Daily Archives: September 10, 2015

“What Would It Hurt to Put Them Up for the Night? I Had the Extra Funds. It Made Me Feel Better that I Did This Because … I Wouldn’t Sleep”

On 26 August 2015, Corporal Che Atkinson helped a woman with a domestic dispute while he was at work at the Prince George’s County Police Department’s station in Hyattsville, Maryland. He contacted social services and a relative of the woman. … Continue reading

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“To the Person Going Through our Trash for Their next Meal, You’re a Human Being and Worth More than a Meal from the Dumpster”

In April 2015, Ashley Jiron, the owner of a restaurant named P.B. Jams — because it serves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, noticed that someone had been digging through her restaurant’s trash. Thinking that the person … Continue reading

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Wendy Killian: “See You Soon, Sweet Girl”

In April 2013, Nicole Miller, an 8-year-old first-grader at Mansfield Christian School in Ohio, received a kidney transplant. The donor was her kindergarten teacher from the previous year, Wendy Killian. Just before they were taken into the pre-operation area, Ms. … Continue reading

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