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If you’re a business owner, what would you do if you caught someone stealing from you? Naturally, you would report such an incident to the authorities so that the suspect can be lawfully dealt with. And while that is the right thing to do in such cases, this man did the opposite. Instead of putting
A Texas couple became this delivery driver’s “guardian angels” when her car got stuck in their yard amid the winter storm. Chelsea Timmons stayed with Nina Richardson and Doug Condon in their home for five nights as the brutal winter storm ravaged the Lone Star State. “They have not only helped me through the base
Plumbers offering free services are quite unheard of, especially since they do a great deal of hard work in our homes. But not this plumber from Lancashire, England. James Anderson, 53, has provided free plumbing services to the disabled and elderly since 2017 when he launched his non-profit community interest company Depher. For more than
Just when they needed it most, this Massachusetts police officer exercised compassion for two women caught shoplifting five days before Christmas. They got a gift card from the kind officer. Here is the story: Somerset Police Officer Matt Lima responded to a call from a Stop & Shop grocery store on December 30 regarding a
The only thing better than seeing an act of kindness is watching it being replayed over and over again – 900 times, to be exact! That’s precisely what employees at a Dairy Queen drive-thru in northern Minnesota witnessed a few weeks ago. The holidays are a time for giving – a thought that seemed to
The following story proves that we should never underestimate the power of a single tweet. In August, Deputy Mayor Janet Brewster of Iqaluit—the capital of Nunavut in Canada—put out a call on Twitter asking for school supplies for students in the area. The tweet proved so successful, that it inspired Inuk singer-songwriter, Becky Han, to
Have you ever met a person so full of compassion that he’d willingly take the shoes off his feet and give it to someone in dire need? That’s Tim Tebow for you. Recently, the athlete and outspoken Christian visited a homeless shelter in Phoenix. Aside from seeing how the residents were doing, Tebow went there
Millions of people around the world have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of them is Brian “Sooty” Wallace, a man in New Zealand who had been laid off from his work when the crisis started. Luckily for him, he met a kind stranger who happens to be a business owner who
The following story is proof that no good deed goes unrewarded. When this Ohio mom’s three kids all started crying hysterically, she was on her wit’s end. Luckily for her, a McDonald’s worker was there to save the day. Brittany Reed had just left football practice with her children when her 4-year-old son, who was
Amazon Driver’s Act of Kindness Inspires Cancer Patient in Chemotherapy This Amazon delivery driver went above and beyond to give a South Carolina man battling cancer a dose of encouragement. Everyone is required to adhere to social distancing protocols, but it’s even more essential for individuals with pre-existing conditions and compromised immune systems. Carlos Pagan
While we usually give tips in the form of cash, this server received one in 2015 so generous, that it changed his life dramatically. Brian Maixner works as a server at a little restaurant in Wichita, Kansas called Doo-Dah Diner. Its owner, Timirie Shibley, gave it that name after she discovered that “doo-dah” is a
Most of us tend to take the things we’re blessed to have for granted – a roof over our heads, home-cooked meals on our tables, comfortable beds to sleep in, and more. We don’t think too much of it, because we’re confident that we’ll always have them. While this is true most of the time,