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Bob Bement has enjoyed working with wood for a long time. He has made toys, shelves, and more. During the coronavirus pandemic, Bement focused on chairs, especially small chairs that could be used by children. He learned about the need when he decided to donate a couple of small chairs to a nearby women’s…

Eight-year-old Greyson Winfield keeps busy feeding the hungry and mowing lawns for first responders and single mothers. Greyson told his parents that he wanted to help people, so they helped him start an organization called Helping Footprint. Greyson’s organization collects donations for buying food…

Twenty children in the Louisville, Kentucky area received a surprise donation that was a dream come true. A partnership including the Boy and Girls Clubs of Kentucky, a home store, the Hope to Dream Program, and a local ministry known as Sleep in Heavenly Peace, provided the children with brand new beds,…

During the cold Texas winter weather in 2021, volunteers came together to rescue thousands of sea turtles paralyzed by the cold. Many of those who came to help had no electricity or water in their own homes, but they came together to rescue the helpless turtles. Typically, turtles move to warmer water…

Bloomfield Colorado police officer Carolyn Becker has a special connection to a young man she has never met and has found ways to go above and beyond the call of duty to help him. Becker had wanted to help someone by being a live organ donor. She inquired about one person, but was not a suitable match.…

Instead of hauling the food left over after Super Bowl LIV to a landfill, over 30,000 pounds of food was used to feed the hungry people in South Florida. NFL Green organizers partnered with food recovery charities like Food Rescue US to make sure the uneaten food from Hard Rock Stadium was given to local…

The AfroFuture Fest music festival in Detroit proposed to charge white people twice as much for a ticket as black people. “Calling it the People of Color ticket,” it was advertised for $10 while the “Non People of Color ticket” was $20. After objections from customers and performers, including biracial…

After the Cleveland Browns finished the 2017 NFL season with zero wins, some fans in the city organized what they called a “no victory” lap. The parade consisted of 80 vehicles making one lap around the stadium to make a statement creatively expressed their outrage over a season many wanted to forget.…

Sarah and Terry Benson lost their home in a wildfire near Gatlinburg Tennessee in 2016. A volunteer organization called, “God’s Pit Crew” stepped in and helped the Bensons rebuild their home as part of their ministry to restore home to families that have lost everything. The donation-based organization…

Chris Dempsey overheard a coworker talking about his cousin who was in desperate need of a liver donor. Chris, a former Marine now working for Village of Frankfort, IL volunteered. After testing he donated more than half of his liver to save the life of Heather Krueger. The two had never met before the…

A third grade calls in a Tennessee school surprised one of their classmates with new toys after the boy lost everything in a house fire. When they hard and Daniel Hunt losing all of his toys, his classmates started a secret toy drive to replace Hunt’s possessions. His friends and teachers gave him a…

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 study conducted by Kansas University’s gerontology center found that after age 50, people become less likely to sell or donate things they no longer need. The researchers found that among people over 70 years of age, about 30 percent said they had done nothing over the past year to give away belongings.…

The phrase, “the two shall become one. . .” took on a new meaning when Kyle Froelich married Chelsea Clair, the donor of his transplanted kidney. http://www.13wmaz.com/news/watercooler/article/251019/155/Ind-Woman-Who-Donated-Kidney-Weds-Organ-Recipient- (accessed 10-27-2013) While it is unusual for…

While shoppers rushed in and out of a Missouri department store the day after Thanksgiving, someone stopped at a Salvation Army Kettle long enough to drop in a big gift. When they counted the totals that night, officials discovered five checks for $10,000 each wrapped up inside one dollar bills, adding…

An obscure piece of pottery donated to Goodwill by an anonymous donor may be a very valuable artifact. Goodwill says the piece was put up for auction and received two bids of $4.99 before a couple of people pointed out the potential value. A note found inside the pot indicated it was found in a burial…

After a stampede at an Ohio concert killed 11 people, a December, 1979 appearance by the rock group, The Who in Rhode Island was cancelled. 17-year-old Emery Lucier was so upset when he heard the news that he knocked over a chair in his high school classroom. Now 50, Lucier will have the opportunity…

Nick Smith was the name drawn in a charity raffle. The prize was the opportunity to hit a 3 inch wide hockey puck into a 3 1/2 inches-wide hole 89 feet away. The payoff for a successful shot was $50,000. However, when the announcement came, Nick was outside and thus not eligible to take the shot. His…

VALUE A woman recently proved she is a real lover of art when she paid $10,000 for a piece of invisible art. Aimee Davison purchased the art as part of a fundraiser for the Museum of Non-Visible Art or MONA. The work, titled “Fresh Air”, was described this way, ”This is a unique piece, only this one…

Entrepreneur Michael Gerbitz is working to overcoming terror and boycotts by offering a simple product everyone consumes--water. Gerbitz recently began marketing a new mineral water from Israel as part of a plan to support Israel and help victims of terror. He says the new product offers supporters of…

Select all the text in this box and paste your illustration here... New Study Shows Trends in Tithing and Donating | April 14, 2008 While theologians debate whether or not the practice of tithing - donating ten percent (or more) of one's income to churches and charitable groups - is a biblical responsibility…

The growing wave of politically correct speech and thought has many people concerned about the way America is celebrating Christmas. Organizations are listing retailers that don’t use the word Christmas in their advertising , court cases are filed over the inclusion or exclusion of nativity scenes, and…

STEWARDSHIP A non-profit organization, Bolder Giving, has begun a new league. It is called “the 50% league.” To join is simple. All you have to do is donate half of all profits or personal wealth to causes that reflect your deepest values. Co-founder Anne Ellinger explains “an organization such as Bolder…

GENEROSITY The current recession has led many Americans to change the way they handle their money. One church in Texas is responded to the economic conditions by changing the way they collect the weekly offering. The Cross Timbers Community Church in Argyle has been telling needy members that if they…

A new study from The Barna Group reveals that just five percent of American adults tithed (i.e., made donations of at least 10 percent of their income to religious institutions or other charities) in 2007. The most likely groups to tithe were evangelicals (24%); conservatives (12%); people who had prayed,…