Lelia Boroughs, who died at 84, from San Francisco, was known to her neighbors as an eclectic, kind soul who would offer to pick up their groceries and feed the homeless who squatted on the ledges outside her apartment. When she died she crafted her will to leave her condo to the city to turn into a homeless shelter.
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Frank Guidara,a Vietnam veteran and the CEO of Boston-based Uno’s Restaurant Corp., helped in organizing a 10,000 pizzas delivery to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the super bowl game.
51 years old Maria Vargas is fighting stage 4 cancer, and after chemotherapy didn’t work she started a new treatment which costs $10,000 a month. Last month Maria found a bag which was left on her doorstep filled with Avocados and below them an envelope with an anonymous cashier’s check in her name.
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A couple who lost $12,000 last week was lucky to get it back after a 63 years old woman from Akron, Ohio, found the bag with the money and brought it to the police station. The police used other documents in the bag to locate the couple and give the money back.
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An anonymous donor in Miami dropped a $2000 worth diamond ring into a Salvation Army kettle last week. At noon a woman, who wishes to stay anonymous, called the office and said she had left something special in the kettle in front of Kmart.
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A North Texas police department decided to hand out gift cards to good drivers and by that reward good traffic habits. The police officers are pulling over good drivers and instead of a ticket giving them a $10 gift card.
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Ryan Howard, a baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies is donating Adidas sportswear valued at more than $1 million to the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district.
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A secret Santa handed $100 bills to people he thought needed some extra help at Christmastime. The secret Santa is estimated to give away $20,000 of his own money.
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Rachel Wheeler from Florida heard about the earthquake victims in a meeting she went with her mother 3 years ago and decided to help building houses for families who lost their homes. 3 years later Rachel raised over $250,000 and used most of it to open a new earthquake-proof cement structures that shelter 27 families.
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John holder, from Tennessee bought a winning lottery ticket of $50,000 few weeks ago. when he went home the ticket was stolen from him. 2 weeks later the lottery office received the winning ticket by mail.
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