Stories

The Polished Man Project is an initiative launched by Elliot Costello, CEO of YGAP, to end violence against children after the social entrepreneur’s eye-opening experience in Cambodia. Read more here.

Artist Christo Guelov has created eye-popping crosswalks all over the city of Madrid. When presented to the municipal council, they told him they thought it might actually help encourage people to cross the street safely and properly.  See more pictures of his sidewalk art here.

Betty Soskin, who works at the Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in California, is currently on a 10-day trip to the nation’s capital. She has been invited to attend the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read more about Betty’s adventure here.

Lauren Puryear has feed 5,000 people on a shoestring budget so far, securing deals on food items through couponing. Puryear hopes to feed 30,000 people by her 30th birthday on September 14, 2017. “It’s probably the most exhilarating thing I could ever do in life.” Read more about how Lauren is making a difference here.

Cody Zinn is a volunteer firefighter with the Newberry Township Fire Department in South Central Pennsylvania. Cody has Cerebral Palsy but he does not let that hold him back from doing what he loves. He recently helped out during a fire training in the township. Here is a short video of this amazing young man.

Ronald Read lived in VT and worked as a gas station employee and janitor his whole life. He lived very modestly only buying things when he had to. Watch the video to learn how he left $8 million to a local library and hospital.

Florida state receiver Travis Rudolph just did one simple little thing. He sat down and had lunch with Beau, a boy who has autism and tends to eat lunch alone every day. Watch the video to see this touching story.

Ivena Smailes is the most fun-loving grandma you’re likely to meet, entertaining her friends at her retirement home with her playful sense of humor. To celebrate her 105th birthday she made what she thought was an outrageously funny request. She wanted a fireman to climb through her window to deliver her birthday cake. Read the […]

Judge Michael Cicconetti from Paineville Municipal Court in Ohio might look like your typical judge in his black robe but he is anything but typcial. Judge Cicconetti hears about 40 cases a day and hands down some unusual sentences that are discouraging crime and teaching valuable lessons. Watch the video to see some of the […]

In 1998 Officer Peter Getz saved the life of 5-year-old Josi Aponte. Getz was handed an unresponsive little girl and gave her CPR in the back seat of his police car while his partner drove them to the hospital. Fast forward to 2016 when Josi is accepting her college diploma. It’s only fitting that officer […]