15 Year Old Invents Device to Help Patients with Alzheimer's

15 Year-Old's Brilliant Invention Will Keep Alzheimer's Patients From Getting Lost

February 15, 2015

15 year-old Kenneth Shinozuka dreams to someday cure Alzheimer's Disease. According to the Alzheimer's Association, of the estimated five million Americans with the disease, about 60 percent of them wander and often become dangerously lost as a result.

Shinozuka has invented a pressure sensor that when worn on the bottom of the foot or with a sock detects an increase in pressure and wirelessly sends an alert to a caregiver's smartphone. Shinozuka came up with the idea for the gadget from a personal experience, and then taught himself how to make it from scratch.

"My grandfather has lost the capability to eat by himself, to walk by himself, definitely to write and read. He can barely speak anymore. So it's very hard," says Shinozuka. "It's also very hard for my aunt, his primary caregiver, since she's the one who has to take care of him all the time."

Shinozuka's grandfather, Deming, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when Shinozuka was four years old and he regularly wanders out of bed at night. In the first six months Shinozuka attached his device, called the "Safe Wander," to his grandfather's sock, it detected all of Deming's 437 known cases of wandering out of bed with no false alarms.

His mother, Maria Feng, remembers that breakthrough. "We were so proud, and we also felt the power of the invention. The power of the technology. It was such a great moment."

Now, Shinozuka hopes to bring that "moment" to more families.

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Cupcake Shop Owner Helps Rescue Kidnapped Girl

Cupcake Shop Owner Gets Huge Influx Of Customers After Rescuing A Kidnapped 3 Year-Old

February 7, 2015

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After rescuing a young kidnapping victim, Salt Lake City cupcake shop owner Leslie Fiet has been overwhelmed with new customers.

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Fiet recognized a black SUV parked in front of her shop featured in an "Amber Alert" description that was sent to her phone. Fiet recovered 3 year-old Bella Martinez through the vehicle's open window, brought the girl into her shop and called 911.

Since the rescue, customers have been pouring in to thank Fiet and support her business. This past Thursday, so many customers showed up that two of Fiet's friends took the day off from their jobs to help serve customers and work the register.

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"It's totally serendipitous," Fiet told Deseret News. "I think it's good karma. We had such a … storm of stuff happening over the last month that my faith in people being nice was completely down the tubes. To see this overwhelming response from people has been crazy."

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Man Donates House for a Year

Generous Lawyer Donates His House to Homeless Family for 1 Year

January 9, 2013

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51 year-old attorney Tony Tolbert donated the house he lives in to a homeless family for an entire year. As for Tolbert, he is moving back in with his parents.

Tolbert had never even met the family moving into his house. He found them through Alexandria House, a homeless shelter for women and children. For that family, everything has changed.

Felicia Dukes and three of her four children were all living in a single room at the shelter. Due to the shelter's rules, her oldest child was not allowed to live with them. Thanks to Tolbert's generosity, Felicia and all four of her children will reunite in a fully furnished home in Los Angeles.

Tolbert claims his inspiration came from growing up in his childhood home, which often offered the less fortunate a place to sleep at night.

"You don't have to be Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Oprah," Tolbert told CBS. "We can do it wherever we are, with whatever we have, and for me, I have a home that I can make available."

Tolbert received his education at Harvard and is now a very successful lawyer. This is his way of giving back to the community.

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Stranger Pays off Layaways

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Generous Stranger Secretly Pays Off Every Layaway Account at Toys R Us

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At the Toys-R-Us store in Bellingham, Massachusetts a complete stranger became an angel for 154 customers.

Around noon on Wednesday, a woman walked into the store and told a cashier she wanted to pay off a layaway balance. “Which one?” she was asked.

“All of them,” she replied. For a total of $20,000.

“I have no words. I can’t believe someone would do that, it’s so nice,” said one of the customers who had their balances erased.

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"Savvy Shopping Mom Pays it Forward"

Savvy Shopping Mom Pays It Forward At Christmas

November 28, 2014 10:45 PM

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A Wylie mom is paying forward six months of hard work, donating $10,000 worth of gifts to families in need this holiday season.

