Gary Sinise Surprised 1,000 Children Of Fallen U.S. Soldiers With A Trip Of A Lifetime

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Monica Pop
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Known for his roles in Forrest Gump, Apolo 13, CSI: NY, and many more, it looks like Gary Sinise gave a lot to the public throughout the years. However, his best role is that of an incredible real-life humanitarian whose foundation has helped hundreds of families of fallen soldiers and military members. 

Last year, the Gary Sinise Foundation flew around 1,700 people, including 1,000 children of soldiers who lost their life fighting for our country to an unforgettable trip to the magic land of Disney in Orlando, Florida.

The surprise trip was part of the program dubbed “Snowball Express” and involved 15 private planes. The children were able to enjoy the all expenses paid trip around the Holiday season. 

The Snowball Express became part of the Gary Sinise Foundation in 2017. “We are committed to maintaining the wonderful traditions while finding new and exciting ways to serve our families of the fallen,” says the foundation.

“Each one of these children who are going on these airplanes have lost a parent in military services,” said Sinise. “…Either combat related or illness or unfortunately suicide sometimes. We wanna take care of these kids and make sure they know we don’t forget.”

What this man does for these families is simply incredible. Being a veteran himself, he knows what it takes to be part of the military and to put your life on the line every single day although you know your children, parents, spouse, are praying for you and waiting for you to come home safe and sound. 

Jen Tringle witnessed the incredible moment the children who were taking the trip were greeted by the staff and the people present at the Nashville airport with an emotional rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

Along with the video, she wrote. “Most every person standing around, myself included was bawling at the sight of these kids and spouses who have paid so great a price for our country. To see all of this at Christmas time was so humbling,” she said. 

Sinise’s devotion is amazing and deserves our respect. You are an incredible man,  Lieutenant Dan!

Loyal Dog Mourns His Caregiver By Sitting Vigil Outside His Office

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Monica Pop
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A person named Demafelix shared a heartbreaking story about Buboy, the dog that refused to let go of the person who fed him and gave him love. 

Buboy was spotted standing in front of the faculty office at Mabalacat City College in Pampanga, Philippines. He even tried scratching the door, obviously trying to get the so much anticipated belly rubs from his favorite human. The staff at the faculty described this as the most touching scene they’ve ever witnessed because they knew the person Buboy was looking for will never arrive. 

Marcelo, the professor who took care of the stray pup passed away. He was described by his colleagues as a kind-hearted man who offered help to everyone in need and would often stop by at the faculty even if he didn’t have lessons only to feed Buboy. 

“[He] considered you family,” Demafelix wrote in a Facebook post. “When he has no classes, sir will go to school to look at you and give you food.”

“You can’t express all the pain because you don’t know what happened,” Demafelix added “Suddenly he didn’t go to school but still you are waiting outside the faculty [room] where you are always waiting for him, you are always waiting for his arrival.”

Knowing how much the professor cared for the dog who was now confused and left wondering where his friend was, Demafelix decided to take Buboy to Marcelo’s wake and let him say the final goodbye. 

Buboy was now at ease that he could see his human once again and everyone got emotional when they realized the loving creature refused to leave the coffin’s side. 

The school and the rest of the professors are now taking care of Buboy and make sure he is well fed and given the love he deserves. They do it as a tribute to Marcelo.

Enormous humpback whale leaps out of the sea right behind a fishing boat

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Monica Pop
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Nature never fails to amaze us and take our breath away. All those mesmerizing creatures that we get to share this world with only add to the beauty of our planet, and having close encounters with some of the wild and giant beasts is something we all want to experience. 

Recently, whale watchers Douglas Croft and Kate Cummings took a video of one of the most fascinating scenes when it comes to men and nature.  During their stay at Monterey Bay, California, they witnessed a Humpback whale leaping out of the water. The best thing of all was that the giant creature decided to get some fresh air right behind a small fishing boat, and it really showed how huge these wales really are compared to a fisherman and his vessel. 

Although the place where the video was taken is known as one of the most popular whale-watching spots, no one really expected for such a close encounter to take place. 

We believe the person on the boat was as surprised as Croft and Cummings. 

Compared to the whale, the boat named Baja Sueno looks like a toy. 

We don’t even want to imagine how the captain of that boat must have felt at the moment he realized a whale was getting out of the water so close to him. His feelings were probably a mixture of excitement and fear. 

The video is truly amazing and it makes us wish we were on that boat, looking at the magnificent whale having fun right before our eyes. 

