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The Christmas season is the perfect time to spread love and light, and a meaningful way to do so is through one of many Light the World Giving Machines. Giving Machines are a unique way to spread love and light either in your community or a faraway country. In collaboration with numerous charitable organizations, the…

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Actor Matt Damon recently joined the fight to save a historic 12-member church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City from being sold to developers who want to destroy it to make way for a $30 million luxury condominium. Damon’s effort to save the West Park Presbyterian Church, located at 165…

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A volunteer youth football coach who was shot four times in front of his team in St. Louis, Missouri, by a parent who was upset that his son wasn’t one of the starting players says he’s “blessed” to have survived the attack. Shaquille Latimore told KSDK, “I am a miracle. I beat the odds. A…

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A football player is thanking God for not being blinded in an accident where he suffered burns on his face. He’s since created a new line of merchandise to raise awareness about the plight of burn injuries. When speaking to reporters, Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku declared, “I give all the glory to God”…

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