband Diego Wernicke to Sydney to undergo a life-saving surgery by auctioning hand-painted tea towels on social media. The goal is to raise $100,000 to pay for the expenses of the trip. The husband’s and father’s life […]