That had to be a huge and loud splash, don’t you think so? Luckily, it didn’t harm the captain of the boat. 

Speaking of that day, Croft told Uniland how there were hundreds od boats there, and before getting out of the water completely, this particular whale was enjoying in front of the curious eyes staring at him. 

“That the breach was directly behind the fishing boat really shows the size. Since the boat is closer, it should look bigger, but the whale is huge! If I’d been the fisherman, I’d probably need some new underwear.”

Cummings said that if a whale breaches once, they are likely to it multiple times. 

“I figured the next breach would be around the fisherman because the whale was heading that way and sure enough! Though I didn’t expect the whale and the boat to line up so perfectly.”

Take a look at the incredible encounter in the video below. Isn’t this whale impressive?  

6-Year-Old ‘Lunch Shamed’ By School, Family Demands A Change In School Policy

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Monica Pop
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An unpleasant incident that took place at the Southwest Elementary School made family of a 6-year-old ask for the school policy to be changed. 

Namely, little Anya Howard was about to have her lunch at the school cafeteria when the employees noticed they couldn’t charge those $2.25 from her school account. That’s when they asked her to return the tray with food and told her to go at the back of the line and wait for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 

Doing so, it made some classmates laugh at her face, saying she was poor and couldn’t afford her lunch. This made Anya sad and ashamed. It was her grandfather Dwight Howard who told the story. He also urges the district administration to review the cafeteria policies and make changes that would help avoid such unpleasant and humiliating situations in the future. 

“When she was talking to me about it, she was more than ‘sad,’” he told WFLA.

“I mean, that’s embarrassing for a little 6-year-old.”

The school sent a note saying how the girl’s cafeteria credit was $0.10, but they didn’t bother to inform the parents on the matter earlier. 

“They waited until there was a dime left, denied her the opportunity to eat the lunch that she had [been served and tried to pay for] and then she had to go to the end of the line to wait for a PB&J,” Dwight said.

The Greenwood Community Schools superintendent, Dr. Kent DeKoninck, emailed a statement to News 8:

“It is not an uncommon occurrence for multiple students to be served the alternate lunch on any given day. Any time this happens, our staff looks to handle all of these as discreetly as possible… We do allow elementary students to charge two hot meals before receiving the alternate meal.”

He didn’t want to add any additional comments on the case, as he said Anya’s family didn’t contact them directly.

People can’t get enough of this video of “Super Mom” duck towing her 76 ducklings

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Monica Pop
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Wildlife photographer Brent Cizek thought the day was a nice one, so he decided to visit Minnesota’s Lake Bemidji hoping to make some nice shots. But what he came across was truly unbelievable and way above all his expectations.

Believe it or not, he stumbled upon a mommy duck with 76 ducklings and people can’t get enough of the video of this truly unusual sight. 

That a single mother can’t possibly lay so many eggs is something we are all aware of, that’s why this case of a mommy duck with so many ducklings is so special, yet not that uncommon in the ducks’ world. 

Actually, not all of these sweet babies belong to the duck, but she’s in fact babysitting, or ducklingsitting in this case. The duck is a “crèche” mother.

Speaking with Jillian Mock of the Audubon Society, Cizek confessed how he never though he would see such a sight of so many ducklings getting out of the water one by one as though they were waiting in line to say hi to the camera. He also said how the equipment he brought with him that day wasn’t his best one. Well, only if he knew he was going to make the best duckling video ever.

Cizek named the common merganser duck species matron “Mama Merganser.”

The ducks were practicing swimming across the lake while their “mommy” was waiting for them on the shore. 

Seeing them sprinting in line made it look like they were walking on the surface of the water. Truly breathtaking. 

Some of them, however, weren’t feeling that confident and didn’t enter the water. They were just dipping their feet in it every once in a while. 

Smithsonian Magazine states that female common mergansers only lay about 12 eggs at a time, which means around that number of babies belonged to this mother duck. The rest belonged to other moms, but this one was in charge of all of them that day. 

Bob Duchesne, who writes a birding column for the Bangor Daily News, says that this crèche, “is a form of ducky daycare system which is most typical among birds that breed colonially and whose eggs hatch at roughly the same time.”

It’s obvious this system of bringing up the little ones works, as it allows other moms to get their rest for the day, and their little ones get to be part of a crowd and have some fun time.

However, wildlife experts say that it is still not that common for one mom to take care of so many babies. The numbers reported before are around 50 ducklings, but this brave duck managed to look after 76 of them. 

