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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A Spanish language newspaper reports that lawmakers in Spain are considering a law that would make children under the age of 18 perform household tasks and treat others with respect. The law says children would have also to maintain a positive attitude towards learning. According to the report, “The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Blaine Boyer, relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, spent ten days in November 2015 in Southeast Asian brothels, wearing a hidden camera and doing undercover work to help rescue underage sex slaves. Working through a nonprofit called the Exodus Road, Boyer, and good friend Adam LaRoche, conducted…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Twenty-two-year-old Emily Guberman just graduated from Baylor University, is a VISTA volunteer and is running 1,000 miles to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Emily’s motivation for supporting MADD is unique, because a drunk driver killed her mother in 2009. After her mother’s death Emily…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Elena Griffing has worked at the same San Francisco hospital for 70 years, and says she has no plans to retire. Griffing, who just celebrated her 90th birthday, says she still loves working at the hospital. Though she has held several positions over the years, she says every day on the job is a celebration.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Eighteen-year-old Sam Ray says his cell phone’s voice recognition feature lead rescuers to him after his truck slipped off the jack and fell on him. Ray said he was pinned under the truck in a location where he couldn’t be seen or heard easily. He was trying to get free when he heard Siri activate. He…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
When 15-year-old Yasir Moore went into a Target store to buy a clip on tie for a job interview, he was surprised by the response of the store staff. When he asked one of the employees, they told him they didn’t carry clip-ons. Rather than let the young man leave, Dennis Roberts helped him find a tie…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
If you ask them, police in Portland, Oregon say they know it’s an old joke, but they really don’t know why the chicken crossed the road either. When they received a call, officers were dispatched to check on a report of a chicken crossing a local highway during rush-hour. The caller said the bird was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In early 2008, Jonny Benjamin was 20 years-old and had just been diagnosed with a debilitating mental disorder. He had dropped out of school and there was little chance that he would ever be able to hold down a job or have a family. His response was to climb out on a bridge and end it all. Just as he…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Studies have shown that children who grow up in poverty do poorer in school than those who do not. Now, a new study suggests part of the reason stems from changes in how the brains of these children grow and work. The study, which combined the expertise of neuroscientists and economists, found that the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
When an Oregon church was tagged by vandals, the youth group decided to send a message back to the community, rather than cover over the hateful symbols. When the pastor arrived at the church one morning, he saw the graffiti, and called the youth group to help fix the problem. They enlisted the services…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
When a brain tumor took away Dorothy Holm’s ability to speak, she picked up index cards and began filling them with what appeared to be random sequences of letters. When Dorothy passed away in 1996, her 11-year-old granddaughter, Janna kept the cards, thinking they might be some kind of coded message.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
After the Denver Bronco’s big defeat in SuperBowl XLVIII, Bronco’s defensive end Shaun Phillips was feeling a bit down. He knew the fans as well as his family would be disappointed so he sent an apologetic text to one of his sons. Phillips told his son, “Sorry, I let you down.” Rather than jumping on…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 114 views
When President Jimmy Carter announced on Meet the Press, January 20, 1980 that he intended to boycott the Moscow Olympic Games, it altered the lives of many American athletes, like Bob Bugg. He had qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials already, unlike many others, and could have earned a place on the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Lance Cpl. Myles Kerr was running a 5k fun run in his combat boots carrying a rucksack. When all the other runners in his age group had finished and there was still no sign of Cpl. Kerr his Marine Corps friends began to worry. Kerr had a higher motive in mind. 9-year-old Boden Fuchs was struggling to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Jelena Ma was on the way to New York to attend her father’s funeral, when she learned that she was stuck in Detroit because her connected flight had been cancelled. Since she and her two children were stranded, she decided to do what few people will do, ask for help. Three of the people standing in line…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
At a time when cutting budgets is fashionable, Mike marsh is a federal employee who would like to help the reduction process. Marsh wrote to Congress and asked them to fire him and everyone he works with. Marsh told lawmakers that his agency is an experiment that didn’t work out, and he recommended they…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
The “Whatever video team” ran into Jarosla, a 53-year-old homeless Czech man, while distributing clothing from the Thread Society (www.threadsociety.com) to people in need. They listened as Jaroslav explained that He came to America in hopes of finding a job, but was unsuccessful. While in a New York…
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Melissa Mummert opened a new restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Melissa runs a non-profit organization for women who are released from jail. Her experience was that “employers just weren’t hiring people with criminal records, so we decided we’ll just create a business and create the jobs ourselves.”…
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A Swedish newspaper aimed at helping people live on the streets has come up with a unique way to raise funds. The paper has launched a website featuring what they call the “Faktum Hotel”, named after the paper. The hotel does away with beds, bathrooms, and the roof, allowing patrons to spend the night…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
When a priest mysteriously showed up at an accident scene in Missouri, his prayers seemed to change life-threatening events, many people thought the mystery man might have been an angel. Emergency workers were not able to find the priest in any of the pictures taken at the accident scene. Later the priest…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The concept of “paying it forward” has become a new trend in many parts of the world despite the fact that the book and motion picture that spawned the phrase are several years old. “Paying it forward refers to doing good deeds, without expecting anything in return, in the hope that the action will make…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Adam Grant, who is the youngest tenured professor at Wharton College in New York, recently conducted research about how helping others can increase overall productivity. His research work began with a person observation, while Grant was working selling ads for a travel guide series. He realized that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
During the rush hour just outside Tokyo, Japan, a woman slipped into an 8-inch gap between a commuter train and the station platform. An announcement was made asking for help and scores of passengers responded. All together they pushed and lifted the 32-ton car enough that the woman could be dragged…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A 64-year-old woman in New Zealand has it figured out to control her tongue. When she called the New Zealand equivalent of 911, she mumbled and groaned throughout the call and operators sent police to her home. There they discovered the mute woman had mistaken her lip ointment with a tube of super glue…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
There are a lot of ways to be saved, but there is only one way to salvation. Amy Stiner, 37, of Machias, Maine, who was five months pregnant, and her friend Melissa Moyer, 38, of Sunbury, Pa., became lost while hiking. The Maine Warden Service rescued them and returned them to their vehicle which they…