2007-12-23
With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds
Four and half years ago, David Smith weighed more than 630 pounds. He had spent nearly a decade on the couch in his parents' house eating pizza, raiding the fridge, and drinking soda...
2007-07-13
Pizza Hut Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip
It was just a typical day on the job at the Pizza Hut in Angola, Ind., for 20-year-old Jessica Osborne when out of the blue, she received a gift that would change her life: a $10,000 tip from one of her customers...
2006-12-16
Local Fund Helps Area Residents Through Financial Emergencies
Family medical costs sent a retiree's prudent budget into a tailspin, but because she owned a home and had a retirement income it's likely that no other agency would help her. The People for People Fund volunteer assessed her situation and decided that they could assist her...
2006-09-01
Is Kindness Truly Contagious?
I just found this great site (helpingothers.org) whose sole purpose is to make people smile through small acts of kindness! They started with SmileCards that are handed out in a game of pay-it-forward: Anonymously make someone smile and leave the card behind to keep the ripple going...
2006-04-28
Utah Group Helps Single Moms Succeed
Picture a single mother of four supporting her young family on $20,000 a year. With the help of People Helping People (PHP) many of these single moms are able to work their way out of poverty into better employment. PHP strives to help low-income single moms and women build a better life for themselves and their children through long-term successful employment...
2006-04-12
Chemical engineering student helps Mexican community meet sanitation needs
Amanda Cuellar, a junior chemical engineering/Plan II major at The University of Texas at Austin, is volunteering her summer in the Mexican community of Damasco to help improve sanitation conditions...
2006-02-27
Fayetteville (NC) Habitat for Humanity gets help during Spring Break
For most college students, spring break conjures images of sun tans, beaches, and sand. But other students have a different idea...
2006-02-23
Michigan State students helping others during spring break
Twenty-five Michigan State University students will wend their way to the battered and beaten Gulf Coast, near New Orleans, to help provide hurricane relief through MSU's Alternative Spring Break program March 4-11...
2006-02-07
Toronto duo links people
Helping people fulfil favours has taken over Parveen Sangha's and Daniel Talas's lives. The creators of Favorville were shocked at the response after the site's introduction in December 2005...