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Are you ready for the celebrating friendship? “Friends Are Quite Angels,” is a tribute to the friendships that mean so much to us. In honor of the upcoming International Friendship Week, enjoy this lovely tune.

The U.S. Olympic team continued their lucky streak on Wednesday when two more Olympians won gold medals along with Lindsey Vonn: 27-year-old Shani Davis in the 1000 meter speed skating event and 23-year-old Shaun White in the halfpipe snowboarding event.  Shani Davis was the first black athlete to win a gold medal for an individual sport at…

Everyone in New York City remembers Wesley Autrey, the “Subway Hero” or “Subway Superman.” who jumped onto the subway tracks in Harlem to save a 19-year-old student who had fallen off the platform.  Another “Subway Hero,” 23-year-old Lance McGraw, rescued a young woman in Brooklyn recently. A student at Parsons School of Design, 18-year-old Rosie Rittenberry…

American history was made when 25-year-old Lindsey Vonn won the first gold medal in downhill speed skiing on Wednesday.  The last time an American woman won a gold medal in any Alpine speed skiing event was in 1988 when Picabo Street competed in the super giant (super G) slalom race. “I dreamed about what this would…

By Sandra Lee Schubert   Jason O’Neil is an entrepreneur and a social activist–and he is only in the eight grade. At 14 years old, he uses his creativity and business skills to run a business and create ways to give back to the community.     Jason considers himself lucky that he has never been…

A group of strangers and good samaritans banded together in Victorville, CA to help firefighters rescue a toddler (a little girl) trapped in a car during a two-car collision. The toddler’s mother began having car trouble while on the highway.  Attempting to pull off to the side, another car forcibly struck it from behind and sent it flying through a fence into a parking lot.  In a…

The residents in two different Ohio towns are being blessed by two special snow angels. In the village of  Dolyeston, Mayor Terry Lindeman drives a tractor through the streets, sometimes after work, to clear sidewalks and driveways for those unable to do so on their own.  “My thing is, there’s a lot of individuals who don’t have time…

How wonderful it is to be able to spend time watching postive, powerful and inspiring movies that uplift us and transform us. This kind of entertainment leaves a positive impression and stirs the soul. It’s movie award season and we recognize that at Beliefnet as well. We just launched our fifth annual Beliefnet Film Awards.…

Yahoo U.K. and Ireland showcases five unlikely male Olympians who are competing or have already competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Even though he saw snow for the first time five years ago, 33-year-old Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, aka. the Snow Leopard, is the first Winter Olympian from Ghana competing in the upcoming Alpine skiing slalom race.  Robel Teklemariam, a 35-year-old Ethopian, is also…

Would you accept a raise that was over $2,000? Doug Findlater, the mayor of West Kelowna, British Columbia, decided to write a check and give his raise of $2,762.37 back to the people of West Kelowna.  Each year, the city council meets to determine the mayor’s raise.  This year, Findlater declined to be a part of the deliberations and also…
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