Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Monday, March 19, 2018

A Young Gardener Just Thrilled The Hell Out Of Me

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Keynote speaker Ian McKenna wowed and inspired us at the Gardener's Supply Company annual meeting last month. Last month, my emplo...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Tragic Police Shooting Death Leads To Of All Things, Kids Able To Have Lunch

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Philando Castile was shot and killed by a Minnesota police office in 2016. Castile was school nutrition supervisor. A fund in his name i...
Friday, February 9, 2018

Birthday Gift From Portia De Rossi To Wife Ellen Degeneres Can't Be Topped

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Portia De Rossi, left, recently gave Ellen DeGeneres a 60th birthday gift we can all be happy about.  My husband's birthday is toda...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Intensive Care Unit Babies Become Superheroes In Kansas City

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An itty bitty Batman rests in the NICU of St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Photo by Sally Morrow I'm not a dad, but I can im...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Amazing Broadway Support For Orlando: "What The World Needs Now Is Love"

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An awesome collection of Broadway luminaries has just released a benefit song for Orlando shooting victims and LGBT advocacy in Orlando....
Monday, June 6, 2016

John Oliver Exposes Most Sleazy "Legal" Business Ever: Zombie Debt Collection

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Many people years ago were unable to pay debts, mostly medical payments. The statutes of limitations have long since expired on these debts,...
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Win/Win: Kids Read To Shelter Dogs; And They Help Both Dogs and Themselves.

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A kid reads a story to a dog in a Missouri shelter. The dog becomes less anxious as a result.   The Humane Society of Missouri has hit...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Animals Are Comedic Geniuses

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A finalist in the C'omedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Image by Alison Buttigieg. One piece of good news I learned as the year draw...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ANOTHER Needed Antidote On A Grim News Day

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Some of the dogs at a Serbian rescue center enjoy a nice, active day.   Everytime the national and world news is bad, like it is today, ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

City Threatens To Jail Elderly Woman For Not Mowing Her Lawn

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These four brothers mowed the huge lawn behind them because the city threatened to jail the elderly property owner for not mowing it.   ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Outrage: Elderly, Sick Man Has To Dial 911 Just To Get Food To Live On

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 Clarence Blackmon, an elderly cancer patient, had to call 911 to get groceries because  the rehab center he was at discharged him and lef...
Monday, December 22, 2014

"Layaway Angels" One Of Few Nice Things About Christmas Shopping Season

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Happily, "Layaway Angels" have been striking coast to coast this holiday season.   Today, as we scramble to get our last Chri...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

German Town Welcomes Neo-Nazis, But Believe It Or Not, For A Very Good Reason

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A stupid neo-Nazi guy marches past a motivational banner in Wunsiedel, Germany as he realizes the town has duped him into donating to a...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

"Mean" Magician Rips Up Homeless Veteran's Sign. Watch What Happens Next

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Watch what happens after a guy rips up this homeless veteran's sign.   The stunt depicted in the video in this post could have gone ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Sarah McLachlan Can't Bear To Watch That Tragic ASPCA Ad Featuring Her Song, Either.

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I get such a frustrating jumble of emotions at just the thought of that ASPCA commercial. Sarah McLachlan in that emotionally painful AS...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

April Fool "Prank" That Wasn't: More Fine Dining With The Homeless

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A couple weeks ago,  I featured an Internet prankster who "pranked" homeless people by pretending to be a waiter in a decent resta...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas 2013's Worst Grinch; And An Anti-Grinch Can't Catch A Break

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Congratulations go out to Janice Tully, 49, of Hyannis, Mass. who gets this year's award for worst Christmas Grinch. Janice Tully, thi...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Homeless Veteran Gets Extreme Makeover; Reminds Us To Notice People We Don't Normally Notice

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Just in time for Veteran's Day, which is Monday, we get a time lapse video of a makeover done on a guy named Jim Wolf in Michigan. Ji...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

World's Best Parents Find Best Solution When Daughter's Wedding Cancelled

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Forty days before Willie and Carol Fowler's daughter was to have an elaborate wedding ceremony, the wedding was canceled. Willie and ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

"Suspended Coffee" To Treat Needy People Bad Idea, Says Consumerist

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One of the latest crazes on Facebook is a story about "Suspended Coffee:" How that works is, people go into a coffee shop and or...
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