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searcher · Sep 27, 2018

Texas Boy, five, thought to be nonverbal stuns family by suddenly talking after dentist realizes that he is tongue-tied and cures him with laser treatment

Mason Motz, 6, of Texas was unable to speak in complete sentences for years
His parents thought it was because of a genetic condition known as Sotos Syndrome
Sotos is characterized by delays in a young child's development
But a trip to the dentist changed everything after it was discovered that the boy was tongue-tied

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...t-non-verbal-TALK-discovered-tongue-tied.html

searcher · Oct 7, 2018

From homeless to hero — and maybe the cover of Maxim magazine?
By: Natalie Gross 4 days ago

Janae Sergio spent her high school years on the streets of Los Angeles, in and out of homeless shelters and programs for at-risk youth.

So, when the 36-year-old Navy veteran heard about a competition that donates money toward building homes for wounded warriors, she knew she wanted to take part.

“I know what it’s like to not have a home, so that’s really important to me,” she told Military Times.

Sergio, now an assistant business and financial manager for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, is vying for a spot on the cover of the international men’s magazine Maxim, a competition that comes with a $25,000 prize for the lucky winner — and the kind of platform that would give Sergio a voice to inspire young people living in similar circumstances.

“Before I actually became homeless, I had always wanted to be in modeling, and I had always loved the fashion business,” Sergio said.

But it was after her mother dropped her off at a shelter when she was about 16 that her aspirations turned to the task at hand: survival.
“I needed to focus on surviving and establishing myself as a successful woman before I could think about (modeling),” she said.

That shift of focus led to Sergio joining the Navy at 18, a move coinciding with a promise to earn her GED after missing too much school to be able to graduate. Sergio eventually used the GI Bill to earn a bachelor’s degree in business management.

After 9/11, she deployed twice and held a variety of posts before getting out of the military in 2008.

“I didn’t have any hope for what my future would be," she said of her teenage years. "I was kind of living day to day and trying to figure out where I would sleep at night. The Navy gave me that future and gave me that footing to establish myself as a successful businesswoman.”

In the decade since ditching the uniform, Sergio has found her way back to the service, but this time as a civilian. Currently, she’s based in Hawaii helping to manage a $5 billion budget for the Navy.

She also models on the side and has picked up more than 41,000 followers at her Instagram account, @janae_perfectlyflawed, where she sometimes promotes the products of veteran-owned businesses and has been featured on a number of other military-related accounts.

Sergio said she was initially anxious about her chances at making the Maxim cover because she didn’t think people would actually vote for a mom in her mid-30s. Yet it’s those relationships within the military and veteran community, she believes, that have enabled her to stay near the top of her category thus far.

“If you were to see me in person, I don’t look like a supermodel,” she said. “In real life, I’m just a normal mom who goes to work every day and comes home and cooks dinner for the family.”

In her posts and daily inspirational messages to her followers, she wants to make sure the real her comes across.

“People see the authenticity,” she said. “They see someone who’s come from nothing to really establish themselves.”

That’s really the message Sergio hopes to get across to her daughters and young women everywhere — that it takes work and brains, not just looks, to be successful.

If she wins the Maxim competition, Sergio said she would donate a portion of the $25,000 prize to the Fisher House Foundation, which provides homes for military and veteran families while a loved one is receiving medical treatment.

She would also like to donate to a program for at-risk youth in Hawaii, similar to one in Los Angeles that once helped her.

And though the rest of it won’t be enough to fully fund her dream of starting her own center that provides services to the homeless, a win could perhaps be the platform she needs to properly advocate for it.

“I think people underestimate how much at-risk youth need our time and our support,” she said. “They don’t understand that these people have been abandoned. They’ve lost hope.”

As part of the contest, a portion of voter proceedings goes to Homes for Wounded Warriors, a foundation started by former National Football League all-pro defensive end Jared Allen that raises money to build and remodel handicap-accessible homes for disabled Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-d...o-hero-and-maybe-the-cover-of-maxim-magazine/

searcher · Oct 22, 2018

YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson leaves $10,000 tip at a North Carolina diner after ordering just two glasses of water

Customer walked in to Sup Dogs in Greenville, North Carolina on Saturday
Patron ordered two glasses of water and then left the restaurant
Alaina Custer, a waitress, found a $10,000 tip at the table
Locals later determined the identity of the mystery diner - Jimmy Donaldson
Donaldson, a Greenville native, is also known by his online persona, MrBeast
MrBeast has a massive YouTube following approaching 9 million subscribers

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...na-diner-ordering-just-two-glasses-water.html

searcher · Oct 24, 2018

Grandfather finally learns to read at the age of 72 after seven DECADES of hiding his illiteracy while working as a machinist

Lonnie Breitung, from Wisconsin, left school at 16 and worked as a farmhand
Friends helped him fill out forms and a policeman read his driving test aloud
He retired in 2011 and found the courage to take classes with Mavis Kjarland, 79
He is now the council's Learner of the Year, saying 'I'm a little bit proud of myself'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6311813/Grandfather-learns-read-age-72.html

searcher · Nov 6, 2018

Sweet act of charity! Kind-hearted donut shop customers help tireless owner, 62, visit his sick wife by buying out his shop in the mornings so he can close early

John Chhan has run Donut City in Seal Beach, California, for 28 years
Patrons were used to seeing Mr Chhan's wife, Stella, by his side at the shop
But loyal customers noticed the 63-year-old woman wasn't by his side after she suffered from a brain aneurysm and had to rest at home
They decided to buy out all the donuts in his shop in the morning so he could go home to his wife
This decision came after Mr Chhan declined offers to start a GoFundMe

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...wner-62-visit-sick-wife-care-buying-shop.html

mayhem · Nov 6, 2018

Good news.. The good people of Fla. beat down the criminal knee grow from becoming the governor. Also sent the astronaut home from DC and replacing him with a pro-business repub. While Nelson wasn't a Chuckie Shoemaker ultra liberal he still needed to go.
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searcher · Nov 15, 2018

searcher said:

Have to retract this. It was all a scam...……….

