October 2013 Up Report Article Archives

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Halloween

• Elevating pumpkin carving to an art form
• The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze: The Best Use of Pumpkins You’ll See This Halloween
• Local Spotswood Family Hosts Halloween Display For Charity
• Twin Cities Man Puts On Halloween Display For Charity
• Women's hockey brings Halloween spirit to Ronald McDonald House
• Help this green teen help others this Halloween
• Dad creates captivating ‘stick man’ LED Halloween costume for baby
• Josh Sundquist, Paralympian, already wins Halloween with this flamingo costume
• Young boy will use soldier costume to collect for Wounded Warrior Project
• Halloween costumes give sick kids a lift at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
• Fort Worth’s MedStar seeking special kids for Halloween outing
• Everyday Hero: Making Halloween a fit for all

Cancer

• VB church bakes 7,000 pink cupcakes
• HERO: Young man overcomes brain tumor to help others
• Six-Yr-Old Sells Pink Pumpkins for Breast Cancer
• Male Runner Beats Breast Cancer Twice, Then Out Races His Doctor
• Former beauty queen battles breast cancer while helping others
• Teen cancer survivor inspires Independence volleyball team
• Breast Cancer ‘Thriver’ Completes Avon Walk in 9 Cities
• Dan's Coffee Run: Metro Detroit man warms cancer patients' days with Starbuck's coffee
• Muhammad Wilkerson honors his mom, a breast cancer survivor
• Easton man giving cancer patient's a lift
• Battle-tested woman beats cancer twice
• Being a proactive patient goes a long way in the fight against breast cancer
• Breast Cancer Patient Kim Johnson Inspires Others as 12th Titan
• 23-year-old breast cancer survivor Bobbi Reed adopts #stupidcancer slogan to inspire others
• Male breast cancer survivor: 'I had to get comfortable with me all over again'
• Breast cancer survivors celebrate their lives, relationships
• Lorelei Decker Shares Big News with Thunder
• 12-year old cancer survivor helping others through battle

Giving Back

• Church at Chapel Hill opens free medical clinic
• These Entrepreneurs Have Made Giving Back A Huge Part Of Their Companies' Success
• Alabama players take time to visit children's hospital
• Keeping Christ in Christmas - A family giving back
• More than 1,000 bikers with Boxes Collects 2,400 Shoeboxes for Kids to Billy Graham Library
• 'The Good Wife' celebrates 100th episode by giving back
• Church saving officers' lives
• Kindness Is Contagious: Volunteers bring more than just a hot meal
• Howard Buffett seeks lasting solutions to the world's food and water crises
• Leaf players give back to the community
• Tamba Hali leaves extra $1,000 tip at Plaza restaurant
• Oakland Raiders continue to give back to community
• Ellen DeGeneres Gives New Hampshire Waitress $10,000 For Picking Up Furloughed Solider's Tab
• Green Bay Packers football players work at airport
• Police Officers Give Back
• Edmond doctor discovers his life’s mission overseas
• Church Raises Over Half a Million Dollars in One Weekend, Gives All Away
• Utah's 'Pear Lady' sparks donation groundswell amid government shutdown
• Generous donation helps Head Start stay open amid partial shutdown of federal government
• Cupcake Shop's Mission To Feed Oklahoma Kids
• Chargers help needy kids shop for new shoes
• Local Barbers give back through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne

