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Classic American diners make money serving up hearty meals for a fair price but one East Bay establishment has built its business giving away food.

Source: Berkeley diner provides free meals to anyone who’s hungry, no questions asked

Nice.

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Dreams came true for a special group of students at Washington High School on Saturday evening, and it was all thanks to an outpour of love from the community. “Ther…

Source: Community gathers donations to send Washington High special needs students to prom

Very cool.

Year after year, on holiday in Switzerland with her late husband, Margaret Thompson watched the paragliders and imagined joining them. When she did, it was heavenly

Source: A new start after 60: I dreamt of paragliding for 30 years. When I took to the skies at 80 I felt completely free

So cool.

Railroad workers in New York are being praised for saving a young boy who had wandered dangerously close to the electrified third rail.

Source: Caught on camera: Railroad conductor sprints to rescue 3-year-old from train tracks

Well done, all!

What started as a restaurant has become a path to entrepreneurship, turning formerly incarcerated folks into lawyers and soul food impresarios.

Source: Minnesota’s Prison-to-Grilled-Cheese Pipeline Is Changing Lives

Love this.

Lucy Humphrey was worried she only had years to live but her pet Doberman found a saviour

Source: Woman’s life saved after her dog found one-in-22 million matching kidney donor on Barry beach

Well done!

Jesse Wig, Adam Colucci, and Dan Spanovich purchased an abandoned high school in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and turned it into a 31-unit apartment building.

Source: We spent $100,000 on an abandoned high school, and $3.3 million to convert it into apartments—take a look inside

What a great idea.

A student denied entry to their Nashville high school prom is getting another chance to take part in the annual tradition thanks to their community. B Hayes, an 18-year-old student at Nashville Christian School, was banned from going to their prom because they wore a suit and not a dress.

Source: A Nashville senior was banned from prom for a suit, so a local business stepped in

Love the community response & support.

At 109 years old, Vincent Dransfield still drives his car, lives independently in his house. He offers advice for living a long life, including drinking milk.

Source: Man, 109, who still drives his car every day has simple tips for long life

Love it!

Sharon Sutton’s family was so poor that she went to primary school without shoes on her feet. That wasn’t an issue in high school, because she never went. Now, after a 55-year education gap, she is a university graduate.

Source: Great-grandma who started work in a sweatshop at 12 graduates from uni at 73

Love it.