In 2015, Jimmy Carter had brain cancer. In 2019, he broke his hip. That same year, at age 95, he fell at home requiring 14 stitches. Despite his injuries, he showed up the next day, to help build houses for the Habitat for Humanity. Recently turning 98, President Carter is still an active volunteer.
In 1959 Police were called to a segregated library b/c a young Black boy was trying to check out books and refused to leave unless he had them. Determined, he later received his Ph.D. in physics from MIT and became a U.S. astronaut. The library is now named after him; respectfully Mr. Ronald McNair!
Just before his death in 2005, a carpenter named Dale Schroeder donated his life savings to help local poor students go to college. Although growing up poor and living a frugal lifestyle, he had amassed $3 million in savings. In the 14 years since his death, his donation sent 33 students to college.