Adele is a one-of-a-kind service dog! She helps her owner, Marty Harris, by alerting her before she suffers symptoms of a chronic fainting disorder. Adele cues Marty with a gentle nudge or even sitting on her lap, allowing Marty to literally sit out symptoms caused by an irregular heartbeat. Since Adele joined her life in 2006, Marty has only fainted once- and only because she ignored Adele's wise warning! Adele is trained to help with small tasks, and here she is picking up the phone.
2. Kennedy's Kisses for Kaeden
Kennedy was six years old when her brother, Kaeden, was born with heart defects that required multiple surgeries. When it was time to celebrate his first birthday, Kennedy suggested that they collect donations for the Penn State Children's Hospital instead of gifts. The response was overwhelming, and Kennedy kept going! She recruited friends and began Kisses for Kaeden, an organization that has now raised raised over $40,000 so far for a variety of nonprofit organizations.
Find out more about Kennedy and her cause at http://www.americanprofile.com/kids/article/23359.html
3. Laptops for the Wounded
Military mom Laura Brown discovered a challenge- many recovering soldiers are unable to communicate freely with their families due to technological limitations. Laura began "Laptops for the Wounded" to provide laptop computers to these soldiers while they are in the hospital. So far, they've provided forty computers to military hospitals around the country. Wounded soldiers can now communicate by email and even use webcams to see family members.
You can donate money, laptops, playstations and games…there are also links to a virtual shopping mall, where a portion of the proceeds will go to help buy laptops. http://www.laptopsforthewounded.com/
4. The Rose Man
85-year-old Willard Campbell loves to grow roses, but what he loves most is giving them away. Every week he blesses hospital and nursing home patients with the flowers- about 25,000 roses a year.
http://www.visitlakeplacidflorida.com/theroseman/
Thanks for listening! Now.... go change the world!
