A Washington teen has created UkraineTakeShelter.com, a website that connects Ukrainian refugees with homeowners willing to host them. Avi Schiffman came to fame two years ago when he built possibly the most popular website in the world tracking cases of COVID-19. While home during a gap year from his studies at Harvard, the 19-year-old is putting his coding…
Last week, Shannon St Onge was heading from work about 15 miles to her home in Canada when whiteout conditions made it impossible for her to continue. Emergency services suggested she stay in her car and wait out the storm, but that made her nervous, so she posted about her dilemma on social media. Someone…
A pair of armed robbers rushed into Big A Market in Philadelphia and one of them pointed a gun at the clerk. Security video shows the store manager’s dog jumping on the would-be robber right before the clerk takes out a gun and fires. The store manager believes his dog- whose name is Bullet – kept the…
An off-duty Pasadena fire captain on his way to the NFC championship game in Los Angeles on Sunday stopped to rescue a woman whose house was on fire. Captain William Basulto was taking his son and father to the Rams vs 49ers game when his dad noticed heavy smoke coming from a home while on the…
An eight-year-old Florida girl saves her stepdad from choking using the Heimlich maneuver, which she’d just learned two week before. Michael Langston was playing video games in the living room of his Brandenton home when he took a bite of a sandwich and a piece got lodged in his windpipe. His eight-year-old stepdaughter, Peyton wasted no time…
An 11-year-old boy is being called a hero for rescuing his four siblings from their burning home. Brody Sims used what his parents had previously taught him about grabbing everyone and running out of the house in case of a fire. Their mom wasn’t home at the time and is grateful her son bravely…
An Alabama woman is being recognized for her extreme kindness for buying plane tickets for a family of five to get back to their home in Texas. While on their way home, a family’s car breaks down in south Alabama. A woman pulls over to help and ends up taking them to the airport and…
A Secret Santa in East Idaho has pledged to give out $1-million to deserving residents in the area. Mother of two, Natalia Pihulevych has been struggling since her husband died in a car crash in August, relying heavily on support from her community. Presents from the Secret Santa to the grateful widow: $3-thousand, gift cards and…
The Rescued Food Market is a new grocery store in Vancouver, British Columbia, stocked with surplus foods donated from other area grocers. The store connects shoppers who are in need with food that might otherwise end up being thrown away. Patrons can get what they need and when checking out, can decide how much…
A man was seriously injured and knocked unconscious in a hit and run accident. The victim’s Apple Watch was set to notify emergency services in the event of a hard fall. His family is grateful for the tech that got him to the hospital sooner, increasing his chance for a successful recovery. Source: LADbible …
A five-year-old boy stuck in the hospital for brain cancer treatment made new friends thanks to some Post-It notes. Meyer Mixdorf’s mom started by making a smiley face with the sticky notes on the window to cheer him up. Soon the building across the street responded with their own Post-It smiley face and from there,…
Amazon is stepping up to help provide more affordable housing in Arlington, Virginia. The tech giant is donating vacant land valued at $40-million to Arlington County to build more than 550 affordable units. At least 148 of them will be designated for households earning 50% or less of the area’s median income and at least…
An Indiana woman who was told she would never walk again after being paralyzed in an ATV crash has beaten the odds. Brittney Bedwell spent months in the hospital and in physical therapy following that and her hard work paid off. She recently walked down the aisle at her wedding and even though doctors…
A dog that was missing for 10 years has been rescued 16-hundred miles from home and reunited with his family. Razzle had gone missing in 2011 from his family in Arkansas and was found at a shelter in Northern California. He was flown across the country by Jeremy Wade, a dog rescuer who says it was…
Eleanor Love, a medical student at VCU School of Medicine, has founded a service that delivers flowers repurposed from weddings to hospital patients. The Simple Sunflower picks up flowers from venues and creates new bouquets that are delivered to patients at VCU Medical Center. Studies have shown that flowers have a positive impact on health…
A chance meeting of two women in their workplace bathroom saved their husbands’ lives Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis work at Children’s healthcare of Atlanta in the same department, but never met before Then they met up in the bathroom, talked and realized both their husbands needed kidney transplants but had no donor It…
Lego is finally ready to make their toy building bricks more sustainable. They just unveiled a prototype brick made entirely from recycled plastic. The only downside? Lego says it will still be “some time” before the new toys are available in stores. Source: CBS Denver A five-year-old boy in Alabama is working to make…
Lisa Marshall has been the caretaker for her husband, Peter, since he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2018. One day the 53-year-old asked his wife if she wanted to marry him, forgetting they’d been married for 12 years. She said yes and they renewed their vows this spring in front of friends and family and…
A dad and his four-year-old daughter were playing tag when she collapsed. Matt Uber had no formal CPR training, but knew what to do from an episode of “The Office.” He did chest compressions and breaths until paramedics arrived and saved his little girl’s life with his quick response. Source: Today A boat captain…