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For more than 16 years, Christian Bale quietly worked behind the scenes to help create a $22 million foster care village in California through his organization Together California. The project was designed to keep foster siblings from being separated, something that happens to many children in the system. The village includes 12 family-style homes where brothers and sisters can stay together, apartments for teenagers aging out of foster care, and a large community center offering counseling, educational support, and recreational spaces. Bale said the goal was to create a safe, stable environment that feels like a real community rather than an institution.

This man robbed a bank for $1, sat down and waited for the police, just to get free healthcare in prison In 2011 a man named Richard James Verone walked into a RBC Bank in Gastonia, North Carolina Handed the teller a note demanding $1 One dollar Then sat down in the lobby and waited calmly for police to arrive He was 59. No job. No insurance. A growth on his chest. Two ruptured discs. Calculated that a federal conviction would guarantee him full medical coverage inside prison The judge sentenced him to 3 years He got the surgery He got the treatment He told reporters on the way out he had no regrets A 59 year old American man robbed a bank for $1 because it was cheaper than seeing a doctor

“We gave up our yesterdays for your tomorrows.” 98-year-old World War II veteran David Yoho delivered an emotional message at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. as Americans gathered to honor the more than 400,000 U.S. service members who died during the war. Standing before the crowd in the rain, Yoho urged younger generations to remember the sacrifices made by veterans and to keep telling their stories long after they’re gone. “Tell them it was a 16-year-old boy in the hearts and mind and body of a 98-year-old veteran of World War II.”

You wanna see heaven on Earth? Top Gun being played on the USS Midway in San Diego courtesy of our old friend Painting Surfer, he say’s 🤙

Boomers seem to forget that fast food used to be a normal, everyday expense for them because it was affordable. You could get a burger easily on minimum wage, it wasn’t some fancy treat you had once a year as a reward for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.