Anthony “Joe the Barber” Cymerys started volunteering at homeless shelters in Hartford, Conn around 1988. Around that time, he met a heroin addict who looked as though he needed a haircut, and Anthony decided to help him out. Ever since then, he came up with an idea to give freeContinue Reading
It’s always interesting to see what professional athletes do with their lives after their careers have ended. What happened to those players that had so much potential coming out of high school or college, but just didn’t pan out in the pros. Jonathan Bender had franchise player written allContinue Reading
When 5 year old Jocelyn Rojas went missing in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, two teenage boys jumped on their bikes to help the police search for her. Less than a mile away, Temar Boggs, 15, and his friend spotted Jocelyn in a sedan. The two teenagers began their pursuit of the car. Continue Reading
Tim Harris has an amazing story of inspiration and hope. How many people can say they own their own restaurant, and also have WAY more gold medals than Olympian Michael Phelps?! Just hours after Tim was born, doctors told his parents that he had Down Syndrome, and many friendsContinue Reading
Jack Jablonski was a great high school hockey player, but when a bad hit from another player made him paralyzed, most people thought he’d never be part of hockey again. Jack knew better though 🙂 He has had an incredible amount of support during his rehabilitation and is making someContinue Reading
Sergeant Ross Gundlach spent a whole year in Afghanistan with a yellow lab named “Casey”, a bomb sniffing dog. Together they went on over 150 successful bomb sniffing missions. The two became so close, Sergeant Gundlach put a tattoo of Cacy with angel wings and halo on his arm. WhenContinue Reading
Michael Campbell, at 22 years old is the youngest helicopter tour pilot in New York City. Fresh out of training, he knew exactly what to do when things went wrong. He was 12 minutes into a 25 minute tour he was giving to four Swedish passengers when the helicopter engineContinue Reading
Lloyd Chen, 17, the valedictorian at Laguna Creek High School and recipient of a full ride to Harvard has overcome enormous obstacles to get to where he is today. His family immigrated from South Korea to California when he was young. Lloyd’s father was never in the picture, and hisContinue Reading
David France, a world class violinist, can be found many mornings playing in the Boston subway. Many people stop and listen to him before they go to work and many donate money to his tip jar. He enjoys playing violin and making people smile, but his main goal in theContinue Reading
“Food is the Problem, and food is the solution” says Ron Finley, a local man that lives in South Central Los Angeles. He says in his city, more people are dying from the “drive thru’s” then the “drive bye’s”. Ron wanted to solve a problem that he saw in hisContinue Reading