2010-03-10T10:05:55-07:00 265 Physorg This recent study explores how Random Acts of Kindness positively impacts people and spreads to others. 2010-03-10T10:05:55-07:00 http://www.physorg.com/news187281963.html 2010-03-09T09:42:17-07:00 264 Yahoo! Sports Before leaving New Orleans to play for the Cleveland Browns, linebacker Scott Fujita gave half of his recent Super Bowl check to charity. 2010-03-09T09:42:17-07:00 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Scott-Fujita-knows-the-right-way-to-leave-a-city?urn=nfl,226444 2010-03-08T09:01:33-07:00 263 Chicago Tribune Woman who lived frugally donates $7 million to alma mater. 2010-03-08T09:01:33-07:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/happynews/ct-met-lake-forest-donation-0304-20100304,0,1482999.story 2010-03-05T11:17:16-07:00 262 Ode Magazine Photographer William Daniels documents an organization that is saving lives by providing free mosquito nets to those in the developing world where malaria has become a widespread. 2010-03-05T11:17:16-07:00 http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/69/malaria-consortium-photophilanthropy/ 2010-03-04T09:00:42-07:00 261 Colorado Daily 400 people with varying disabilities will be the guests of honor for a free formal ball at a Denver-area church. 2010-03-04T09:00:42-07:00 http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_14397565#axzz0hDwhjHOe 2010-03-03T09:24:45-07:00 260 NBC Nightly News- Making a Difference Students in Lansing, Michigan, learn how young people, too, can make a difference. 2010-03-03T09:24:45-07:00 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619#35678247 2010-03-02T12:22:51-07:00 259 Reader's Digest Used sneakers, a runner learns, will take kids places they’d only dreamed they could go. 2010-03-02T12:22:51-07:00 http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/recycled-sneakers-fit-for-sharing/article167335.html 2010-03-01T12:20:24-07:00 258 CBS News Last year we featured the "Miracle on the Hudson" as a billboard around the value of Preparation. Now, one year later, Captain Sullenberger, along with the crew, passengers and first responders, gather to remember Flight 1549 and share how life has changed since the rescue. 2010-03-01T12:20:24-07:00 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/15/earlyshow/main6099869.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsEarlyShow+%28The+Early+Show%3A+CBSNews.com%29&utm_content=Twitter 2010-03-01T12:10:31-07:00 257 USA Today Pets who make a difference. 2010-03-01T12:10:31-07:00 http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/pets/2010-01-13-petheroes13_ST_N.htm 2010-02-25T12:36:17-07:00 256 ABC News: Person of the Week He's only 10, but future Olympian Nathan Chen is already a dazzling skater. 2010-02-25T12:36:17-07:00 http://abcnews.go.com/WN/person-week-nathan-chen/story?id=9889538 2010-02-19T12:53:37-07:00 255 ABC News Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods owner Bob Moore gives his company to his employees. 2010-02-19T12:53:37-07:00 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/boss-company-workers-9882190 2010-02-19T12:46:48-07:00 254 ABC News: Person of the Week ABC News talks with Nelson Mandela's jailor about the friendship they shared. 2010-02-19T12:46:48-07:00 http://abcnews.go.com/WN/person-week-christo-brand/story?id=9818035 2010-02-18T08:59:06-07:00 253 NBC Nightly News- Making a Difference In Denver, a little kindness is being served at a cafe where no one--not even non-paying customers--gets turned away. 2010-02-18T08:59:42-07:00 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/29604041#29604041 2010-02-17T10:33:27-07:00 252 FoxNews.com OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Iraq war veteran training to be an emergency operator in Thurston County saved his own son's life when his wife called 911 in a panic as the boy choked on a small piece of plastic. 2010-02-17T10:33:27-07:00 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585778,00.html 2010-02-12T09:57:25-07:00 251 Guideposts Not-so-random acts of kindness on Valentine’s Day 2010-02-12T09:57:25-07:00 http://www.guideposts.com/story/the-cupid-project-shows-people-love 2010-02-11T09:14:31-07:00 250 The New York Times The story of an Atlanta family who, wanting to “do something” about inequity in the world, sold their luxurious family home and donated half the proceeds to charity. 