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A Jersey City, New Jersey, police sergeant is being hailed as a hero for assisting a wounded police officer who had been shot in the shoulder while ducking for cover under a stream of gunfire.

A Navy veteran received an early Christmas gift this year after a few sponsors at a recent Charlotte Checkers hockey game teamed up to present her with a car on Friday night.

The community in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is coming together to rebuild a family’s home after their 12-year-old son with schizophrenia caused extreme damage to their home.

A police officer’s widow and son no longer have to worry about paying off their mortgage thanks to a foundation’s generous gift. 

A Florida mother claimed that a neighbor’s Christmas light display inspired her nonverbal daughter with autism to speak her first phrase.

A Missouri church did its best to honor the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris by creating a 7-foot tall gingerbread replica of the church.

A Salvation Army bell ringer in Noblesville, Indiana, recently found a coin worth more than he ever imagined inside his red kettle. 

A church in Virginia recently helped pay off $18,000 worth of its neighbor’s school lunch debt in Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties.

A generous Secret Santa paid off $20,000 in layaway accounts at an Auburn, Alabama, Walmart on Monday morning, focusing on accounts with children’s toys.

A Michigan girl is spreading joy to others by giving them a new set of wheels this holiday season.

A girl from Orlando, Florida, with a rare form of cancer found a bone marrow donor just in time for the holiday season.

A secret Santa in Rigby, Idaho, is making the holidays a little easier this year for a widow and her teenage grandson. 

A young boy in Sarpy County, Nebraska, is being praised for saving a drowning child during a pool party in June. 

A man’s quick actions saved a small dog from what could have been a horrible accident after its leash got caught between an elevator’s doors.

A mystery woman recently made the Christmas season a little easier for a single mother of three in Warrington, Pennsylvania.

Hundreds of rescue pets found new homes last week after an animal shelter in Hazard, Kentucky, asked for community help.

A wounded Navy lieutenant who joined the military in 1991 and served for more than 20 years as a Navy SEAL received a mortgage-free home Tuesday thanks to the nonprofit Building Homes for Heroes.

Employees of a Baltimore, Maryland, real estate firm got a surprise bonus for Christmas this year.

An 81-year-old Denver Broncos superfan with cancer will be attending her first ever football game, thanks to the Denver Broncos and UCHealth.

A 21-strong team of specialised U.S. firefighters said Tuesday it was an “easy decision” to fly to Australia and assist local crews as they continue their battle against dozens of fires raging across the country.

A generous nine-year-old girl asked only one thing for her birthday this year— that the toys from her birthday party be donated to Toys for Tots so kids in need could enjoy them.

An anonymous donor couple in Big Lake, Minnesota, is making sure their neighbors enjoy the Christmas season this year.

A young woman with cerebral palsy achieved an important milestone Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A baby girl in Harrogate, England, is now able to hear her parents speaking to her, thanks to special hearing aids. 

A young boy in Macon, Georgia, was recently declared cancer-free after undergoing treatment for almost a year.

A Tuskegee Airman celebrated his 100th birthday by flying a plane out of Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland, as a copilot.

A California waitress who missed out on a week’s pay because the restaurant she worked at was shut down for the week received a $1,000 tip from a customer.

A businessman in Cary, North Carolina, recently made it his mission to ensure service members spent the holidays with their families this year. 

An elderly man in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, is making sure children in his area receive a special handmade toy for Christmas. 

A Texas high school football announcer was deeply moved by a kind gesture from the opposing team after a game in Lubbock November 29. 

A Catholic church in Tacoma, Washington, recently received a much needed gift to help rescue the building marked for demolition.

U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers rescued a dog swimming in the ocean off the coast of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.

A little boy in Kent County, Michigan, was so excited to finalize his adoption Thursday that he asked his entire kindergarten class to participate. 

The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) K9 units gathered supplies Wednesday for military dog units deployed to the Middle East during Christmas. 

A South Florida veteran got the surprise of a lifetime when his home got a “Winter Wonderland” makeover in time for Christmas.

A mysterious good Samaritan has secretly dropped a gold coin worth $1,200 into a Salvation Army kettle in Springfield, Ohio, for the fifth consecutive year.