A man who loved his wife.

Dashrath Manjhi so loved his wife that he was willing to move mountains for her. The Indian man, who has come to be known as Mountain Man, lost his wife due to lack of medical treatment.  The nearest town with a doctor was forty-three miles away from their home in the Gahlour village near Bihar, [...]

“I promise to break the world record for most blood donations.”

This is Cruz. Cruz stumbled across a Wikipedia article about a man named James Harrison who started donating blood in 1954. After the first few donations it was discovered that James’ blood contained an abnormally strong and persistent antibody that saves babies who are dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. Through the [...]

Jan lost her job, but she is not a quitter.

Back in March, I visited a group of high school students in central Ohio who volunteered in an organization called PAVE (Prevent Assault and Violence Education). These teens offered peer-to-peer education in middle schools to prevent bullying, dating violence and sexual assault. Due budget cuts, the organization completely lost funding. Jan, the woman who ran [...]

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