Inspiring

May 4, 2025

Strangers Raise Over $300K To Help a 81-Year-Old Waitress Retire

While eating at a local Pittsburgh restaurant called Eat’n Park, esthetician and TikTok creator Tamie Konzier had an unexpected encounter that would soon inspire thousands of people. Alongside her son, Leo, she met Betty, an 81-year-old waitress who struggled with chronic back pain and was unable to retire due to financial constraints. Moved by Betty’s hardship, Konzier decided to use her platform for good.

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April 24, 2025

10-Year-Old Boy Starts His Own Business Cleaning Headstones

Some kids enjoy playing football, others love getting creative with crayons, but 10-year-old Ben, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, finds happiness in something quite unexpected—cleaning graves. It all began when he was tidying up his own grandmother’s headstone. As he looked around the cemetery, he noticed how many other graves were in need of care. That moment sparked an idea, and now Ben runs his very own grave-cleaning business.

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April 22, 2025

Prominent Civil Rights Figure Ruby Bridges Publishes Love Letter to Her First-Grade Teacher

In November 1960, a shouting mob swarmed around William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. At the center of the commotion was Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old girl accompanied by U.S. Marshals. She was the first Black student to integrate the school, at the height of the civil rights movement. That year, several white parents withdrew their children from the school, and all teachers except for one refused to teach while a Black child was enrolled.

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