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You might remember Alice Willette and Gabbie St. Peter. They are second graders from the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville, who have been updating us on the Moose Morning Show their story. They had decided for their recent 8th birthday that instead of gifts that they would ask people to donate to the food pantry in their school...

You might remember Alice Willette and Gabbie St. Peter. They are second graders from the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville, who told us their story about a month ago. They had decided for their recent 8th birthday that instead of gifts that they would ask people to donate to the food pantry in their school. Who knew that their selfless act would generate such an outpouring of success. They h

UPDATE: Gabbie & Alice now have raised over $5,000. That's enough to fund the food pantry at the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville for a year! ****************************************************************************************** Original Story from Feb. 21: Gabbie and Alice are both second graders at the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville, and they wanted to do something spe

Gabbie and Alice are both second graders at the George J. Mitchell School in Waterville, and they wanted to do something special for their 8th birthday.

If you're looking for a way to get get into the Christmas spirit and hep out a wonderful cause at the same time, have we got a great idea. It's a CD/DVD 'Christmas in Maine.' This is a special 25th anniversary limited edition package that was recorded live from Gracie Theater at Husson University in Bangor.

Laura Benedict, owner of Augusta's popular Red Barn Restaurant, had quite a weekend. Last Wednesday, the day preparations were being made to serve hundreds at the restaurant for Thursday's community Thanksgiving dinner, she received a "cease and desist" letter telling her to stop her charitable work immediately. Listen to her story:

Timeflies teamed up with Take Boston, the event startup launched by two Boston college students, to help raise money for One Fund Boston, which benefits the victims of the marathon bombing tragedy that took place on April 15.

Yesterday, Jessica and Brian Dolloff stopped by the Moose Morning Show to talk about this Sunday's Walk for Autism in Farmington. They're walking in honor of their daughter, Izzie. Not surprisingly, they call themselves and the group they've assembled, "Team Izzie."

Many of us are looking for ways to donate to the victims of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings. Unfortunately, there are already scammers looking to take your money. Watchdog groups are warning of potential online schemes looking to profit from the tragedy.

Oh, that Taylor Swift and her heart of gold! She had lunch with Kayla Kincannon, a 17-year-old superfan from Michigan who is suffering from a brain tumor. Kayla wanted nothing more than to spend a little time with the 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' singer, and she got her wish through some social media elbow grease, courtesy of her friends.

Let's just admit the internet exists for cats. Not scientific research. Cats. Fortunately for us, 13 of the internet's most famous cats are teaming up ... to raise money for charity. We know -- we were a little concerned it might be a "kill all the humans"-style takeover of Earth too. We're getting off easy this time -- all they want us to do is buy a deck of cards!

A month after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, students from the area gathered at the home studio of Christ Frantz & Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads/TomTom Club.) They recorded a special version 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' featuring Ingrid Michaelson.

Christmas may have come and gone, but the spirit of giving is alive and well at Red Robin, where a pregnant woman recently got a free meal and a sweet note on her receipt from the restaurant's manager.

A rare copy of The Regulators, written under Stephen King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman, will be auctioned off to help Mainers heat their homes this winter.

It all started when a customer at a Tim Horton's coffee shop in Winnipeg, Canada decided to spread some holiday cheer by also footing the bill for the next customer in line. But instead of putting their money away, the customer who just got free coffee chose to use the cash on the next person in line. And, suddenly, an epic "pay it forward" chain had begun.

Celebs, by virtue of their gigs, have tons of fame and fortune, but many of them never forget to show their support of the less fortunate. DoSomething.Org has named its Top 20 list of Celebs Gone Good for 2012, with Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus topping the list of the most charitable celebs. Fellow pop stars like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Pink and more were also recognized.