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Specific help, given once and on purpose: flowers, shoes, a note, a paid load of laundry. 47 verified stories. Stories come from Post Falls, Louisville, and Portland. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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HeroesTerry Berggren holds babies in Overland Park Regional Hospital's Warm Arms program when families cannot be there. The hospital gave him its Humanitarian Award.
Verified · KAKE
CommunityAt the hospital's annual reunion, Tasneem Hamdan brought her nearly 4-year-old twins back to the nurses who cared for them. One twin weighed 2 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. Their care led her to nursing school.
Verified · Denver7
HeroesAfter scammers took a DoorDash driver's paycheck the day before his daughter turned 2, Officers Alessandro Figuccio and Tanner Schnieder bought clothes, toys, and a pink bike and brought them back.
Verified · AZFamily (KTVK/KPHO)
HeroesNatalie Martinez's nonprofit hands out backpacks, clothes, prom attire, and holiday toys without an income test. This year's back-to-school event alone included 375 backpacks.
Verified · Fort Worth Report
HeroesBagpipes and a crowd met Last Frontier Honor Flight veterans in Anchorage after a free trip to war memorials in Washington, D.C.
Verified · Alaska's News Source
CommunityThe Family Support Center gave out free winter coats and Halloween costumes for children from newborns to teens, and plans another costume giveaway on October 21.
Verified · KSL
CommunityFor citations issued from October 1 through November 13, the city accepts an unwrapped toy worth the fine. The toys go to families moving into permanent housing.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
CommunityThe Lansing chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace held a build day in Haslett. The chapter makes nearly 1,000 beds a year and still has a wait list of 100 to 200 families.
Verified · WILX
HeroesLeah Weber, 10, won an Idaho Lottery contest at a University of Idaho game and donated all of it to Fernan STEM Academy for school lunch.
Verified · Coeur d'Alene Press
CommunityFor the second year, the Troy Trojans partnered with Lids and the nonprofit Shoes That Fit to give Goshen Elementary students new shoes and hats.
Verified · WAKA 8
HeroesRika Matsuda kept an origami crane a man folded for her in Japan when she was 7. Ten years later, an English assignment led her to unfold it.
Verified · Good News Network
HeroesJordan Hope handed his own slides to an older man whose shoes were falling apart, bought him candy, and has checked on him every day since.
Verified · AZ Family
CommunityDave Irvin gave two AEDs and the cabinets to hang them in. They are mounted at Cousins Cafe and Coffee and at Lancaster Senior Housing.
Verified · NEMOnews
CommunityMaple Street School students made bouquets from Fleur Farm and gave them, with personal notes, to employees and shoppers at Shaw's.
Verified · Manchester Journal
HeroesKinsley Locke, a sophomore at North Florida Christian School, marked a decade of giving plush toys to local fire departments and is now sending them to children in foster care.
Verified · WCTV
HeroesA silver maple fell through Gilbert Kirk's roof and trapped him and his dog for hours. After he asked on television for a tarp, neighbors covered the hole. They did not rebuild the house.
Verified · Good News Network
CommunityLarry and Heidi Canarelli committed $50 million to Intermountain's Las Vegas children's hospital, planned to open in 2030 with 180 beds.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
CommunityHe was facing eviction. She knew what it felt like to need a break, so she gave him one.
Verified · TODAY
HeroesIn August her car went into a flooded retention pond on North Prospect Avenue. Three residents received Community Lifesaving Awards. Four officers received the chief's challenge coin, not those awards.
Verified · Good News Network
CommunityHarvey Wetterlund's daily walks to say hello at the fire station, police station, and downtown shops earned him a key to the city.
Verified · KDWA
HeroesHe takes care of the school every day. Then he gave a colleague's family the gift of a lifetime.
Verified · Good Morning America
HeroesBen Pineiro draws Mickey and Minnie on car windows at ScrubaDub in Salem. For five-year-old Liam, who has autism, that made the car wash the family's favorite outing.
Verified · WMUR
HeroesGeorgia Curry promised her late friend she'd look after her aunt. When Miss Marie couldn't call out, Georgia found someone at QLI who could.
Verified · KETV