An Indiana pizza delivery driver was surprised with a $1,268 tip when he delivered two pizzas to Indiana Wesleyan University’s chapel. Keith Newman, the chief executive officer of Residential Education at the school told students during the chapel service that he was ordering pizza to illustrate an idea…

An Alabama pharmacist surprised his employees and encouraged an entire community when he paid his employees unexpected bonuses with two dollar bills. Danny Cottrell gave his full time employees $700 and the part timers $300, initiating his own stimulus plan. The only thing Cottrell asked was that the…

Darrell Cox stopped for breakfast at a diner in his neighborhood for bacon and eggs. He paid for his meal, but did not realize he left something very important behind. After Cox left, Johnny, a worker at the restaurant found an envelope containing $3,000 in the bathroom. He gave it to the manager, who…

When the owner of an Oklahoma restaurant discovered that someone had been going through food containers in the dumpster, she decided to offer that person a meal. Ashley Jiron, the owner of P.B. Jams said it hurt her that someone had to do that. The thought that someone needed to go through the garbage…

When flight control rerouted a Delta Airlines flight to Tennessee to avoid bad weather in Atlanta, the passengers were pleasantly surprised when they got pizza to help fill the time. The flight was forced to land in Knoxville, Tennessee for a two hour delay, and passengers said the pizza surprise was…

California restaurateur Bruno Serato just celebrating serving 1 million meals to local children, and he has not made a penny on any of them. Serato’s restaurant serves nearly 1,200 free meals to children from his community each day, and he just passed the milestone mark. His mother inspired him to feed…

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his company, billionaire chief executive Li Jinyuan rewarded his entire staff of 6,400 people with a trip to Europe. The workers visited tourist sites in Paris and wound up in a parade on France’s Cote d’Azur. French media estimates the billionaire’s generosity cost…

A Phoenix area man bought a watch for $6 at a Goodwill store and then resold it for $35,000. Zach Norris said he saw the watch and realized it was a rare driving watch and that only 900 of them had ever been made. He sold the watch on a collector’s website and then donated some of the profit back to…

When neighbors in a Michigan community were annoyed over a paperboy’s car making too much noise early in the morning, they had a choice. They could file a noise complaint with the police, or call the Newspaper and get him fired. Instead they decided to help out someone in need. The paper boy’s car had…

18 years ago, Jill Dejewskis decided to volunteer at a Vacation Bible School in a mobile home community near her house. She never expected that week to turn into a lifelong commitment. As she worked in the area, she discovered that many of the families living in the community lived near or below the…

Mark Bustos is 30 years old and is a hairstylist who works at an upscale Manhattan salon 6 days a week. On his day off Bustos, goes down onto the streets of New York and gives free haircuts to homeless people living on the sidewalks. He got started giving away trims during a trip to the Philippines.…

Jesus walked where the people could see him; even the needy ones. Luke tells of ten lepers who could see him and called to him while he was passing by. Jesus stopped and healed them. (See Luke 17) If the city of Santa Barbara, California has its way, it will become more difficult for the needy and the…

In Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a relentless God, Francis Chan writes “The priests of Malachi’s day thought their sacrifices were sufficient. They had spotless animals but chose to keep those for themselves and give their less desirable animals to God. They assumed God was pleased because they had sacrificed…

A New Jersey waitress learned that a little talk and providing a few laughs can pay off. Brianna Siegel served a couple at a Woodbridge restaurant, and when the couple paid their $20 bill, they handed her an envelope and told to open it when she got home. Later that evening, Siegel nearly fell on her…

Donna DiNicola wanted to guarantee that her offer for a 900 square foot home for her son was accepted, so she threw in something unexpected, pizza. DiNicola knew that the real estate market in the area was heating up so she needed something to stand out. Since she owned an Italian Restaurant, she offered…

Authorities in the Boston area say a mystery man has shown up to make the holiday season brighter from employees of two local coffee shops. In one case, a man wearing a cowboy hat walked up to the counter and handed the worker 15 envelopes, each containing a crisp $100 bill. A man, believed to be the…

Retail stores are not typically known for their generosity, but consumer electronics giant Best Buy has recently been unexpectedly generous to two customers. Both of the shoppers ordered iPads online and were shocked when a box filled with five of them arrived at their door. When contacted, the company…

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has traveled the world and eaten in the world’s finest restaurants. Now, he is opening a restaurant of his own, The Soul Kitchen, established in a former auto body shop near his hometown in central New Jersey. Several years ago, Bon Jovi started a foundation to help those in need…

FAITH/WORKS Many bosses tell their employees how valuable they are, but Leonard Abess Jr. put his money where his mouth is. In November 2008, Abess sold a majority stake in Miami based National Bancshares. Rather than putting the money in his account, Abe3ss took $60 million of his own money form the…

Authorities say a 77-year-old Florida man was fired from his job as a toll booth operator after he reportedly used his own money to pay a toll for a tractor trailer that he had undercharged. “Sam” Samsonov has worked at the tool booth for almost 30 years and was asked to scale back his hours after the…

Kathleen Magowan taught school for 35 years in Simsbury, Connecticut Public schools and lived a rather routine life. She attended exercise classes, her church and she went to work. Obvious by her profession as a school teacher, she was a very smart lady, but no one knew how smart an investor she was…

In an effort to build relationships with their community, an Ohio church decided to open a store offering clothing, purses, shoes, sheets and toys absolutely free. The store is operated by the Women’s Ministry of the church. The idea came from an annual clothing giveaway the church used to do every July.…

A restaurant in the St. Louis area is trying a new concept for eating establishment, eat, and then pay what you want. The Panera Corporation decided to convert the restaurant with the idea of helping feed the needy and raising money for other charitable work. Founder and Chairman Ronald Shaich said the…