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PHOTO: A New Jersey classroom raised money to buy gifts for their pen pals at Briarwood Elementary in Oklahoma who lost everything in a tornado.
Pen Pals Fundraise for Tornado Victims
PHOTO: Albert Lexie, 71, donates all of his tips from shoe shining to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Shoeshiner Donates $200K in Tips
PHOTO: Susan Austin invented her own wheelchair that allows her to soar underwater.
Woman in Wheelchair Soars Underwater
PHOTO: One-armed Nicole Kelly, 23, was crowned Miss Iowa on June 8.
Nicole Kelly, Born With One Arm, Wins Miss Iowa
PHOTO:Nita Lou Webb, left and Tom Bell Marcine Webb, from San Angelo, Texas, recently completed their bucket list to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
Octogenarian Couple's Bucket List: Visit Every State Capital
PHOTO: Boats damaged by the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake are stacked in a pile in Kesennuma,Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2013.
Tsunami Victims Helping Oklahoma
PHOTO: Tanya Kach, 31, went to the prom she never had on June 1, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Penn. Kach was held captive for 10 years when she was 14 years old, beginning in 1996.
Former Captive Finally Goes to Prom
PHOTO: Tyreik Donaldson started his own choir when the music teacher position was cut from the budget at Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion, one of the most dangerous schools in the country.
Valedictorian Starts Choir After Budget Cuts
PHOTO: As devastating as the tornado's impact was to their Moore, Okla., home last week, Mady Gosh and fiancé Jason Velasquez have managed to find hope in the improbable sequence of events that saved their wedding-day essentials.
Engaged Couple's Love Withstands Tornado
PHOTO: Sarah McKinney, a 5th grade student at Carleton School in Penns Grove, plays the trombone with the use of prosthetics.
Girl Born Without Hands a Standout Trombone Player
PHOTO: Michael Johnson, left, hugs friend Anthony Cymerys, known as Joe the Barber, in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Conn on May 1, 2013.
A Cut Above the Rest: 'Joe the Barber' Helps the Homeless
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Middlesboro, Ky., Kids Honored for '52 Weeks of Giving'
High school senior Chelesa Fearce, 17, has overcome homelessness to become a star student and valedictorian at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga.
Teen's Rough Road to Top of Class
PHOTO: Sixteen-year-old twins Kiera and Kayla Wilmot with their mother, Marie, in Bartow, Fla.
Cleared of Charges, Florida Honor Student Goes to Space Camp
Geoff Parker, of Seattle, Wash., captured a mountaintop proposal while hiking with his wife.
Man Tracks Down Couple from Mysterious Mountaintop Proposal
PHOTO: Two 17-year-old siblings separated their entire lives are reunited by chance at a D.C. track meet.
Long Lost Sisters Reunite at Track Meet
PHOTO: Kayla Wheeler competes in a recent swimming competition.
Teen With No Legs, One Arm Competes in Paralympics
VIDEO: Kristie and Kirstie Bonner make history as Spelman College's first co-valedictorians.
Twins to Graduate With Identical Honors - Valedictorian
PHOTO: The Empowerment Plan Founder, Veronika Scott models the self-heated, waterproof, all-in-one coat and sleeping bag she designed for the homeless Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in Detroit, Mich.
Sleeping-Bag Coats Warm Detroit's Homeless
PHOTO: Skylar Marion (right), a 15-year old classmate of Kyle Wilkerson, who died in a hit and run accident, had his heart transplanted into Kyle (left).
Critically Ill Teen Adjusts Well to Classmate's Heart
PHOTO: (L-R) America Ferrera, Maria Teresa Kumar, and Rosario Dawson attend Voto Latino's Purple Carpet Bash at All American Pub on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Not All Teachers Are in Classrooms
VIDEO: Breezy Point Firefighters Surprised With Funds to Rebuild
Breezy Point, NY, Volunteer Firefighters Surprised With Tools to Rebuild After Sandy
VIDEO: Tawanda Jones' Camden Sophisticated Sisters group aims to empower girls through dance.
Camden Sophisticated Sisters: Dance Group Inspires Youth in Tough Camden, N.J., Community
VIDEO: The Suskis' Fishing boat capsized on their Caribbean vacation.
Siblings Have Life-Saving 14-Hour Swim After Shipwreck
PHOTO: Blessing Makwera, seen here in this undated screen grab, had the lower half of his face injured in a land mine accident in 2007 in Zimbabwe.
Maimed Teen's Amazing Journey to US
PHOTO: Cameron Lyle, 21, of Plaistow, New Hampshire is giving up his college athletic career for the University of New Hampshire in order to donate bone marrow.
Athlete Cuts Career to Donate Marrow
PHOTO: Donald and Nancy Featherstone
Couple Wears Matching Outfits Every Day for 35 Years
PHOTO: Hannah Warren, 2, was born without a windpipe and received an artificial trachea at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Toddler Without a Windpipe Gets Artificial Trachea
PHOTO: Teens in Wilcox County come together to hold a dance that's open to all.
Wilcox County Students Hold School's First Integrated Prom
PHOTO: Mike Mika hacked Nintendo's Donkey Kong video game for his 3-year-old daughter, switching the roles so Pauline rescues the Mario.
Dad Hacks 'Donkey Kong' for Daughter, Makes Pauline Rescue Mario
Snow White Grants Girl's Wish to See Marine Dad
PHOTO: Carson Rubin, 5, who suffers from a condition called auditory neuropath, will be receiving cochlear implants in April.
Child With Hearing Disorder Gets Wish
Homeless Man Reunited With Daughter Thanks to Strangers
PHOTO: Dauz, an Italian greyhound, is seen with Lillian and David. Jr. Dausman at their home in Colesville, Ill., where the dog was returned after showing up in a shelter in Virginia 9 months after he went missing.
Dog Reunited With Family After 900-Mile Journey
Woman Reunited With Stolen Wallet 23 Years Later
 
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