Sophia Asare-Nkansah and Celeste Feggestad were participants in Winfrey's "Pay It Forward Challenge." They were asked to be on the show this week.
November 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
Two Naperville women who got an unexpected leg up on their holiday giving this year were among several hundred benefactors spotlighted in an update episode of Oprah Winfrey's show Monday.
"They're just ordinary people, just like you, who have all been part of something extraordinary," Winfrey said at the start of Monday's show.
Many audience members expanded on their $1,000 allotments by getting matching funds or other donations from local groups or businesses.
One young girl and her mom packed and shipped care packages to military members stationed in Iraq. A Pennsylvania teacher arranged for 425 new pairs of shoes for the kids from low-income families in her school. One woman from Homewood handed out cash to four strangers on the street who looked like they could use the money.
"I think what you all did is a miracle," Winfrey said. "And the world needs a few more miracles."
Asare-Nkansah is giving her cash to Roshanda Mays, a single mom from Aurora who has sickle-cell anemia and was preparing to give birth to her third child via induced labor, five weeks early. A few days earlier, Mays and her children had been displaced by a fire at their apartment building.
Feggestad gave her $1,000 to the Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment pet shelter and the Animal-Assisted Therapy program at Edward Hospital in Naperville, where she volunteers.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
POSTED BY SUSAN FRICK
"They're just ordinary people, just like you, who have all been part of something extraordinary," Winfrey said at the start of Monday's show.
Many audience members expanded on their $1,000 allotments by getting matching funds or other donations from local groups or businesses.
One young girl and her mom packed and shipped care packages to military members stationed in Iraq. A Pennsylvania teacher arranged for 425 new pairs of shoes for the kids from low-income families in her school. One woman from Homewood handed out cash to four strangers on the street who looked like they could use the money.
"I think what you all did is a miracle," Winfrey said. "And the world needs a few more miracles."
Asare-Nkansah is giving her cash to Roshanda Mays, a single mom from Aurora who has sickle-cell anemia and was preparing to give birth to her third child via induced labor, five weeks early. A few days earlier, Mays and her children had been displaced by a fire at their apartment building.
Feggestad gave her $1,000 to the Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment pet shelter and the Animal-Assisted Therapy program at Edward Hospital in Naperville, where she volunteers.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
POSTED BY SUSAN FRICK
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