Man With Down Syndrome Asks For Christmas Cards, Gets 1,800 Of Them (VIDEO)
Elliot Shirback had just one wish for Christmas. The 25-year-old, who has Down syndrome, wanted 100 Christmas cards. "He was sad one day; all I wanted to do was uplift him,” Shirback's mom, Anne...
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Even Grover Has Bad Days
Life isn't perfect -- nor is it easy, especially around the holidays. Today's world presents myriad challenges, large and small, each and every day. And while our grown-up problems may weigh on us, we...
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Extra Thanks for VBA Workers From Your Nerd-in-Residence
(the Winston-Salem VARO before and after pictures, showing VBMS kicking in for real...) The Dept of Veterans Affairs does a lot of different things for vets. Most of the workers are on the VA medical...
View ArticleHope For Paws Rescues Homeless Dog Frankie From Under Busy Los Angeles...
Earlier this month, we introduced you to a dog called Miley who was rescued from a trash heap where she'd been left to die. In Miley's rescue video, we saw that on the road to recovery, she'd met a dog...
View ArticleWhy Nonprofit Storytelling Won't Be Enough in 2014
In 2014, nonprofits will need to move beyond storytelling to win donors. Fundraising has always been a tough beast to tame. Moreover, with new oversight laws and the growing wealth disparity,...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Viral Love Stories Of 2013
Okay, prepare the tissues. We've rounded up the top ten viral love stories of the year. These stories are the ones that tugged at our heartstrings and went wild on the internet. And for good reason!...
View ArticleFrom The Ground Up: This Budding Rap Group Is Leaving Nobody Behind (VIDEO)
Like most musicians, Ground Up is trying to rise to the top. The thing that makes this group special is how they want to get there. The Philadelphia-based hip-hop trio is composed of two MC's, one DJ...
View ArticleExtend Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits Now!
In the last few days of this year, most Americans are wrapping up their holiday celebrations and pondering the promise of 2014. But millions of Americans who have been struggling the longest to find...
View ArticleIs Affirming Christianity Still Relevant?
By now, anyone who doesn't live in a monastery knows Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson made anti-gay and racially insensitive remarks in an interview with GQ, and that the religious right has leapt...
View ArticleCounting Whales In Hawaii Might Be The Best Volunteer Program Ever
An estimated 10,000 humpback whales are returning to the shallow, warm waters of Hawaii right now, and with them comes the coolest volunteer opportunity in the country. The National Oceanic and...
View ArticleBorn In Prison, Student Now Excels At Vanderbilt
Born on Dec. 23 in a prison hospital and raised by a disabled grandmother, Cody Stothers grew up depending on “angel tree” strangers for Christmas gifts and not expecting birthday presents. This week,...
View ArticleChristmas Behind Bars With Nelson Mandela: Recollections of Younger...
The opening of the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom on Christmas Day in America was an appropriately timed gift, given the film's message about faith in one's belief, overcoming injustice and...
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4 Amazing Health Benefits Of Helping Others
By Leslie Goldman As a boy, whenever Stephen Post got a bad grade, or felt left out of his older brother and sister's games, or was otherwise having a rough day, his mother always said, "Why don't you...
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Best Of Religion Blogs 2013: Words That Inspired, Surprised, And Moved Us...
The spiritual wisdom and religious insights of the bloggers from all faith backgrounds at HuffPost Religion continued to provide the life's blood of the site in 2013. Here are the top ten posts from...
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Senator Spends Day Off With Homeless Man For A Lesson You Can't Learn From An...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has no specific homelessness agenda at the moment other than to better understand the struggles people on the streets face. So he spent his vacation day on Monday shadowing a...
View ArticleThe Shocking Reality of Rental Housing
When the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies released its latest analysis of the state of rental housing two weeks ago, there was a lot of discussion about what the data indicates for...
View ArticleSearching for Community
This is a season of contradictions for many. The chronically ill feel the tug of Dr. Doolittle's push-me-pull-you character. We isolate ourselves, instinctively pulling away from others. This is an...
View ArticleAdopt A Pet In New York City: Featured Animals For 1/3/2014, Courtesy Of...
Every week The Huffington Post New York features city animals up for adoption, in partnership with Animal Care & Control of New York City. A nonprofit organization, AC&C gives shelter to more...
View ArticleWinter Storm Hercules: Homeless People In NYC, Northeast Face Grueling Weather
Hercules, the first gripping winter storm of 2014, barreled across 22 states Thursday night, affecting approximately one-third of the nation and killing at least nine. New England was among the...
View ArticleShould We Try Eating Bugs? (VIDEO)
"Entomophagy" isn't a word that rolls easily off the tongue, and depending on your cultural background you might want the diet it describes to stay far away from the rest of your mouth as well. As the...
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