Early this year, a Spanish teacher at my middle school died of cancer, leaving behind a son. The school banded together to raise money for a college fund. They raised $6,300. Six teachers and the Principal shaved their heads in support. One cut the ponytail he'd been growing since 1986. GMH. - GivesMeHope - FML for Optimists! (Inspiring Twitter-length Stories)

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Early this year, a Spanish teacher at my middle school died of cancer, leaving behind a son. The school banded together to raise money for a college fund. They raised $6,300. Six teachers and the Principal shaved their heads in support. One cut the ponytail he'd been growing since 1986. GMH.

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Jun 23, 2009 07:03 PM by Sarah - Inspiring feats

Today, GMH co-founder Gaby Montero turns 23! Happy Birthday, Gaby!

*** Random KGMH Story ***

I work with kindergarten children, and when a little girl wet her pants, we decided to give her dress up clothes to wear.

She was very upset and embarrassed so a little boy in the class put on a cinderella dress and held her hand the rest of the day, saying "look - everyone's laughing at ME!"

His kindness gmh

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*** Random LGMH Story ***

When my gram was 85, she got breast cancer.

She fought so hard and beat it because she was worried that my grandfather did not know how to use the dishwasher.

She is still alive today at 92. Their LGMH