Seeing large groups of animals functioning like this is fascinating. This will help the ducklings learn how to fly in formation later in life. 

The video below has to be one of the cutest you have ever seen. Watch it now and you’ll thank us later. Enjoy!

Man Looks Out Window To See Some Unexpected Guests Having A Blast In His Pool

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Monica Pop
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Being surrounded by nature and bonding with the wild life can’t compare to any other feeling. Unfortunately, not everyone gets to experience that. 

Garth Bradley lives in a lovely area of South Africa, and just recently, he got some unexpected visitors who really made his day. Honestly, we enjoyed watching them having fun in his swimming pool, too. 

He was working from home that day, when he heard some splashing sounds. Wondering who it could be, he took a look outside and saw the animals jumping in and out of the water. 

“It was enjoyable to watch them having fun. Sort of like watching human kids playing around the pool,” Garth told The Dodo.

If you are already guessing, let us tell you who paid Garth a visit on that sunny day; a group of baboons who were looking forward to some refreshment. 

This wasn’t the first time for these creatures to hang around Garth’s natural garden, but it was definitely their first encounter with the swimming pool, and it looks like they loved it. 

Garth is pleased to have them around and doesn’t mind if they come again and take a full use of his trees and pool.

“We chose to live in this area for its natural beauty,” Garth said. “We have moved into their space, they haven’t moved into ours. It is about tolerance. It would be foolish of us not to expect visitors from the wild.”

Hungry Stray Walks Up To Stranger’s Car, The Driver Makes The Mistake Of Offering Food

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Monica Pop
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Apparently, all it takes for a dog to welcome itself in someone’s home, or in the case of this lovely stray, in someone’s car, is for the word food to be spoken.

When a man driving his car spotted a lovely black dog approaching his vehicle, he asked the animal whether it wanted something to eat. What the dog did next will amaze you. It liked the idea of having some food and jumped right into the car. 

Honestly, it wasn’t something the man and his passenger expected for the dog to do. They were caught by surprise and admitted how they even got scared a little bit. Well, they obviously forgot that cats aren’t the only ones who get to choose their owners, some dogs do it too. 

At this point, the man probably thought how offering food wasn’t the best idea, or maybe not, since they had lots of fun laughing. 

It’s great the man was able to put everything on tape, because telling people how a dog climbed right into your car getting stuck between the windshield and the steering wheel for a while, I guess you wouldn’t buy it. 

The dog’s reaction once at the passenger’s seat is as though it’s asking, “Ok, man, now how about that food you offered?” 

This has to be one of the funniest videos out there. It’s a must see! 

5-Year-Old Breaks Karate Board After Class Cheers Him On

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Monica Pop
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In life, we may often fail in accomplishing our goals in the first try, but what is important is to understand that we should never quit pursuing our dreams, no matter what it takes. And yes, asking for help along the way isn’t something we should be embarrassed of because the reality is that everyone needs a little push and a helping hand every now and then. 

Phoenix is a 5-year-old boy from Orlando, Florida who is a perfect example of what love, encouragement, and words of praise may do. 

He is taking karate lessons at the Bobby Dixon’s American Martial Arts Academy and recently, he and his friends were taking a challenge of breaking a wooden board. However, where his classmates did it on their first go, Phoenix failed. 

What he did was get up and try again. But he failed the second time, too. It looked like it was a challenging task for sweet Phoenix to accomplish, but according to his mother Claudia Swinger, he wasn’t about to quit trying anytime soon. 

After some time, however, Phoenix felt like it was too much for him and burst in tears. He felt embarrassed because he was the only one who couldn’t break that wooden board.  

Seeing him struggle, his peers decided to cheer him up and encourage him to give it a couple more tries. Claudia captured the moment the kids cheer her son’s name as one. This made Phoenix go for it again, this time more determined than ever to break that board that caused him so much trouble. 

This time, he did it on the second try. He managed to complete the task all thanks to his friends’ support. 

It was a day to remember not only for Phoenix who learned a valuable lesson, but for the rest of the kids too. They knew that offering a helping hand to someone in need and a bit encouragement may lead to success. 

Phoenix got a bunch of hugs and everyone knew he was the winner of the event, not because of his kicks, but because he never gave up trying. 

Claudia shared the video, writing: “My boy learned one of the most important lessons in his life today! NEVER EVER GIVE UP!”

The confidence boost Phoenix got from those around him was all he needed to complete the task that seemed like an impossible mission at the beginning.

It’s amazing how kids so young can be so compassionate. We are sure they will grow into great human beings and valuable members of the community. 

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