January 2015 Up Report Article Archives

Community

Inspiring

Giving Back

• Act of kindness allows 82-year-old widower to honor the love of his life
• Chickasha officer spends own money to make roads safe for handicapped
• Edmonton group hands out scarves to anyone who needs them
• Volunteers honor MLK's legacy by helping others
• Random act of kindness: Ohio cop comes to woman's rescue when she can't afford car repairs
• Of Character: Red Rock farmer and rancher tries to help others when they ask or when he notices a need.
• Police Officer Helps Elderly Woman by Shoveling Snow from Driveway
  
• New Movie Theater Provides Meaningful Employment For Disabled Adults
• Grateful Life Church shelters a dog, the troubled, the partnered, the unruly through the cold
• Highway 280 Chick-fil-A manager's act of kindness goes viral

• Quartet cheers up passengers on delayed flight
• Flood of Donations for Michigan Man James Robertson With 21-Mile Walk to Work
• Officer's act of kindness helps shoplifter out of difficult situation
  
• How a homeless child became a celebrity chef
  
• At 107, oldest Facebook user finds a brave new world
• Kirby Vacuum salesman makes autistic teenager's birthday wish come true
• Olympia LePoint showed courage on her path from poverty to rocket scientist
  

Kids

• Autistic teen sinks 1,000th half-court shot
• Seventh grader overcomes adversity to help others
• Boy, 7, Surprised with Awesome Star Wars Prosthetic Arm

Sports

• Soccer program heads youths away from trouble

• Kelly Clarkson: I Give Back Because 'My Life Couldn't Be Better'
• Philadelphia pizza shop patrons pay it forward to end homeless hunger
  
• Helping others anonymously, all year long
  
• Michigan State junior spends winter break giving back
• Young generation steps up to volunteer

Hero

• Girl helps paramedics through sign language skills
  
• Texas bricklayers rescue driver from burning car
• Arrested teen hailed as hero after helping cop who collapsed

Military

• Soldier’s Memory Lives On Through The Kick Of A Soccer Ball
  
• Leading wounded veterans on epic climbs