Basketball Players Stand Up for Downs Syndrome Cheerleader

During a basketball game at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a cheerleader with Downs Syndrome was being picked on by some students in the crowd. Noticing this atrocious behavior, three basketball players walked off the court and addressed the issue head on. They told the students to knock it off and would not continue the game until the bullying …

Entire City Learns Sign Language for Hearing-Impaired Resident

Members of one small town came together to support one of their own residents, Muharrem, who is hearing-impaired. The residents secretly spent a month learning sign language and then spent a morning surprising Muharrem with all that they learned. Everyone signed their communications to Muharrem.  Watch the video below to see how it all unfolded and how Muharrem responded. Joe’s …

Do We Protect Free Speech…Even if we Hate it?

On February 1st, Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at the University of California Berkeley.  He was invited by the Young Republicans, a conservative student group on campus. Milo is a very controversial figure who was born and raised in Great Britain. He is very opinionated on feminism, abortion, race relations and politics in general. He is a self-described “troll” …

Relationships…Relationships…Relationships…

Barry White, Jr. is an elementary teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. He greets each of his 40 5th grade students with a personalized handshake that is all their own. This is a teacher who believes in the importance of building relationships with students. He believes in connection. “Before I’m able to deliver a substantial amount of content to them they have …

It’s About More than the Princesses

Two college sophomores, Kylee McGrane and Maggie McAndrew, were home on winter break watching the movie, Frozen.  Noting their own resemblance to the princesses in the movie, they asked the question, “What if?”  What if we dressed up like princesses and went to pediatric wards at hospitals to cheer up children? Their 2014 conversation turned into action in 2015. The two …

It’s About More than the Coffee

John Sweeney had a dream as a child to help people. He didn’t know how he was going to do it. However, a couple of years ago, he began a social movement called, “suspended coffee.”  He partnered with a local coffee shop to allow a customer to buy a “suspended” cup of coffee.  This “suspended” cup of coffee could later be …

Millennials are Entitled

There is this great video that I watched last week that I call the “video of the year.” It is 13 minutes long, but well worth the view. Simon Sinek asserts that Millennials are selfish, lazy,  unfocused and “entitled.” He says this generation is hard to manage. To put it into my language, they lack character, social skills and leadership …

Trash Men Help Family Dealing with Cancer

This is a feel-good story to start out the new year. Three daughters in the Evenson Family anxiously wait by the window each week for the garbage men to arrive.  It’s not because they like to see their trash picked up. Nope. They just like waiving at the nice smiling garbage men – Brandon and Taylor. So, 5-year-old Grace, 3-year-old …

A Christmas Miracle

Tony Yahle, a healthy 37-year old husband of 3 teenagers, with no previous health problems, was found by his wife, struggling to breathe. He was rushed to a local hospital by ambulance. Within minutes of his arrival, Tony’s heart stopped beating. Doctors signaled a code blue and tried to stimulate his heart for 45 minutes – to no avail. Tony was …

Tom Brady’s Toughest Fan

10-year-old Logan Schoenhardt has been battling cancer most of his life. He has endured 6 brain surgeries. Before his 6th and final brain surgery, he asked the surgeon to engrave the number 12 in the side of his skull – the number of his idol – Tom Brady. The little guy had been through so much, his parents agreed saying, …