Friday, February 27, 2015

Good News Network: Inspiring Stories

Inspiring

Maple Grove resident Bob Karlstrand is dying but he is also finding inspiration in acts of generosity, giving away everything during his final months. He...

"Chase the Chill" has become a social media movement that inspires people to leave warm scarves, often with a note, in public places for...

  "Los Angeles has many scruffy, unmanicured median strips, but there's one that draws attention for another reason: It's really nice, with constant improvements such...

When none of his classmates showed up for his birthday party, 6-year-old Glenn Buratti and his mother were broken-hearted. Ashlee, whose son has autism, wrote...

For years, all 4-year-old Sophia White has dreamed about was building a snowman, like the princess in her favorite film, Frozen. But her neighborhood outside...

Some of the finest 'boys in blue' from two Arizona police departments escorted the daughter of fallen Chandler Police Officer Bryant Holmes to her...

After being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor a year ago, a Wyoming husband made secret arrangements with a local florist so that his...

A World War II veteran broke down in tears and nostalgia when an old love letter made its way back to him, written while...

  74-year-old Bill Bresnan has written a love letter to his wife Kirsten every day for nearly 40 years. The proof is found in the more...

"He was 'dead' for 45 minutes." That's what doctors said after treating 14-year-old John Smith, who spent 15 minutes underwater in an icy lake. Now...

When their mother Mary died during childbirth in a Charlotte, North Carolina hospital there was no one left to raise her nine children. "The...

While on his bicycle Jesse Gamble was hit by a drunk driver, but through his death, the 19 year-old art student from Lexington, South...

Instead of holding up his phone to capture dramatic images of a fire on Mission Street in San Francisco, which displaced 54 people in...

A California family whose son was diagnosed with leukemia is thankful for volunteers who spent the week at their home in order to give...

The Michigan man who ABC News named the "Man of the Week" for his loyalty to work, walking 21-miles to and from his job,...

A young couple took their plans for a traditional wedding and honeymoon and turned it in to a beautiful opportunity to give. In the midst...

A Target shopper snapped a photo on Wednesday of an employee who was providing loving care for a young man who came in looking...

From StoryCorps comes this heartwarming story of forgiveness: Six months ago, Raphael Hameed was walking with his 5-year-old son, Ish, in Colorado Springs, Colo., when...

On January 17, a single father who had fallen on hard times was caught stealing baby formula at a grocery store in London, Kentucky...

No one can say James Robertson didn't pay his dues or deserve a break during these long winter months in Detroit. Today, thanks to a college student studying computers,...

A 21-year-old beautician was so upset last week after hearing about a disabled elderly man injured in a mugging that she started an online...

Sara Redlich was sorting the bins at a Goodwill store in Oregon when something stood out. A pile of love letters all written to...

When Becky Coger's truck was demolished last year by a drunk driver, residents of Pittsburgh's North Side knew that it wasn't just Becky losing...

Peter Campillo was absolutely shocked when our loving Good News Network community caught him and his family before they could fall into homelessness. Now in...

A mystery man gave a young mum a kind note of encouragement and a £5 tip for being "polite" and teaching her child "good...

  Responding to a domestic dispute call, Cornwall police officers in Canada arrived at the home to find an elderly woman suffering from dementia and...

Family and friends gathered in a room to help surprise 7-year-old Liam Porter with a new prosthetic arm -- not just any prosthetic, but...

This is a true story of an ordinary man named Liam Ryan who beat huge odds against stage 4 brain cancer. Not only does he...

I was a caregiver for my ill parents and my wife. I told my story on TEDx Amsterdam and I won a second place! Now I'm...

16-year-old Ashlynn Marracino wrote a long note to her father who died of a brain aneurysm on the side of a silver balloon and...

As a boy with autism, Dylan Johnson never was much interested in "normal" toys. Instead, he always had a passion for vacuum cleaners. For his...

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