2010-02-11T09:14:31-07:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/opinion/24kristof.html 2010-02-10T09:38:23-07:00 249 The Christian Science Monitor Iraqi war veteran Nico Marcolongo founded the ‘Buddy Bowl’ to benefit military veterans. 2010-02-10T09:38:23-07:00 http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/1214/Healing-the-visible-and-invisible-scars-of-war-through-flag-football 2010-02-09T14:37:54-07:00 248 Malaysia Star A former cop who went to Sri Lanka seeking lottery numbers found new meaning to the word ‘riches’ instead. 2010-02-09T14:37:54-07:00 http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2010/2/8/lifefocus/5510560&sec=lifefocus 2010-02-08T16:03:41-07:00 247 ESPN Two high school wrestlers, one blind and one with no legs, discover the meaning of true friendship. 2010-02-08T16:03:41-07:00 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4371874 2010-02-05T10:02:54-07:00 246 Examiner.com Giving circles are a way for ordinary individuals to pool together funds for a philanthropic purpose. 2010-02-05T10:02:54-07:00 http://www.examiner.com/sitemaps/x-698-Chicago-Philanthropy-Examiner~y2008m12d1-Ten-steps-to-setting-up-a-giving-circle 2010-02-03T11:46:49-07:00 245 Reader's Digest Love doesn’t stop when a parent, spouse, or friend gets sick. Here, remarkable stories of stepping up, sticking around, and finding joy. 2010-02-03T11:46:49-07:00 http://www.rd.com/make-it-matter-make-a-difference/-4-amazing-caregiving-stories/article168643.html 2010-02-03T11:38:42-07:00 244 YouTube Despite overwhelming odds, Patrick Henry Hughes has overcome seemingly debilitating physical issues to excel as a musician and university student. (www.patrickhenryhughes.com) 2010-02-03T11:38:42-07:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg&feature=player_embedded# 2010-01-26T09:24:42-07:00 243 Examiner.com "If Kiki Wetherbee has a positive outlook, much of the credit, she says, should go to her mother, Janet Wood. Wetherbee was born with a host of physical problems, most noticeable of which were a bilateral cleft palate and a club foot..." 2010-01-26T09:24:42-07:00 http://www.examiner.com/x-22719-Denver-Everyday-People-Examiner~y2010m1d23-Kiki-Wetherbee-sees-the-beauty-within 2010-01-20T12:28:57-07:00 242 Today on MSNBC Buried in Haiti rubble, a dad wrote goodbyes to his family and cleverly used his iPhone to survive. 2010-01-20T12:28:57-07:00 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34933053/ns/today-today_people/ 2010-01-15T12:38:07-07:00 241 CNN Heroes Bartender Doc Hendley is providing clean water to communities worldwide. Through creative fundraising, his nonprofit Wine to Water has brought sustainable water systems to 25,000 people in five countries. 2010-01-15T12:38:07-07:00 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive09/doc.hendley.html 2010-01-14T09:46:11-07:00 240 The Christian Science Monitor As political stalemate deepens, a school for the hearing-impaired in an impoverished township shows what's possible. 2010-01-14T09:46:11-07:00 http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2010/0111/Zimbabwe-s-language-of-hope 2010-01-11T09:33:12-07:00 239 Chicago Tribune Student at Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago hopes to open restaurant one day. 2010-01-11T09:33:12-07:00 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-blind-chef-27-dec27,0,5068219.story 2010-01-06T16:31:09-07:00 238 NEWSWEEK In the wake of a thwarted terrorist attack on a Northwest flight to Detroit, a renowned psychologist talks about what makes ordinary people do heroic things. 2010-01-11T09:33:40-07:00 http://www.newsweek.com/id/228593?digg=1 2010-01-06T16:26:26-07:00 237 The Huffington Post Don and Beverly Glasgow send 2,000 pairs of shoes to needy families across the border. 2010-01-11T09:34:04-07:00 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/18/san-clemente-man-sends-40_n_397687.html 2010-01-04T11:12:01-07:00 236 CBS Dafna Michelson is traveling the country putting together a most unusual collection: the good deeds selfless Americans are doing to better their communities. She then writes of those missions on her website. (www.50in52journey.com) 2010-02-03T11:50:05-07:00 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/03/sunday/main6049693.shtml