August 2014 Up Report Article Archives

Hero

Military

Inspiring

• Mailman hailed as a hero for saving choking baby
• Jogger rescues 2 kids from Massachusetts reservoir
• Daring airmen rescue elderly couple from flash flood
• Train rescue: Commuters use people power to free man trapped against platform at Perth's Stirling station

Giving Back

• Johnny Outlaw works on the right side of the law helping ex-cons stay out of prison
  
• Luggage Drive for Foster Children Makes the Moving a Bit Easier
• Bronx kids tap potential through boatbuilding
• Laundry Love: Helping others by washing clothes
• 99-Year-Old Woman Makes Over 840 Dresses For Needy Girls In Africa
• Tim Tebow Grant Ill Teen Haley Burke's Wish
• NYC Hairstylist Helps Homeless Stay Trimmed And Shaved
• Soaked for charity: Ice bucket challenges get cool
• Jon Schull brings do-it-yourself artificial hands to the masses
• Kerri Martin mixes bike repair with on-the-job training
  
• Cowgirl uses horses to motivate at-risk kids

Hero

• New mom reunited with good Samaritans who saved her life in Walmart
• Fort Myers officer saves man in wheelchair from storm
• Watch Fearless Trucker Save the Day After Fiery Highway Crash

• Students Safely Cross Street Without Crossing Guard Thanks to Retired Marine
• Hero Gets a New Home After Devastating Fire
• Winston-Salem organization helping homeless vet
• Army Officer Recycles Military Surplus and Creates Fashionable Bags
• This Veteran Has Returned More Than 100 Lost Or Stolen Purple Heart Medals To Families
• Former US Navy Pilot Takes Longboards to a New Level
• Micah Clark offers injured vets an outdoor challenge – and new friendships

Community

• No supermarkets, so 130 community gardens help to feed a city
• Volunteers flock to Napa to lend quake victims a helping hand
• Ferguson cleanup organized by church planters
• 'Quilts for Kids' aimes to change kids' lives, give back to community
• Homeless mother helped by kindness of strangers plans to pay it forward
• Volunteers band together to pick up Ferguson
• Kansas City, Mo., Police officer dances in the street with local kids

Sports

• Little League World Series coach delivers heartwarming speech after loss
• From the mean streets of Chicago: Little League greatness
• NBA's Sebastian Telfair gives back to Brooklyn's kids
• Packer player’s heart-warming gesture for bike bud

• Texas firefighters’ act of kindness is captured in a photo
• 'National Anthem Girl' to sing in 50th state at Titans-Vikings game
• Team Twin Takes on IRONMAN Copenhagen
• Bountiful businessman receives unbelievable gift from stranger
• Over 300 People Pay It Forward With Starbucks Coffee
• Publix employee’s act of kindness takes the Internet by storm
• Volunteers build pool for 6-year-old cancer patient in NH
• Teen with gigantism overwhelmed by support from shoe donations

Kids

• Princess for a day: 11-year-old cancer patient lives out dream
• Kid Inventors Vie for Top Honors in National Science Competition
• She's just a hero": 8-yr-old erects lemonade stand to raise money for retired army veteran"
• Boy's blunt message charms soldiers
• 10 young people who are making food better
• 3-Year-Old Golf Prodigy Knocks Golf Balls out of the Course
• Student battling cancer graduates with 4.0, helps others