Inspiring

• Saving a city one kid at a time
  
• Amy Purdy, Double Amputee, Will Compete In Paralympics' First-Ever Snowboarding Events
• Paying it forward, one drive-through at a time
• An early Christmas, a boy with cancer, and the town who loves him
• Charity Bike Riders Push MS Rider to the Finish Line
• Family receives act of kindness at Pizza Hut
• Kidney transplant patient in Brownsburg finds perfect match - and more
• A Man Stole This Woman’s Wallet, and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
• Nanny’s idea inspires a wild rice giant
• One-handed hoops superstar Zach Hodskins commits to Florida
• Family recalls bullpen cop Steve Horgan’s kindness
• Waterboy with down syndrome scores touchdown
• Boston bombings survivor inspired by challenged athletes competing in San Diego Triathlon
• ‘Blind Side’ mom to orphans: use Florida teen as example and get a family
• ‘Music goes on’: Ex-student takes in teacher with dementia
• Soccer Player Fakes Injury to Propose to Girlfriend
• This Cop Just Made Life a Little Easier for a Grieving Widow
• Special needs kids find joy on football field
• Student, 82, honored by classmates at homecoming
• Mike Rowe of ‘Dirty Jobs’ Unveils Exciting Scholarship Program Rooted in Hard Work
• Rubicon volunteers clean the National Mall
• Duck Dynasty's Willie, Korie Robertson: We Adopted 'Little Will' Before We Were Rich
• Runner badly hurt in Boston bombing takes on Chicago Marathon
• Waitress pays for soldiers' lunch amid gov't shutdown
• Faith-based program helps students keep jobs
• Furloughed workers give back with volunteer work at Martha's Table
• One-Man Militia Cleaning Up National Mall For Vets With Park Service Furloughed
• Premier League dream for Gael Bigirimana after 'miracle journey'
• Otto Porter’s quiet act of kindness: Buys homeless guy lunch, sits down with him
• An Empowering Women's Center in Rwanda
• Couple rides across US on unicycles to honor Syrian refugees
• Woman, 99, starts her day at the gym
• Homeless man 'never expected' $148K reward for returning $40K
• Band's desire to help children inspires big event
• Viewers Open Wallets After 'World News' Report on $11 Cure That Lets Some Blind See
• The Millionaire's Wife Who Feeds 40,000 Children
• There’s a Man Running Across the Country With a Giant American Flag for Something You’ve Likely Never Heard of Before
• Magic turns $5 tips into $100 tips for pizza delivery drivers

Colorado Flood

• Sale of 'Colorado raindrop' T-shirts raise $7,142 for flood victims
• Mercy Chefs Bring Hot Meals to Colo. Flood Victims

Hero

• Buffalo bus driver saves apparently suicidal woman
• Detroit mailman saves family's burning home, continues on delivery route
• Hero saves four kids from fire in Queens
• Fla. teen saves drowning newlywed
• Couple on cruise ship helps rescue men stranded at sea

Kids

• 7-year-old wants to give Christmas to homeless
• Helping hands
• Local 10-year-old girl gives back: Her idea is to stock emergency vehicles with stuffed animals
• Four-year-old Iron Mountain girl helps save unconscious dad
• Local students' song about kindness spreads nationally
• Middle school football team's life-changing play
• Sixth-Grader Invents Sandless Sandbags to Save Lives and Property in Floods
• Newburgh 5th grader helping others "one sweet bite at a time"
• Southeastern seniors use school day to perform acts of kindness for others
• Students build robots with 786 juice boxes before donating them to Kids Food Basket
• Montessori students learn while helping others
• Gripping Film On Teen Patriots Fan With Rare Disease Inspires Robert Kraft's Huge Donation
• 6-Year-Old Girl Runs Half-Marathon in Under 3 Hours
• Loveland High seniors take day to give back
• Girl medics feared would never walk grows up to help others
• Buhler High 'gives back' on Citizenship Day
• 'Pumpkin' up kids to help others
• School names Down syndrome couple king, queen
• High school soccer team scores smiles with goal of helping others
• 4-H youth give back to area communities on One Day 4-H
• Gosfield North students help schools in Afghanistan
• Students package food to send to Haitian children
• Greenford Christian Church kids give back to cancer patients
• NIU makes 5-year-old cancer patient’s dream come true by allowing him to sack QB Jordan Lynch

Military

• Gary Sinise gives wounded veterans a "fighting chance"
• A quilt, and some comfort, for wounded soldiers
• Afghan interpreter Janis Shinwari spent years helping save American lives, now U.S. soldier Matt Zeller saves his
• Military veterans help others with rides
• War vet and double amputee embarks on inspiring journey
• Helping our wounded veterans
• Soldier goes 'all in' for wounded vets
• Soldier's 'Salute Seen Around the World' Brought Men to Tears
• Veterans carry flags for city
• Golf tournament this week will help pay for WWII veterans visit to DC
• Building Homes for Heroes
• Sinise concert to aid Marine
• Stand Down events help vets, including women, in need
• Surprise! Opposing player is soldier dad

Animals

• Bob Barker Donates $1M to Rescue Zoo Elephants
• Woman carries hurt pit bull 1 hour down AZ mountain
• Great Dane invades to protect Brianna
• Florida rescue pit bull fights off coyotes to save cat
• Rescued pit bull credited with saving 4-year-old suffering blood sugar crash
• Bully for her! Elle the pit bull is 2013 American Hero Dog