USA

April 1, 2022
As the Pandemic Got Worse, Americans Donated More Generously Than Ever – to Record Levels

Individuals in the USA showed greater financial generosity when under threat from COVID-19, according to new research. The researchers used the world’s largest tracker of financial charity from the years leading up to and then proceeding into the…
January 13, 2022
Working at His Father’s NYC Motel, Actor Now Gives Free Rooms to Those in Need – And Has Fun Along the Way

If you’re having a hard time seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, we suggest trying the view from a different tunnel—the Lincoln Tunnel to be exact. It’s there, on the New Jersey side, that one compassionate motel worker is making sure p…
December 28, 2021
Home Mortgages Are Paid Off for 5 First Responders to Honor Their Life-Saving Work

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgages of five families of fallen first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice and laid down their lives in the line of duty for their communities for the Foundation’s third annual Season of Hope….
December 20, 2021
Teens Build Bus Stop Shelter for 5-Year-old Wheelchair User, Protecting Him From Harsh Weather

Teenagers have built a shelter for a five-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair after noticing he got wet while waiting for the school bus in winter. Five-year-old Ryder Killam has had to battle rain, wind, and snow for about 15 minutes every day, using o…
December 17, 2021
Man Loads His Truck with Grill and Food to Help Tornado Victims in Kentucky

Following the recent flurry of tornados in Mayfield, Kentucky, it was “all hands to the grills,” as non-profits and individuals alike fired up their BBQs to feed people. “I just figured I’d do what I can do,” said Jim Finch, a m…
November 13, 2021
Americans Are Almost Twice as Likely to Be Satisfied With Their Lives If They Give Back

90% of Americans in a new survey have contributed to a charity and feel better about themselves when they actively give back. In fact, those who do are almost twice as likely to say that they’re satisfied with their lives. That’s according to a survey …
October 10, 2021
A Love Letter to America From a Village in Bangladesh on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

America, I am sending you good wishes from a small Bangladeshi village on the 20th anniversary of your great tragedy. I knew nothing about you before 2001, when 9/11 shook you, and turned the world around. Twenty years later, I know much more about you…
October 8, 2021
Packers NFL Trainer Searched Football Field Until 2 A.M. to Find Player’s Necklace Containing His Father’s Ashes

An unfortunate postscript to what was a brilliant evening for his team, Green Bay Packers’ running back Aaron Jones lost a necklace containing a portion of his father’s ashes in the End Zone grass. A reporter still at work in the very empty…
September 27, 2021
Man Delivers Donated RVs to Wildfire Victims and Now 95 Families Have a Place to Stay

Recreational vehicles are a great way to tour the country and see the sights, but thanks to the efforts of one dedicated father-daughter team, they’ve also become a lifeline for people who’ve lost their homes to California’s latest spate of devastating…
September 26, 2021
Saved From Bulldozers, Baby Bird Steals Hearts

[By USACE]– Temperatures were pushing 100 degrees in East Sacramento on July 9. Still, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s contractors and construction workers made steady progress on the Sacramento River East Levee project, until a cont…