December 2014 Up Report Article Archives

Community

Giving Back

Inspiring

• Stuck in the snow brings out kindness in others
• Zeeland neighborhood bands together to help paper boy
  
• Sterling Man Helping Others by Shoveling Snow
  
• RALEIGH BAGEL SHOP CUSTOMERS CHIP IN TO BUY CAR FOR VALUED EMPLOYEE
• Christmas comes early for southern Indiana students in need
• Stranger gives single mother new car for Christmas
• Traffic Cop Turned Santa Claus Spreads Holiday Joy
  
• Music teacher’s ‘Star Wars’ Christmas light show dazzles community, Internet
• Founder of D.C. Central Kitchen tries feeding Los Angeles
  
• Church’s Christmas Kindness has reciprocal benefits
• Neighborhood shows off awesome Christmas light display
• Schools Show Generosity Toward Operation Christmas Tree
• North Carolina man collects more than 600 nativity scenes
  
• What a ho ho home! Britain's biggest Christmas lights display with over 200,000 lights is switched on
• Huge Staten Island Christmas display raises money for charity

Sports

• Wheelchair Tennis Champion Serves Up Aces & Inspiration
• Thunder take Oklahoma City children on shopping spree

Hero

• Turlock School Teacher Uses Boat He Invented To Rescue Man From Tuolumne River
• Firefighter Nicknamed ‘Dr. Doolittle’ Saves Dog That Fell Through Ice

• ‘Captain America’ Surprises Young Fan Battling Cancer In Boston
• Rushville son surprises dad by restoring 1949 truck
• Son Pays Off Parents’ Mortgage for Christmas; Brings Them to Tears in Viral Video
• Heroes Among Us: Jim Hukill, a Quadriplegic, Helps Others with Disabilities Give Back
  
• World Ocean School: sailing with a purpose
• A Life Filled with Purpose 
  
• Cops, 'Stealth Santa' spreading cheer with anonymous gifts
• NY woman celebrates 103rd birthday by giving back
  
• Lumber from iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to be used in building Habitat for Humanity home in Philadelphia
  
• Toys for Tots: creating 7 million smiles a year (+video)
• You've heard of foodbanks... now 'Treebanks' are giving poor families Christmas trees
• For Salvation Army bell-ringers, ‘helping others is contagious’
• Man uses Olive Garden Never Ending Pasta Pass to feed friends, homeless
  
• Giving Tuesday — a day of generosity

Military

• Military dad surprises family, meets son for first time
• Girl gets best gift from soldier-dad
• CNN Hero of the Year reunites soldiers with stray animals
• ‘Heroes Night Out’ Provides Support, Counseling and More… 
• Soldier gives sister a big surprise
• Area growers send Christmas trees to troops

Animal

• Adorable Therapy Dog Helps Children Read Better Than Ever

• Costco flash mob celebrates kidney donor
  
• Pennsylvania boy, 9, goes hunting in South Carolina after asking wrong sheriff to take him
• Garbage Man Returns Gift Card, Family Repays His Kindness
• Surprising way homeless man spends $100
• 'Santa B' pays off $50,000 in layaway bills at Wal-Mart in Silver Springs Commons
• IMPD officers help single mother replace Christmas stolen by burglars
• Walmart cashier helps customer buy groceries
  
• Generous stranger pays off all layaway accounts at Bellingham Toys R Us
• Oklahoma City officer’s act of kindness ‘caught on camera’
• Alabama cop's gesture to shoplifter goes viral
• ‘Lifetime’ of Christmas cards for terminally ill girl
  
• Pantego Police Ask Drivers to Pay Fines in Kindness, Not Cash

Kids

• 9-Year-Old Boy Spreading Warmth To Homeless Families
• Kutztown Elementary Students, staff perform 1,000 acts of kindness
  
• Girl Scout Sells 2,000 Boxes of Cookies To Help Uncle With MS
• Youngster with soft heart spending part of Christmas season helping others in need
• Lachlan, 9, and Sebastian, 6, Steele are performing 24 acts of kindness this advent instead of eating chocolate treats 
• Local children organizing Christmas event to help others
  
• Three-Year-Old Girl's Selfless Donation Goes Viral
  
• 4-year-old's wish comes true, becomes UPS driver