A Few Positive Stories To Help You Keep Going
Life can be hard at times but occasionally our fellow humans step up to the plate and lend a helping hand.
Published 7 years ago in Feels
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Luke Terry was forced to have his right arm amputated when he was only 1 year old but he hasn't let it slow him down. The MLB team, The Orioles, heard about Terry and brought him in last season as a special guest. "This is not a baseball thing," Jerry Hairston, Jr. told MLB . com. "This is a kid that won't allow any type of circumstance to derail his dream. People use the 'no excuses' quote all the time, but this kid lives it."
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Byron Smith was so inspired by a Chick-Fil-A employee's, Shakeel Williams, kindness that he built the youth a new home for him and his family. Shakeel and his mother were previously living in a trailer home and struggling to pay the medical bills for Shakeel's sickle cell anemia. Smith also helps with the medical bills.
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When Hooters waitress, Mariana Villarreal, learned customer Don Thomas had lost both of his kidneys to cancer she quickly volunteered to donate a kidney to the 72 year old. Villarreal had recently lost her grandmother to kidney cancer. "I wasn’t able to do anything for my grandmother, but knew the transplant would be worth it if Thomas got to live a longer, happier life because of it."
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High school janitor William "Wild Bill" Manning has always gone above and beyond. His enthusiasm and support has helped him forge a strong bond with many students. When Manning's car was stolen from his home carport, the students rallied and raised $4,100 in 2 days. "He's done so much for us," says one student, "We decided to give back to him. "These are my children here," Bill says, "This is my home. This is where I'll retire some day."
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