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One Florida pastor’s birthday wish came true, bringing smiles and sweet treats to his community in the hot summer sun. Pastor Bill Losasso, who founded the Florida Dream Center to help those in hopeless situations, wanted to celebrate his 73rd birthday as he did at 17, driving an ice cream truck around for a day. […]

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The protests in Minneapolis and across the country are resonating with people of all ages, leaving many wondering what they can do to help. © Jamie Stoia Kamryn Johnson, right, and her friends Lexi and Mikayla, 9, at the bracelet stand on the front lawn of Kamryn’s home. They have been gathering there every day for the past […]

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A Minneapolis middle school put out a call for 85 meal kits for students and families after many of the city’s stores were looted or destroyed during protests. On Sunday, faculty and families were pleasantly overwhelmed to find Sanford Middle School’s front lawn completely covered with bags of food and household goods. The food drive […]

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Florida seventh-grader Joshua Runde has been using his talent for robotics to help those on the front lines combating the COVID-19 pandemic. With help from his robotics coach and the money he was able to save up, Runde has been producing hundreds of 3D-printed face shields and donating them to the front line workers in […]

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Prom might be canceled for high-school seniors and juniors across the country, but for the students at Carlisle High School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, that didn’t mean the party was over. Using a pickup truck, a DJ and a professional photographer, Carlisle resident Preston Griffin helped a group of local businesses pitch in on Saturday to […]

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That’s what it will take for Hanisch Bakery and Coffee Shop in Red Wing, Minnesota, to fulfill the graduation cake orders they received after a not-so-small act of kindness. “Our seniors are going to be missing out on so much, so many opportunities and events, that I just felt like I needed to do something. […]

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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the next generation is stepping up to give back and make a difference. Among them are two boys who live hundreds of miles apart, yet found a way to come together to help their vulnerable neighbors. In Chicago, 12-year-old Jahkil Jackson and his nonprofit, Project I Am, normally […]

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A teenage ice cream shop employee who quit her job after withstanding verbal assaults from customers amid the new coronavirus pandemic got some help from her former boss and the community in paying for college. Mark Lawrence, the owner of the Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Masphee, set up a GoFundMe page to support […]

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It was meant to be a Mother’s Day surprise for one when 26-year-old Rebecca Roy and her family sang “You Are My Sunshine” outside their grandma’s senior living facility in Waterford, Michigan. © Rebecca Roy But before their grandma Cherrill Flynn, 87, even came out, four other women were on their balconies, clapping and even […]

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Two therapy alpacas in California paid a visit to the elderly residents of an assisted living home to cheer them up during lockdown — while maintaining social distancing, of course. Kronk and Kuzco — whose names were inspired by the 2000 Disney film “The Emperor’s New Groove” — are two of Helen Woodward Animal Center’s […]