Through tragedy, young champion continues to fight (14 Photos)
After The Event, doctors prepared Matthew’s parents for the very real possibility that he would not survive. They kept using words like catastrophic and devastating, but Susan and Tom were only half-listening. They knew Matthew had it in him to fight. For the first 48 hours, they held their breath. When Matthew made it through that hurdle, they set their sights on the next milestone.
And after 8 days, he opened his eyes…
A look back at the heroes we’ve helped (15 Photos)
Memorial Day is a time to reflect on how far we’ve come, but more importantly, to remember how we got here. The freedom that we enjoy every day did not always belong to us – we had to fight for it.
Chive Charities is committed to providing financial support to those who defend us. When our veterans have nowhere to turn, they turn to us.
A fated act of kindness saves one veteran’s life (12 Photos)
“I was tired,” he remembers. “I was tired of locking up all my sadness, anger, depression, and anxiety and pretending like it didn’t exist. I thought about becoming one of the 22 a day because I didn’t think I deserved to be here anymore and I was just a burden to my family…”
Princess has only one birthday wish for her little sister (17 Photos)
Joanie Hemmer had just given her 10-month-old daughter, Emberlyn, a bath. She tickles Emberlyn’s feet while she tells her fairy tales of faraway places; mystic kingdoms where beautiful princesses live on icy mountain castles, and a Sleeping Beauty who can only be awakened by true love’s kiss. Magic kingdoms far from Lincoln, Nebraska…
After tragedy, this fighter has reason to hope (13 Photos)
Jennifer Powell takes a deep breath. It’s finally quiet as she settles into her chair beside her daughter’s hospital bed. The only sounds are the steady beeps and clicks of the monitoring machines in the dark, empty room. There haven’t been many peaceful moments lately, not since the seizures started. After checking Tia’s vitals one last time, Jennifer eases into her chair and slowly drifts off to sleep…
Hours later, she woke to the sound of her daughter screaming.
After a lifetime spent serving others, Lt. Benton gets some help (14 Photos)
One night on patrol, Lt. Adam Benton was the first to arrive at the scene of an armed ATM robbery. He and the offender got into “a scuffle,” and while he and the other man were struggling for their weapons, Adam’s muscles seized up on him. He had lost control of his body. Adam was finally able to take the offender into custody, but it had been a close call. Too close.
That was the moment Adam knew he would never be a police officer again.
US Navy father learns true courage from his son (14 Photos)
When baby Merrick was rushed to the Emergency Room after he became limp and very pale, the triage nurse tested his blood oxygenation right away. Her face turned as white as a sheet as she looked at the results. “It says 45%,” she whispered, “but there’s no way that’s right. Most people are at 98 or 99%. He’d be unconscious…”
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