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Teen With Special Needs Raises Huge Amount for Charities Through 1,600 Acts of Kindness
A selfless teenager has carried out a random act of kindness every single day since the start of the pandemic.
A ‘Trail Angel’ Sprinkles Good Deeds Along Appalachian Trail For Unsuspecting Hikers
There are many remote places where the trail crosses a road, which offers a perfect place to set up some ‘trail magic’—a term coined by long-distance hikers to describe an unexpected occurrence that lifts a hiker’s spirits.
Chef Drives 6 Hours to Vermont to Cook Her Favorite Meal—Soothing a Customer In Her Final Days
I am a firm believer that while every person has encountered difficult experiences with food service (either as a worker or customer), nothing can match having a chef or waitstaff going above and beyond their job description without reason. This feeling is only elevated by the hardships that restaurants have gone through during the COVID-19 …
Scott Kolbrenner Won $145,000 on ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ Now He’s Giving It All to Charity
Monetary reward and fun- these two incentives have been a core part of the Wheel of Fortune for decades. However, for some participants, playing the game is the true prize. The money is just a result. Such is the opinion of Wheel of Fortune Participant Scott Kolbrenner, who pledged that if he was ever on …
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Hollywood Legend Dick Van Dyke Hands Out Money to Struggling People Standing in Line For Jobs
Few actors from the golden age of Hollywood have the universal recognition and nostalgic impact as Dick Van Dyke. The award-winning actor has been a recognized humanitarian, with good deeds spanning the course of his life resulting in Dyke winning the Prince Rainier III Humanitarian Award in 2014. Over the past year, Dyke has been …
Hero Trucker Ignores Own Safety to Save Utility Worker Stuck in a Bucket With Fire Blazing Below
Is there really such a thing as being in the right place at the right time? Instead of the popular phrase, we at the Positive Identity offer this: some situations boil down to having the right person at the right place. Anyone can witness a turn-of-the-moment event, but shaking off the shock and taking action …
Mom thanks ‘hero’ stranger who laid down with her autistic son to calm him during a meltdown
Being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world can be challenging, particularly as a child, where you are still learning about the world around you and have a limited knowledge of how to interact within it. What may seem simple to some, such as turning around on a route to go home after a walk, may not …