PETALING JAYA, Oct 19 — Ayesha* has only one wish for the future: To live long enough to see her twin children grow up. The 33-year-old hotel worker who lives in Labuan has been fighting a hard battle with retroviral disease since she was diagnosed in 2008. Retroviral disease is […]
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Twin 11-year-old siblings in southern California are passing out candy canes during their neighborhood’s Christmas light show in hopes of raising enough money to buy presents for children whose families are suffering economic hardship during the coronavirus pandemic. Troy and Cheyenne Valvo have been passing out candy canes to drivers […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – After shopping for the holidays comes the chance to give back. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is known as Giving Tuesday. It’s a tradition dating back to 2012. “People really seem to understand now that this is our neighbors,” said John Sayles, the CEO of the Vermont […]
The Greater Boston Food Bank delivered over 98 million pounds of food through its distribution partners during the fiscal year that ended in September, a huge spike from the 68 million pounds the organization had budgeted for prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group said Tuesday. “A big part of […]