Life may have tested Montrez Jeffries when it put him in the path of a lost $500 money order, but the homeless teen never faltered. For a young man trying to make a change in his life, returning the money to its owner was all about the Golden Rule. As WTVD News reports, Montrez has…
Gorilla Reunion
What Happens When Cross-Species Best Friends Reunite After Five Years? When conservationist Damian Aspinall went to visit his old friend Kwibi — who also happens to be a gorilla — he wasn’t sure if Kwibi would remember him. After all, it had been five years since the then-five-year-old ape had been released into the forests…
Teen Walks Old Man Home With Groceries
His mother said he’d do the same thing even if no one were watching, but someone was –– and now the whole world is looking. Last week, 18-year-old Christian Trouesdale left the Aldi food store where he worked so he could walk home an elderly man named Bob. Christian toted his groceries and held Bob’s…
Tiny house is hugh
A 60-year-old homeless woman named Smokie has been sleeping outside in the dirt a few doors down from a man named Elvis Summers. Most mornings, she stops by Elvis’s Los Angeles apartment and asks if he has any recyclables for her. Through these conversation, they struck up a friendship. One morning, Elvis saw a…
A Tiny Home For Good-Job
Syracuse Non-Profits Now Planning on Building Tiny Homes for The Homeless Operation Northern Comfort, has just partnered up with A Tiny Home for Good, to build tiny homes for the chronically homeless in Syracuse. The two organizations will be relying heavily on volunteers around the Syracuse region to help construct the homes and work on the…
Recycling machine feeds stray dogs
This Machine Feeds Stray Dogs In Exchange For Recycling Bottles! What An Awesome Idea! This recycling machine does more than just help the environment, it also feeds the stray dogs in the city! When a person puts a bottle into the machine, it dispenses food into a bowl below for the waiting dogs. Helping the…
Police dogs get ballistic vests
A Washington County woman wanted to make sure the money from her late husband’s trust went to a good cause, and she picked the K-9s that serve and protect the community as the recipient of a generous donation. MORE SLIDESHOW Top dogs: Photos of local police K-9 teams Fox 12 has compiled…
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
No matter how you participate in Tour de Fox, you’re helping the Foundation speed better treatments and a cure.Get involved: http://bit.ly/1NlUWvM Posted by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research on Saturday, March 28, 2015 Founded in 2000 Short Description The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease…
Success Kid-Sam Griner
Justin Griner, father of the child who shot to internet fame as the “Success Kid” meme, has raised nearly $100,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to pay for a kidney transplant. Griner, 39, became ill in 2006 and suffered full kidney failure in 2009, forcing him to go on dialysis. The family set up a GoFundMe…
Good Job- It’s From the Sole
A man sleeping on the street is gently awakened by a question asking if he wears a size 9 or 10. After the stranger rummages through a duffel bag, a new pair of red and black sneakers is handed to him. The stranger is Andre McDonnell, a self-proclaimed style maven who works in New York City’s fashion…