Feel-Good Stories

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A Florida man just paid off the past dues for 114 families at risk of having their utilities shut off - CNN
Dec. 10, 2020

Business was good in 2020 for 74-year-old Esmond, owner of Gulf Breeze Pools and Spas. It's something he says he's "almost ashamed" to tell people because he knows how hard it's been for many.

"We've had a good year, and that's why I want to share what I have with the people who need it," he said...

Esmond donated $7,615.40 to pay for the past-due bills of 114 households, according to Joanne Oliver, the city's utility billing supervisor. Holiday cards notifying the residents will be mailed this week, she says.

 

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what a great Christmas present for these families there is kindness in some peoples hearts nice to hear.

 

[Daniel E.]

The homeless drug addict who became a professor

Jesse Thistle spent more than a decade on the streets and in jail. But despite this he has managed to become an expert on the culture of his Indigenous Canadian ancestors -- with the help of his mother, from whom he was separated as a young child...