Posted by Eliot Middleton is great at grilling BBQ ribs. He’s also great at fixing old cars. Eliot combined those skills for a greater purpose. He’s helping people in need of a vehicle. Trading ribs for donated vehicles. Fixing the cars. Donating them to folks in need. Click the link below to read about how Mr. Middleton…Read more »
Posted by Peter Mutabazi is a single father who opened his home to children in need. After a difficult childhood he was helped by a Good Samaritan. and now he gives back to children today. He wants children to know they are special. He wants children to know they matter. He wants children to know they are loved. His…Read more »
Posted by A lot can happen in 77 years. It’s a lifetime of years, but Martin Adler couldn’t leave behind a black and white photo of himself as a 20-year-old American soldier in Italy in 1944. In the photo he is surrounded by three Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated late in…Read more »
Posted by Nikki Mark brought joy out of deep grief with the gift of play. Her heart broke with the unexpected death of her young son. Tommy taught her about the power of play, and that lesson inspired her to create community with a place for all to play at Tommy’s Field. Tommy’s Field opened a couple…Read more »
Posted by Six years ago Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, made the news. He decided to make the minimum salary for his employees $70,000, and many thought his company wouldn’t make it because of that decision. Instead, the company and its employees have thrived. They’ve been able to buy homes, and they’ve been able to start…Read more »
Posted by Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks, emphasized a “people-centric” culture among the company’s employees. When he was asked in an interview for an example of that playing out, he told the following story: One of our stores was across the street from a nursing home. And in this nursing home, there was a guy they…Read more »
Posted by During the pandemic, it has been difficult for many of us to cope. Tap dancer and jazz singer, Jenny Herzog, found a way to bring people together and to bring them a sense of joy. How? By tap dancing! As she said, it is “impossible to be unhappy while you tap dance.” Click on the…Read more »
Posted by What’s ferrofluid? Ask Fionn Ferreira. He won the 2019 Google Science Fair, and he used the $50,000 he won to study chemistry at the University of Gronngen in the Netherlands. He is working on a way to clean microplastic pollution from our oceans using ferrofluid, a kind of magnetic water. It’s incredible! Click the link…Read more »
Posted by If you’ve been to a wedding reception with dancing, you’ve probably done it. Yep, the Hokey Pokey! Most of us reluctantly drag ourselves on the dance floor for the silly song, but Phyllis Brinkerhoff LOVES the Hokey Pokey. She actually gives recordings of the song to her neighbors and friends! Her neighbors decided to give…Read more »
Posted by The family of a 5 year old receiving cancer treatments in the hospital wanted to brighten his spirits, so they put a post-it note smiley face in his window. Someone in the building across from his window saw it and responded back with a post-it note picture as well. They became Window Buddies! Not knowing who was…Read more »
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