@DevonKennard / Twitter NFL Player's Mom Has Been Driving Same Car Since He Was a Child - So He Bought Her a New One Last year, he was his team's nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 28, 2020
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity / Facebook screen shot Home Depot Foundation Helps Once-Homeless Army Veteran Pay Off Mortgage Kara was concerned they'd made the wrong choice somewhere along the way, but sensed God telling them to just wait. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 25, 2020
CBS DFW / Facebook screen shot School Opens Grocery Store for Students and Their Families, Accepts Good Deeds as Payment Staffed entirely by students, the store - open Monday through Wednesday - doesn't operate like most others: You can't pay with cash. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 25, 2020
Today / Facebook screen shot 8-Year-Old Boy Starts Business To Help His Family, Who Had Been Living in a Shed It wasn't long before word got out about the industrious young man who'd set up shop selling plants. Kind customers tipped him, and soon he had a following. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 23, 2020
WTAJ-TV / YouTube screen shot Meet the Two Dads Behind 'Cookies for Caregivers' That Have Delivered More Than 15,000 Cookies to Frontline Workers 'We decided to show our gratitude to those working to serve us by serving them freshly baked cookies as a modest sign of our appreciation.' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 21, 2020
Sakina's Halal Grill / Facebook Donations Pour In To Help Save Restaurant of Man Who Feeds Homeless Free Meals Every Work Day So far, the fundraiser has raised over $283,000, and Kazi Mannan has promised that it will be put to good use. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 20, 2020
WCNC / YouTube screen shot Teen Says Singing with Nurse Brought Her 'So Much Joy' While Battling Cancer: Video She had to leave school and focus on getting treated and getting well again - but she didn't entirely shelve her passion. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 18, 2020
Orifbone / TikTok screen shot 92-Year-Old Woman with Dementia Sits Plays Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' from Memory The videos that her daughter shared through TikTok have shown the world a bit of the woman's beauty through the magic of music. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 17, 2020
Special Olympics / Twitter screen shot History Made: First Person with Down Syndrome Finishes Ironman Triathlon While the accomplishment is incredible, as Chris trained and joined like-minded people also training for triathlons, he found community. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 14, 2020
@WLWT / Twitter screen shot WWII Veteran Surprised by Community for 96th Birthday He was just 16 on Dec. 7, 1941, and from that day forward he was adamant that he would join up as soon as he was able. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 11, 2020
Coledo Cleo Wheeler / Facebook Boy Surprised with New Basketball Hoop and Two Letters from FedEx Driver The driver had spoken with her previously and must have seen how often her son played with the old, broken-down basketball hoop. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 11, 2020
Hamilton County JFS Adoption & Foster Care Recruitment / Facebook screen shot Single Foster Dad Adopts 5 Siblings To Keep Them from Being Separated in System 'I’m just happy that it’s over and I’m their dad for the rest of their life,' Carter said. The adoption was made official Oct. 30. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 7, 2020
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michele Fink / Flickr Tim Tebow Takes Shoes off Own Feet To Give to Person in Need He handed out the shoes, but there were still people without. As he exited, he handed off the last pair he had with him: his own. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 4, 2020
Rick Semmler / Twitter screen shot Runner Caught on Video Stopping To Pull Competitor from Ground To Help Him Finish Race Forfeiting his position, Boardley darted to the side and hauled Khan up, a move that was caught on video and started getting passed around on Twitter. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 4, 2020
Covington County Sheriff's Office / Facebook 'We Hope This Is a New Start,' Sheriff's Office Says After 17 Inmates Baptized Many warned that the journey as a Christian would not be easy and the temptation to fall back into old patterns would be difficult to resist. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 3, 2020
Courtney Thomas / Facebook screen shot Family Post Sign Saying 'No Candy. Child with Cancer.' So Kids Shared Their Treats with Them Instead For Courtney Thomas and her husband, Halloween looked different this year because their child was battling cancer. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 2, 2020
Cindy Hurt Hammer / Facebook screen shot NFL Legend Terry Bradshaw Caught on Video Helping Complete Stranger in the Rain Hammer said that the stranger had no idea who Bradshaw was, and the store employees had to break it to him. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal November 2, 2020
Sarah Frei / Facebook screen shot Cheerleader Returns to Field After Double Leg Amputation She has a T11 spinal injury, had to have her legs amputated and will likely use a wheelchair for the rest of her life. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal October 30, 2020
Korea Now / YouTube screen shot 44 Years After She Went Missing at a Market, Woman Is Virtually Reunited with Her Family They never gave up - and finally, after a lot of worrying, four decades and some DNA tests, the family was able to reunite over video chat. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal October 30, 2020
Spartanburg Regional / Facebook screen shot Man Granted Dying Wish To Be Baptized: 'He Wanted To Show He Believed More Than Anything' Due to Jenis James Grindstaff's medical issues the staff had to creatively plan how to ensure his safety. They ended up doing that and more. By Kayla Kunkel, The Western Journal October 29, 2020
WGHP-TV / screen shot COVID Patient Classified as Brain Dead in June Is Alive and Well Tionna Hairston, who turned 26 in June, was able to leave a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hospital last week. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 28, 2020