July 2013 Up Report Article Archives

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Inspiring

• Blind no more: 'It’s like I’m a child all over again'
• The Random Act of Kindness Revealed by This $306 Receipt
• Kindness of a stranger: Woman donates kidney to her customer
• Letters: Miracle League game uplifting
• Nun on mission to stop human trafficking
• Waitress finds $5K, returns money to the customer
• Amazing Gift: Bride With Terminal Cancer to Have Dream Wedding
• NY fisherman survives 12 hours lost at sea with help of boots
• Canadians paying the coffee forward -- by the hundreds
• Former President Bush shaves head in solidarity with 2-year-old cancer patient
• These people lined up at 2 a.m. to give blood to Spanish train victims
• Queens woman recovers $5,000 hidden in discarded refrigerator
• Small Atlanta tea shop rescues girls from poverty in India
• Miracle: Woman Talks about Surviving Watery Crash
• Gretna firefighter spends decades helping others
• Scrap Yard Workers In Queens Search For Couple Who Accidently Trashed Life Savings
• Motorcycle Club delivers balloons to young patients
• Marathon Woman crosses the finish line
• Eddie Russ lives with Saskatchewan fans, helps at youth Bible camp, is brought back by Riders
• Father Reunited with Mach 1 Mustang after 24 Years
• Jean Paul Samputu practices forgiveness – even for his father's killer
• MLB pitcher battles cancer, never quits
• For 70th birthday, Bay Area teacher plans bike trip to Brazil
• 'Most Beautiful Act Of Kindness': Harry Styles Leaves Deaf Fan In Tears During One Direction Concert
• Boy's stolen iPod reveals the kindness of strangers
• Columbia Heights' aw-shucks humanitarian: Helping others is 'something you just do'
• Awesome Dad Creates Fantastical Paper Lunch Bag Art
• A special day at the ballpark for a Lincoln teenager
• Community kindness helps Calvert woman rise from the ashes
• Lenexa girl, 9, makes history at the UCP Shawnee Mission Triathlon
• Man paralysed by cycling accident gives £20k to help Chepstow boy walk
• 4-time cancer survivor celebrates birthday with acts of kindness
• Hospital Flooded With Pizza for 2-Year-Old Patient
• The Green Family, 5-hour ENERGY® Helps Amazing People
• Nonprofit restaurant let patrons ‘pay it forward’
• A Heav'nly idea: 55 doughnut shop customers pay it forward
• Modern Day 'Mother Teresa' Heads Homeless Church
• Chesapeake baseball player striking out cancer
• Woman with breast cancer "humbled" by crowdfunding effort to pay for her medical bills
• Boy in wheelchair enjoys a mud race
• Bridgewater's Random Twitter Act of Kindness
• Auburn friends run with idea of helping children
• Contractor helps to save boy's kidney transplant
• Woman builds Lego leg to inspire fellow amputees
• Miss BC pageant contestant has head shaved on stage to support charity
• 100 Club offers support to families of Arizona firefighters
• Act of kindness creates bond between 2 basketball teams
• High-school students at risk for dropping out find direction at Georgia factory
• Strangers Across the Country Help Dog Missing for 3 Years Get Home
• Thousands Flood D.C. to Package One Million Meals
• Police offer random acts of kindness
• Magnetic shirts offer independence to people with disabilities
• Runner, 95, Breaks World Records
• Tennesseans share their own truths about America
• One teacher acts on kindness and gives back
• How an iPad and a Generous Stranger Changed a Boy's Life

Military

• Adam Burke and The Veterans Farm
• Childhood experience shapes soldier’s priorities: Helping others
• An act of kindness brings tears
• Soldier returns from Afghanistan to Fort Bliss, holds daughter for first time
• Fundraiser held for homeless veterans
• Wounded veteran Michael Malarsie looks to inspire others
• Marine proposes ‘Pay It Forward’
• Veteran Touched By Sticker Mystery Woman Left On His Car
• A soldier is welcomed home by loving pup
• MLB, Mets Celebrate All-Star Week By Giving Back At Vets Center
• Vietnam vet receives medal decades after service
• Veteran gets new home, storm shelter thanks to Operation Helping Heroes
• Walk For Wounded Soldiers Reveals Kindness Of People
• National Guardsman reunited with dog
• Stricken by Cancer, a Military Man Soldiers On to Finish His MBA
• UCLA's Operation Mend reconstructs lives for servicemembers
• Marines Sell Fireworks to Help Others in Military
• US veteran who lost three limbs in Afghanistan gets high-tech wheelchair
• Rochester man receives random act of kindness
• Fireworks Outlets offer Folds of Honor to give back to veterans' families

