Millionaire Lends His Luxurious Mansions for $1 a Month to People Left Homeless by Tornadoes
A benevolent businessman from Texas has opened up two of his mansions to help house and rehabilitate the victims of the recent tornadoes that devastated the state. Ron Sturgeon, who is reportedly worth $75million, told affected families that they could live in his mansions for three months, at a meagre rent of $1 a month. […]
Outfitter Donates High-End Suits to Men in Need to Help Them Get Back on Their Feet
Recognising the importance of first impressions, a Baltimore-based charity is hooking up men in need with “gently worn” suits, just so they can have a fighting chance at a better life. ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ was started in 2012 by local businessman Christopher Schafer and his son Seth, the owners of custom clothing store Christopher Schafer […]
Greek Cafe Serves Coffee by Day, Shelters Stray Dogs by Night
The kind owners of a cafe in Greece are making headlines for their extraordinary generosity towards dogs. ‘Hot Spot’, located in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, serves as a coffee place during the day and doubles up as a shelter for dogs at night! Kindness towards animals is apparently quite common among the Greeks, but […]
Kids Place Warm Clothes on Street Posts for the Homeless to Pick Up
A group of Canadian kids are already spreading a bit of Christmas spirit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by wrapping warm clothing around lamp poles for the city’s homeless to pick up and use. The unusual sight of warmly dressed poles caught recently the attention of locals, who stopped to click pictures to share on social media. […]
Syrian Refugee Feeds Berlin Homeless as Way to Give Back to German People
Despite having lost everything, a Syrian refugee is doing his bit to return the kindness extended to him by German locals. For the past year, Alex Assali has been serving hot meals to the homeless in Berlin in order to “give something back to the people that helped him.” Assali arrived in Germany in 2007, after […]
Turkish Couple Spend Wedding Day Feeding 4,000 Syrian Refugees
Instead of splashing out on a fancy wedding last week, a Turkish couple chose to share their special day with 4,000 Syrian refugees instead. After exchanging vows in their hometown of Kilis, near the Syrian border, they went on to feed thousands of refugees through the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (KYM). KYM has been offering hot […]
Teen Dies of Leukemia, His 7 Friends Look After His Lonely Mother for 11 Years
This heartwarming tale from Hefei, in East China, proves that true friendship has the power to transcend death. For the past 11 years, Sheng Ru-zhi, a lonely mother who lost her son to leukemia, has been looked after by seven of his friends! It all started in 2001, when Zhang Kai, a teenager, was diagnosed […]
Kindhearted Chinese Couple Have Adopted Over 40 Disabled Orphans in the Last 26 Years
When a young couple from Zhuangxi village in China’s Shanxi province found an abandoned baby in 1989, they they decided to take the poor child in and raise it as their own. Since then, Chen Tianwen and his wife Guo Gairan have always been on the lookout for abandoned children. Over time, the local Civil […]
Good Guys Do Finish Last – New York Doorman Gets Fired for Being Too Nice to Tenants
In a surprising turn of events, a doorman was recently fired from his job at a Long Island City luxury building for – get this – being too nice to the residents, proving yet again, that nice guys do seem to finish last! 41-year-old Ralph Body had been working at the building, called ‘27 on […]
Woman Finds Kidney Donor with Message on Car Window
When 24-year-old Christine Royles was diagnosed with failing kidneys early last year, she had to join a waiting list of over 100,000 people in the US who needed kidney transplants. When she learned that over 4,000 people die each year just waiting for their turn, she decided to take matters in her own hands. And […]
Pay-It-Forward Restaurant Feeds Around 40 Homeless People Every Day
When 27-year-old business school graduate Mason Wartman quit his Wall Street job to sell $1 pizza slices, to many of his friends it seemed like the anticlimax of a brilliant career. But the man was simply trying to achieve a different sort of greatness with his no-frills pizza shop, Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, in Philadelphia’s Center City. […]
Chinese Woman Who Has Adopted 39 Handicapped Children Gets Punished by Government
Kindness is not always rewarded, as proven by Chinese officials who are punishing a 65-year-old woman for taking in abandoned children with physical and mental disabilities. Kong Zhenian, from the rural village of Jiu Jiu in northern China’s Shanxi Province, has been caring for physically and mentally-challenged children for the past 40 years. “I found […]
Iowa Businessman Poses as Homeless, Rewards Generous Passers-By
This Christmas, a businessman from Iowa came up with a very creative way of giving. Posing as a homeless person, Jonnie Wright gave away envelopes of cash to all the people who showed him kindness. On December 24, Wright stood at a street corner for four hours, in the bitter cold, in the Des Moines suburb […]