Homeless man and couple 'MADE UP' heart-warming story that he gave woman his last $20 as all three are charged with scamming donors who raised $400,000 for him on GoFundMe

Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico set up a GoFundMe page for Johnny Bobbitt
McClure said she was stranded when Bobbitt gave her his last few dollars for gas
More than 14,000 people donated to the campaign which quickly went viral
But now, the trio are facing charges including conspiracy and theft by deception

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...conspired-couple-raised-400-000-GoFundMe.html

Uglytruth · Nov 15, 2018

^^ And everyone who reads this will think twice or three times before lending a hand to anyone.

searcher · Nov 16, 2018

Uglytruth said:

Made the tv big time when it was first supposed to happen. They snookered a lot of people. Not good at all.

searcher · Nov 20, 2018

Would You Leave a Six-Figure Job to Feed the Homeless? This 27-Year-Old Did.

RD
Brandon Specktor
6 days ago

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As an elementary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in disbelief at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch. His Korean immigrant parents had taught him and his older brother not to waste food. 'They said it was bad karma,' says Robert, 27.

While studying finance and accounting at New York University, Robert remembered this lesson and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food-rescue club on campus that delivered, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the dining hall to nearby homeless shelters.

When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college entrepreneurship contest, they proposed a slightly different idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group: Their program wouldn’t have a donation minimum (meaning they would gladly pick up one bag of leftover bagels or a single pot of soup), would operate seven days a week, and would be staffed entirely by volunteers.

Their idea won the competition. With the $1,000 prize, they founded Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert’s team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to feed 20 people in line at a New York City homeless shelter that had run out of food. Learn more about the 13 things local food pantries wish you knew.

Robert, who had taken a job as an analyst at J.P. Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New York City restaurants, from mom-and-pop delis to large chains like Starbucks and Panera Bread, that agreed to donate food, and he enlisted volunteers to make food deliveries to homeless shelters. After RLC received national press attention, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Portland, Oregon; Washington, DC; and other cities reached out to Robert for partnership advice. Two years after being founded, RLC had already distributed more than 250,000 pounds of food.

Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to focus on RLC. 'I compared one hour of impact at J.P. Morgan to one hour at RLC, and the difference was just tremendous,' he says. The organization now reaches 16 cities around the country.

'One shelter … told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week,' Robert says. 'Things like that make me glad I quit my job.' For more inspiring stories, read the 15 most heartwarming acts of kindness that happened in 2018.

The post Would You Leave a Six-Figure Job to Feed the Homeless? This 27-Year-Old Did. appeared first on Reader's Digest.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/pover...ss-this-27-year-old-did/ar-BBPHPfa?ocid=ientp

searcher · Nov 22, 2018

'Shoutout to the anonymous 6th grader for saving me a couple thousand': Driver thanks schoolgirl for leaving very detailed note on his car about bus hitting it and driving off

Andrew Sipowicz, a baseball coach from New York, discovered his car had a dent
Surprised man then found a note on his windscreen from an 11-year-old pupil
Anonymous 6th grader of Houghton Academy, Buffalo, revealed what happened
Said her bus driver had plowed into the parked car and driven off in 'hit and run'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...-windscreen-revealing-bus-HIT-parked-car.html

searcher · Nov 23, 2018

Georgia Couple Finds $25,000 Cash, Returns It to Owner

Inside Edition
Stephanie Officer
5 days ago

What would you do if you found $25,000 in cash?

One Georgia couple's first instinct was to return the money.

The Rincon Police Department posted on Facebook that store owner Gautambhai Patel had lost a bag with nearly $25,000 inside, meant to be deposited in the bank.

When they started their investigation, they hoped some kind-hearted person would return the cash.

Their wish came true when Jeff and Michelle Green came across the bag and turned it in

Their caption read in part, "We always encourage citizens to do the right thing both morally and legally!"

Comments on the post commend the Greens for their honesty.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-...ash-returns-it-to-owner/ar-BBPPd82?ocid=ientp

searcher · Dec 8, 2018

Heartwarming moment restaurant staff come together to surprise coworker with new car after his was stolen from the parking lot at work

The restaurant crew at Ruffino's on the River in Lafayette, Louisiana came together and gave their friend and coworker, Kea, a brand new car
His car had been stolen the week prior, right from the parking lot at work
Everyone who pitched in showed up to surprise Kea on November 28
The moment he learns what his work family has done for was caught on video

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ff-surprise-coworker-new-car-stolen-work.html

searcher · Dec 18, 2018

'She's just doing awesome': 11-year-old girl's inoperable brain tumor mysteriously disappears stumping even her doctors

Roxli Doss, 11, from Buda, Texas, was diagnosed with a rare, inoperable brain tumor in June
Doctors put Roxli in radiation therapy six days a week for six weeks in the hopes of slowing the tumor's growth
In September, an MRI scan revealed no detectable signs of the tumor
Because the cancer is aggressive and can return, Roxli will undergo immunotherapy to prevent new cancer cells from growing
Surgeons say there are case reports of tumors spontaneously regressing but a case like Roxli's has never been documented

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...teriously-disappears-surgeons-explain-it.html

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