Posted on December 7, 2015
With the New Year upon us, we wanted to share with you some stories from this past year that inspired us! Hoping these stories bring you some extra inspiration to brighten your holiday and to get you energized for the new year.
1. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, announced that they will be donating 99% of Facebook shares to charitable purposes. We wish there was a “like button” for this news!
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2. Community comes together to help a homeless man in need. We hope this story inspires you to work as a team to help someone in need!
3. Nurse takes in the 9 year old son of her cancer patient. We’re inspired by the selflessness of this woman and her husband.
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4. A woman was being harassed by a stranger when a hero came to save her – a little boy!
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5. Marathon runners stop to help man in wheelchair finish the race
6. Students from Avon High School came together, lip synced, and raised $20,000.
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7. Yang Xiaoyun, a 65 year old retired teacher from China, travels 1,652 miles (and spends $1,000 of her own money!) to save 100 dogs.
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8. Photo of elderly couple helping young man with his tie goes viral. Sometimes, it’s the simplest things in life that inspire us.
