A quilt begun 10 years ago tells the stories of those whose lives have been touched by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Squares have been made by patients, doctors and family members, by those who have passed away and those who are still fighting.

It will be some time before Antwain Duncan will be back in his baseball uniform, but for now the star pitcher is using the discipline he learned on the diamond to defeat cancer. As a patient at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Antwain and his mother are able to focus all their efforts on his fight.

A video showing 200 dancing hospital employees wearing pink gloves in support of breast cancer awareness becomes an Internet sensation. More than three million people have viewed the video on YouTube.

Doc Hendley's nonprofit Wine to Water has brought safe drinking water to 25,000 people in refugee camps, orphanages, schools, hospitals and even a leper colony. The North Carolina bartender began funding his organization through wine-tasting events.

Breast cancer survivor Andrea Ivory spends Saturdays going door to door, encouraging women to get mammograms. She started the Florida Breast Health Initiative to give uninsured women the fighting chance she had.

At Las Vegas' Whitney Elementary School, where at least 75 percent of the pupils are homeless, the principal has set up a network of services for children and their families. The school runs both a food and clothing pantry and regularly pays utility bills, gives Christmas gifts and even arranges for dentists and barbers to provide free services.