Inspirational: Good Deeds, Kind Hearts, Caring People

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="name" style="margin: 10px 0px 7px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">5 Friends Get $10K to Travel US, Spreading Kindness to Strangers</span></span></h1> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="name" style="margin: 10px 0px 7px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_28992" style="clear: both; font-weight: normal; margin: 6px auto; max-width: 100% !important; text-align: center; width: 570px;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ARK-Project-Now.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-decoration: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><img alt="ARK-Project-Now" class="wp-image-28992 size-full" height="326" src="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ARK-Project-Now.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100% !important; vertical-align: middle; width: 570px;" width="560" /></span></a></div> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-style: italic; padding: 5px 0px 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The ARK project gave a shopping spree to two children whose family was stuck in Iowa for weeks at a hospital while their ill baby was being treated.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks to a $10,000 grant from Kind Snacks, five friends are hitting the streets this summer, spreading acts of random kindness to strangers around the country through a nonprofit organization called ARK Project Now.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They’ve traveled 6,000 miles in an RV, left care packages for homeless people, bought coffee for strangers, and cooked dinner for families visiting sick relatives.</span></span></div> <div> <br /></div> </h1> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="name" style="margin: 10px 0px 7px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Diner Leaves $1,000 Tip, Waiter Shares It With Entire Staff</span></span></h1> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="name" style="margin: 10px 0px 7px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/reciept-small-1000-buck-tip.jpg" style="text-decoration: none !important;"><img alt="reciept-small-1000-buck-tip" class="alignright size-full wp-image-29047" height="342" src="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/reciept-small-1000-buck-tip.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 21px; margin-top: 6px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="280" /></a>A diner who was celebrating his birthday at The Ginger Man in Albany, N.Y., last week tipped server Michael Shafts $1,000, along with the message, “Pay it forward. My birthday present to me!” ABC News reported.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And pay it forward he did. Shafts shared his gratuity with all the staff members who had worked that night.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The tip was 10 times the amount of the entire bill.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>- READ</strong> the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/1000-tip-server_n_5610623.html" style="text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">story from Huff Post</a></span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>- WATCH</strong> the short video below from ABC)<br /><iframe height="360" src="http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=24661304" style="border-style: none; max-width: 100%;" width="640"></iframe></span></span></div> <div addthis:title="Diner Leaves $1,000 Tip, Waiter Shares It With Entire Staff " addthis:url="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/diner-leaves-1000-tip-waiter-shares-entire-staff/" class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" style="font-weight: normal;"> <a class="addthis_button_facebook at300b" href="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/diner-leaves-1000-tip-waiter-shares-entire-staff/#" style="cursor: pointer; 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outline: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="chalk-board-student-at-school-Aaron_Tait-640px" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28911" height="390" src="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/chalk-board-student-at-school-Aaron_Tait-640px.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cruz Riojas came from a troubled home: He was reportedly beaten by his stepfather, lived in a decrepit one-room lean-to with six other family members, and wore the same clothes to school every day.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His anger flared up in classrooms where he was known as a “holy terror.” Teachers loathed him.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Linda Hooper, a teacher who first encountered Cruz in the early ’80s, when he was 12 years old, came to love him.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He began coming for visits at her home, and eventually stayed.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <header style="margin-bottom: 12px; 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For the kids, he’s living proof that any obstacle can be overcome.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He’s one of 500,000 YMCA volunteers across the country – of all ages and backgrounds – who are working with Ys in their communities to help people learn, grow and thrive.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 21px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(<strong>WATCH</strong> this special reading buddy below)</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JRNubd8oNHQ" style="height: 377.4px; max-width: 100%;" width="100%"></iframe></span><br /> <div addthis:title="This Blind Man Tutors Young Readers, An Example to All (WATCH) " addthis:url="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-blind-man-tutors-young-readers/" class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style"> <a class="addthis_button_facebook at300b" href="http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-blind-man-tutors-young-readers/#" style="cursor: pointer; 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