Operation Paws
- Making a Positive Difference
- March 29, 2012
Christina Beckles, an ex-Golden Gloves boxing champion, now spends her time and money saving abandoned and abused dogs from a beach in Puerto Rico. New York Times, 3/24/2012
READ MOREDeaf Restaurateur Listens to Her Heart
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- March 22, 2012
Melody Stein never let being deaf get in the way of her dream of opening a restaurant. She and her husband, Russell Stein, are the proud owners of Mozzeria, a gourmet-pizza restaurant in San Francisco. They are likely the first deaf people to open a restaurant in the Bay Area, and one of very few
READ MOREBest-selling author saves home for 101-year-old widow
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- March 21, 2012
“Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch Albom has secured the home of an elderly woman following her eviction. TODAY, 3/20/2012
READ MORE100-year-old teacher: ‘the Lord will tell me when to stop’
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- March 19, 2012
Kindergarten teacher Olivia Neubauer is still passionate about teaching kids to read after finding her calling nearly 80 years ago. NBC Nightly News, 3/13/2012
READ MORETyler Perry helps end a Chicago pastor’s vigil
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- February 27, 2012
After 94 days in the rain, snow, and cold, Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks has come down from camping in protest on the roof of an abandoned motel he called a magnet for drugs and prostitution. His vigil ended when movie mogul Tyler Perry pledged the remaining $98,000 Brooks needed to reach his goal of raising
READ MOREA new jobs program for people trapped in unemployment
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- February 27, 2012
The chances of finding a job are grim for the four million long-term unemployed in the U.S., but Joe Carbone is looking to change that in his Connecticut town. 60 Minutes, 2/19/2012
READ MOREMich. man encourages others to “Pass it Forward”
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- February 22, 2012
Steve Hartman tells the story of Bob Hoffman and his "Pass it Forward" mission to encourage and inspire Americans to perform random acts of kindness. Says Hoffman, "Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a day, all across America or the world, to do random acts of kindness or just be kind for somebody else
READ MOREWisconsin Boy Saves Grandma’s House From Foreclosure
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- February 9, 2012
Noah Lamaide raised $10,500 through his website, Noah's Dream Catcher Network, to help save his grandmother's home after she fell behind on mortgage payments. ABC News, 2/8/2012
READ MORECash mob rallies behind popular small town hardware store
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- January 28, 2012
One customer didn't want to see a hardware store with a long history in its town close down– so he e-mailed asking people to come on a particular day and spend 20 dollars at the store. It's heartening to see how many people showed up, ready to put their money where their heart was– in
READ MORECalif. Clinic Brings Free Dental Care to Developmentally Disabled
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- January 22, 2012
Across the country, adults with intellectual disabilities suffer from a lack of access to dental care. Medicaid usually covers adults with disabilities. But the reimbursement rate is so "pathetically low that no dentist wants to participate in the program," an expert says. Marianne and Russell Benson open We Care, a nonprofit that brings free dental
READ MOREThe South Carolina Coffee Shop Where Everyone Pays for Everyone Else’s Drinks
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- January 13, 2012
Ever since a customer left $100 extra when paying her bill at a small, locally owned coffee shop in South Carolina in order to pay for everyone who ordered after her until the money ran out, more and more customers have been similarly leaving money to pay for others' food and drink at the coffee
READ MOREMaking a Difference: Brides Across America
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 31, 2011
A nationwide program, Brides Across America, gives away wedding dresses to military brides who are occupied on the battlefield and don't have the time or money to spend on a dress. NBC Nightly News, 12/26/2011
READ MOREBringing America Back: A Bank Doing the Right Thing
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- December 27, 2011
Instead of moving quickly to foreclose and cover losses like other banks are doing, Webster Bank is committed to helping families stay in their homes. ABC News, 12/21/2011
READ MOREMade in America Christmas Gets Schooled
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- December 22, 2011
What started as an effort to have people buy one American-made gift for Christmas has resulted in more than $550,000 of pledges to buy American products for the holidays. Earlier this season we wrote about the Made in America premise: if each of us spent just $64 on U.S.-made goods during our holiday shopping, the
READ MOREA Christmas Role Reversal
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- December 21, 2011
In Racine, Wisconsin, the younger generation helps brighten up the holiday with music, gifts, and smiles as part of a program called “Be a Santa to a senior.” Trees are set up in local shops and decorated with ornaments containing requests from the needy. Volunteers then buy the gifts and deck the halls of local
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