When Corey Roy visited a prison in Norton, Kansas, nearly 30 incarcerated men were waiting to present him with a donation. Roy was the superintendent of the local school district, and the men had heard that some families were struggling to pay for their children’s meals. They’d spent months collecting money to help. By the … Read more
Every time Kate Fink arrived at Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, there was a good chance she’d run into a man named Jon Avery. He worked outside the main entrance, greeting patients and taking their cars while they went inside for treatment. Kate was battling breast cancer, and those hospital visits had … Read more
David Kraning had finally decided to close his family’s video rental store in Pocatello, Idaho. After more than 30 years in business, Video Stop was losing money, and he couldn’t afford to keep it open any longer. But there was one customer he couldn’t stop thinking about. Her name was Christina Cavanaugh. She was 35 … Read more
Catherine Mulvale was visiting Kampala, Uganda, in 2006 when a little boy approached her. He was 12 years old, wearing a blue shirt, and he had a question that would change the direction of her life. “Will you save my life?” he asked. Mulvale had come from Canada, where many of the opportunities this boy … Read more
In 1981, businessman Eugene Lang returned to the elementary school he had attended as a boy in East Harlem, New York. He had been invited to give a graduation speech to a class of sixth-grade students. He planned to offer the usual advice about working hard, staying in school and building a successful future. But … Read more
In 1999, Anshu Gupta and his wife, Meenakshi, gathered 67 pieces of clothing from their home in India. They wanted to do something about a problem Gupta had been noticing for years. In India’s cities, people had cupboards full of clothes they no longer wore. Meanwhile, families in poorer communities often struggled to obtain basic … Read more
James Shaw Jr. had gone out for a late-night meal with a friend. A few hours later, he would be credited with saving lives, and before the day was over, he would be raising money for families he had never met. It was April 22, 2018, shortly after 3 a.m., in Antioch, Tennessee. James and … Read more