Florida Living Retirement Community / Facebook Four Men Push Elderly Woman in Scooter Nearly a Mile After It Breaks Down in the Rain The four good Samaritans were happy to help the elderly woman and didn't expect any of the praise they've since gotten. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal October 11, 2021
Guinness World Records / YouTube screen shot 100-Year-Old Record-Setting Weightlifter Shares Her Secret to Staying Young: 'I Will Prove That I Can' The pandemic threw a wrench in the works, but now she's back at it, hitting the gym several times a week and planning to compete in November. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 26, 2021
Kim Shufelberger / Facebook After Plea for Kidney Donor on Social Media, Stranger Turns Out to Be Perfect Match for Single Mom 'I have stage 5 (end stage) chronic kidney disease. I’m in NEED of a living kidney donor. My kidney function is 14%.' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 9, 2021
@AlisonKIRO7 / Twitter Woman Who Took First Hit of Meth at 12 Posts Jaw-Dropping Transformation Photos Decades Later After living a life filled with addiction and time in prison, Burton chose to turn it all around and get clean. By Samantha Kamman, The Western Journal June 25, 2021
Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown / Twitter After Seeing Kids Playing Basketball with Milk Crate, Officers Go Above and Beyond to Get Them Real Hoop The boy, upon seeing the brand-new basketball hoop immediately shouted 'thank you!' and started bouncing up and down with excitement. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 23, 2021
7 Eyewitness News WKBW / Facebook screen shot After Man Asks for Help on Side of Road, Sign Thanks Community for Support: 'I Start Working Monday' The sign means little to those who weren't familiar with his presence on that corner, but those who knew him know it's from him. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 18, 2021
Pasco Sheriff's Office / Facebook screen shot Sheriff's Deputies Caught on Camera Buying Shoes and Sandwich for Man Loitering Behind Gas Station Barefoot and hungry, the man seemed a bit dazed in the video footage released from the deputies' bodycams. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 17, 2021
Caroline Photography / Facebook screen shot 6-Year-Old Boy with Cancer Granted Wish to Become UPS Driver, Delivers Packages in His Very Own Truck Mateo was able to take a driving test and then delivered packages to police, city officials and others in his UPS truck. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 20, 2021
Kayode Adewumi / Facebook screen shot 10-Year-Old Boy Who Used to Be Homeless Becomes National Chess Master He's far from the youngest chess master - he comes in at number 28 - but he's set his sights on a new goal: To become the world's youngest grandmaster. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 14, 2021
Leah Paskalides / Facebook screen shot Caseworker Adopts 19-Year-Old After She Ages Out of Foster System: 'We Both Wanted This for So Long' Paskalides saw that Monyay was a determined young woman and just needed that mentor figure in her life. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 3, 2021
@profwicks / Unsplash Woman Fosters Over 80 Infants in 34 Years: 'This Is What God's Handed Me a Gift to Do' The oldest child is now 37, and some of them still keep in touch, emailing and visiting as they can - but Owens isn't done yet. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 2, 2021
Laura Hodges / Facebook screen shot 'God Is Good': Homeless Man Finds Job, Shelter and Community Support After Stranger's Act of Kindness Thanks to the blessings from total strangers, he is in a very different place than where he started - and he plans on making the best of it. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 13, 2021
Matt Popovich / Unsplash 91-Year-Old Man Is the Oldest Working Police Officer in Arkansas, Won't Retire Until 'the Good Lord Says So' One thing Smith reiterated to all the stations who interviewed him was that he loves people and loves helping them. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 6, 2021
Lilly Bumpus / Facebook screen shot 8-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Breaks National Girl Scout Record After Selling 32,484 Boxes of Cookies She beat the horrid disease, but it still weighs heavy on her mind and she wants to help those who are still struggling with it. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 3, 2021
Ryan Lowry / LinkedIn screen shot Man with Autism Asks Potential Employers to 'Take a Chance on Me' in Viral Cover Letter The note, straightforward and honest, netted Ryan over 177,000 reactions and nearly 6,000 comments. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal March 19, 2021
Fox 17 / Video screen shot Community Facebook Page Comes Together to Gift Ex-Firefighter Car, Job and Housing People offered to wash his clothes, give him gym passes to shower, feed him and even pay for a hotel so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal March 17, 2021
CNN / Facebook screen shot Paralyzed by Shooting, Man Works to Help People with Disabilities Find Happiness Despite Adversity He was only in his 20s when he was shot, but he did have something in life that gave him the courage to continue on: his daughter, Navaeh. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal March 16, 2021
Morgan State University / Facebook screen shot College Dropout Donates $20 Million for Scholarships to University He Couldn't Afford Tyler decided to help other students who - like him - had drive and determination but came up short on funding. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal March 2, 2021
Don Anderson / Facebook screen shot Farmers in North Dakota Finish Harvest for Neighbor After He Suffers Heart Attack He was doing well and recovering in the hospital, but his crops sat ready to be harvested with no farmer to harvest them. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 17, 2020
Thompson Strawberry Farm / Facebook screen shot Farmer Plants Over 2 Million Sunflowers To Help Spread Joy During Pandemic With 22 acres and 15 fields full of 2 million tall, cheery blooms, there's plenty of space to maintain physical distance. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 13, 2020