Tina Klein is the self-proclaimed Super Coupon Woman. The mom of three began couponing in 2008.

Earlier this year she challenged herself to use her savvy shopping skills to pay it forward, by purchasing $10,000 in retail items on a budget of $1,500.

“It was a lot of work, but rewarding too,” Klein said.

Klein started in April, searching the clearance racks for off-season items.

60-70% discounts were the minimum, and she never allowed herself to spend more than $10 on any one item.

She searched online,too. Many of her purchases came from retailers like Macys, Kohls, Walmart. She also scored finds from Half-Price Books and Gilly Hicks.

By November, she’d amassed more than 700 items, including toys, books, clothing and shoes, for a grand total of $1,450.

“I searched just when I had time. The $1 for ten items or searching in the $1-$10 price range to see what they’ve have. When I thought it was acceptable, I would get it,” Klein said.

A single mom raising three daughters, Klein works as a server at two restaurants. She says couponing started as a hobby, but she enjoys sharing what she’s learned with others.

“Paying it forward makes you feel good,” Klein said.

Several years ago, she says, there was a time when she found her own family in need during the holidays. Someone stepped forward to help, and this mother never forgot.

“I think most people that have been helped, always want to find a way to pay it forward. If they get that opportunity, they’ll do it,” Klein said.

To that end, she hopes to give away all her shopping finds this holiday season. She’s just looking for the right charity or non-profit in need.

“I’m hoping that it brings some single moms a little more peace, and just helps them out,” said Klein.

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Organ Donor Saves Lives

Family Hears Son’s Heartbeat In Vietnam Veteran’s Chest

Matthew Heisler, 21, a student at the University of North Dakota, died from complications following a house fire. But, Matthew had signed up to be organ donor when he was 16 years old by checking the box on the form for getting his driver’s license.

His father explained to the boy that ‘if life ever slipped away from him, he would give life to someone else’.

Meanwhile, Tom Meeks, a veteran of the Vietnam war, had been waiting nearly three years for a lifeline, after he was diagnosed with a rare and fatal heart disease, reports WFMY News.

Now, eight month’s after Matthew’s death, his parents and younger sister, Casey, got to listen to Matt’s heart beat inside of Tom’s chest.

By checking the box, Matt helped 59 other people, including a 46-year-old woman who received one of Matt’s kidneys and a 61-year-old man who was saved when he received the liver.

Make sure you are registered as an organ donor in the US, by signing up with your state here (below the map).

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Colt's Players Help Charity Founder

Colts Players Treat Veterans’ Charity Founder to Surprise Home Makeover

 

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Jul 3, 2014 5:44pm

When Erich Orrick came home from the Army after 12 years of service, he made it his mission to help other soldiers who were coming home too.

But what Orrick, 44, the father of two girls, did not know was that his community had become well aware of all his good deeds — and so had the Indianapolis Colts’ Pat McAfee, who’d met Orrick through Orrick’s charity organization.

“He’s the most selfless person I’ve ever met in my life,” McAfee said in an interview with the IndyStar.

Orrick, a retired veteran and Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, started Wish for Our Heroes in 2009, helping service members move, get new appliances, even assist with their childcare. The charity group has given more than $10 million in donations.

McAfee and fellow Colts player Colby Fleener recently were able to turn the tables on Orrick and give him quite the surprise of a lifetime. McAfee, a supporter of Wish for Our Heroes, and Fleener got the wheels in motion to treat Orrick and his family to a home makeover.

“We had to think of an elaborate plan to get Erich out of his house and then to stay out of his house for a few days,” McAfee said.

So Fleener and McAfee orchestrated a road trip to Chicago and sent Orrick and his daughters there to help with a weekend charity event.

While the trio were gone, their home, just outside of Indianapolis, was outfitted with new furniture and kitchen appliances. Orrick’s daughters got a new place to do their homework and Orrick received a new “man cave,” including a new TV.

When Orrick arrived home to the surprise, he was nearly speechless.

“I’m completely spellbound. It’s amazing,” he said. “My life has been focused on helping other people. … It was a very humbling experience, being the person that was being helped. But I don’t want people to miss the story here, that there’s a lot of troops out there that really need help.”

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