Giving Back

• Banker Saves 20,000 From Nepal to Uganda With Her Profits
• NC Church Packages 10,000 Meals for the Needy in 1 Day
• Thomas Stone graduate Johnson giving back far away from home
• Calif. Restaurant Gets Youth Off Streets, Into Kitchen
• FamilyFEST displays a servant heart in Ky.
• Church donates $25,000 for Moore teachers’ supplies
• Boise man shot by police now giving back to community
• Formerly homeless man helping others in his shoes
• Tucson Food Bank Helps The Needy Grow Their Own Food
• Volunteer, 98, can't stop helping others
• For the kids: Local group giving backpacks, haircuts to needy children
• Meeting human needs: LoveLoud Sunday to highlight church-based impetus
• Family works together to help others start new lives
• Former LSU, NFL wide receiver enjoys giving back
• Bike program for the disabled gearing up for Oklahoma City visit
• Washington Redskins give back at food bank
• Running to Fight Cancer
• Cincinnati Bengals players giving back during break
• In N.J., some kids learn there is no free ride
• Baltimore Oriole Gives Back To Boys & Girls’ Club
• Bristol White Sox donate books, time to kids
• Shields, Kansas' Self helping out foster kids
• Indians' Masterson finding ways to give back
• PU ice hockey alumni enjoy giving back
• Jameel McClain, teammates give back at football and fitness clinic
• St. Paul Woman Spreads Flavor of Kindness this 4th of July
• Parade Dogs mission allows church to give back on July 4
• Falcons Giving Back: Corey Peters
• Phoenix Suns, Mercury host donation drive for fire victims
• Yarnell Hill Fire: Outpouring of support for victims

Hero

• Girls called heroes for saving young children from fire
• Titans' Jonathan Willard saves family from burning car
• Japan commuters free woman trapped under train
• Four deputies hailed as heroes after running into a burning building to save man
• 4 bystanders team up to rescue drowning girl
• Woman falls on SEPTA subway tracks, rescued by Good Samaritan
• Teens save man drowning in Clackamas River
• Teens chase kidnapping suspect on bikes, save 5-year-old girl
• Soldier Helps Save Man in Wheelchair on Train Tracks
• Asiana flight attendants praised for actions after crash
• Bride-to-be rescues boy during engagement photo shoot
• Good Samaritan helps police find missing boy
• Police make traffic stop, deliver baby
• Family seeks one-armed swimmer who saved child

Kids

• Fishersville girl's message: You're never too young to make a difference
• Chess prodigy, 9, becomes youngest American to reach 'expert' level
• FBI rescues more than 100 children, arrests 150 pimps in sex-trafficking raid
• Awesome Club volunteers are Making a Difference
• Children help make lunches for kids in need
• Kids Helping Kids Code: Apps for Attitude
• Youngsters' 1,000 acts of kindness
• 14-Year-Old High School Student, Excited by Learning, Scores Perfect 2400 on SAT
• Eagle Scout Candidate In Davis Giving Disabled Kids Chance To Ride Bikes
• Cool Kid starts club to help feed the hungry
• Indiana boy battling cancer, J.J. Bland, gets support from friends, family, strangers
• Local girl with cystic fibrosis has special birthday wish
• Eagle Scout giving back to Mighty Oaks
• Cool Kid Tina Bergmann helps animals in shelters
• Teen's big voice shatters obstacles
• Fargo kids helping charity with lemonade stand
• Adolescents with developmental disabilities give back through Acts of Kindness
• ‘Selfless’ teens honored for acts of kindness in Park Ridge-Niles District 64
• 9-year-old forgoes birthday presents to help others
• Child Prodigy Takes Time To Help Others
• Hawaii teen guides USS Utah memorial's facelift
• Eagle Scout earns every merit badge
• Helping others inspires Highlands valedictorian
• This year’s Pruess graduates all get into college

Medical

• Mom saves pediatrician's life with kidney transplant
• Dead baby laid on chapel altar comes back to life
• Autistic child's breakthrough gains worldwide fame