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When burglars struck a Louisiana church known for feeding the homeless and hungry, the only thing church leaders could think to do was ask that they return the items. A church representative said they prayed and went on the media, saying the church could not afford to replace the items. They promised…

Great Blessings from a Generous Gift *God wants us to be givers, because HE is a giver. He wants us to generously give our time, our talents, our tithes and our offerings. In short, God wants us to give our lives and our love to other people, every way we can. They will be blessed, and so will we. *Sometimes…

Fyli, a municipality in Greece, northwest of Athens has a debt of $500 million. They have been granted generous terms for repayment. In 2016, authorities awarded the city 25,546 months to pay meaning the debt will finally be paid in 4144. Our debt of sin could not be paid, even if we had 25,000 months…

An Australian mother who spent several days in the hospital with her infant son returned to find two surprises on her car. She found a parking ticket and a note from a stranger who had paid the fine. The mother, who did not identify herself, posted on a Canberra Mum’s Facebook page to thank the woman…

When Amber Schonhoft was moving from Indianapolis to Denver, the truck containing everything she owned was stolen from an East Denver hotel. The truck was found later in a pond, but her possessions were gone. A local television station heard about Schonhoft’s plight and presented a story about how she…

Mike Norton, a professor at the Harvard Business School, persuaded a big investment bank to let him survey the bank’s rich clients. Norton and his colleagues were interested in the relationship between happiness and wealth. They tracked the effects receiving money had on the happiness of people who already…

Sheriff’s deputies in one Georgia community are targeting driver in need of some holiday cheer and giving them $100 bills instead of traffic tickets. Monroe County Sheriff J.C. Bittick says an anonymous donor gave $5,400 to launch the goodwill drive, so his deputies are passing out the money instead…

When Liz Jensen accepted her fiance’s proposal in January, she never imagined that a complete stranger would play a part in her plans. Jensen picked out the wedding dress she wanted at a local shop, and when she went to pay discovered that someone had already paid the bill for her. The owner of the shop…

Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousefian were planning a lavish wedding in Toronto. When the Syrian refugee crisis hit, the couple canceled their plans and instead are using the money set aside for their big day to sponsor a Syrian refugee family’s resettlement in Canada. They still got married, in a small…

Authorities in the Boston area say a mystery man has shown up to make the holiday season brighter from employees of two local coffee shops. In one case, a man wearing a cowboy hat walked up to the counter and handed the worker 15 envelopes, each containing a crisp $100 bill. A man, believed to be the…

When Charles and Frances Hamlin celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary, they decided to see if they could recreate everything, including the $8 price. The Hamlins still had the original receipt from the Poinsett from 1947. Today, a room in the hotel costs between $250 and $300, although Hamlin said…

An anonymous couple dropped a check for $500,000 into a Salvation Army kettle as the annual collection season began. A spokesperson for the local organization, Julie Borgen said the previous record for a single donation was $25,000, and typically a kettle takes in about $30 an hour. Borgen said the bell…

A Florida woman who was feeling generous started a pay-it-forward chain that lasted for hours. When the woman paid for her meal at a fast food restaurant, she told the cashier that she wanted to pay for the meal of the car behind her. When the cashier told the next car that their meal had been paid for,…

In Keene, N.H. Robin Hood is at work. A group of six people, calling themselves the Robin Hooders, have been shadowing city parking enforcement officers and feeding change into expired meters just before the officer has a chance to check. The city has filed a civil lawsuit against the group, which a…

Johnny Duckworth, a 50-year-old busboy who works at a Colorado diner, doesn’t have a full-time job, a working car, or a home of his own. But when he found an envelope stuffed with $3,000 in cash left by a customer he promptly gave it to his boss who returned it to its owner. The boss, Randy Emmons then…

There is no greater gift than the gift of life. While perusing her Reddit feed last fall, Jennifer Moss came across a desperate plea from 26-year-old Kayla Davis. Davis had been on daily kidney dialysis for three years. She needed a kidney transplant and the wait for a kidney in her portion of the U.S.…

Darrell Cox stopped for breakfast at a diner in his neighborhood for bacon and eggs. He paid for his meal, but did not realize he left something very important behind. After Cox left, Johnny, a worker at the restaurant found an envelope containing $3,000 in the bathroom. He gave it to the manager, who…

When a tutor and mentor at a Houston area school found out that some of the children there were eating cold sandwiches for lunch because of overdue bills, he decided to do something about it. Kenny Thompson paid $465 out of his own pocket to ensure all the children had hot meals. He says he didn’t realize…

Mark Bustos is 30 years old and is a hairstylist who works at an upscale Manhattan salon 6 days a week. On his day off Bustos, goes down onto the streets of New York and gives free haircuts to homeless people living on the sidewalks. He got started giving away trims during a trip to the Philippines.…

A Phoenix area man bought a watch for $6 at a Goodwill store and then resold it for $35,000. Zach Norris said he saw the watch and realized it was a rare driving watch and that only 900 of them had ever been made. He sold the watch on a collector’s website and then donated some of the profit back to…

Authorities say a 77-year-old Florida man was fired from his job as a toll booth operator after he reportedly used his own money to pay a toll for a tractor trailer that he had undercharged. “Sam” Samsonov has worked at the tool booth for almost 30 years and was asked to scale back his hours after the…

A Georgia student gave the Christmas spirit a whole new meaning when he recently won a $160 tablet from a school fundraiser. When 9-year-old Jarrett Wilson won a brand new Galaxy tablet, he immediately cashed it in and used the money to buy gifts for children on his school’s angel tree. Jarrett bought…

In October 2015, Sanmay Ved found a bargain. He saw that the domain “Google.com” was available for $12 and snagged the multi-billion dollar company’s URL. His quick thinking wound up benefitting a local nonprofit group. In less than a minute Google realized the mistake and cancelled the sale. Ved agreed…

An anonymous millionaire with cash to spare is giving an unusual gift to the people of San Francisco. The man, who would only say that he is a successful real estate investor between the ages of 35 and 45, is hiding envelopes containing cash and then leaving clues about his drops on Twitter. The people…

Police in Germantown, Wisconsin are puzzled over who might have left a diamond ring on their Christmas tree. The tree was set up in the department’s lobby during the Christmas season, and the police had invited people to bring their children to decorate the tree and get a stuffed animal in return. They…