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    Shine Staff

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  • ‘Dear Santa': Adorable Christmas Requests from Kids, 1900s-Now

    A preserved 1915 letter to Santa Claus went viral this week because of its touching modesty, with a box of paint, a school bag and a bit of candy the only requests on the list. And it got us wondering: How else have Santa letters changed over the decades? According to the United States Post Office's Pete Fontana, "chief elf" of the national 101-year-old Operation Santa, letters have taken a sad turn in just the 16 years that he's overseen the program. "Now they have a more serious intent," Fontana tells Yahoo Shine.

  • Foster Parent Gets More Donations Than She Can Handle Thanks to Facebook Posting

    It's something most people barely think about, but Misty Barry knows from experience what a difference a simple set of clean clothes can make in a child's life and is now trying to make foster kids a little more comfortable one item at a time. Since the kids had just the clothes on their backs, Barry had only her own 6-year-old and 9-year-old sons' clean underwear to offer the girls. That experience led to Barry put out a call for clothing donations on Facebook in April and within a month she had enough clothes to fill the single room she had dedicated to storing the items, dubbed Grace's Closet.

  • Women Who Shine Category Winners!

    Last week, we announced that Public Service nominee Mariah Votriah was the Women Who Shine grand prize winner. Read more about Mariah and what she plans to do with her $10,000 prize.Today, Shine is thrilled to announce the category winners in the Women Who Shine contest. These ladies each will receive at $250 gift card, and will be profiled on Shine in the coming days.Christie Zink, Activist. Read more about Christie.Maggie Machado, Athlete. Read more about Mir.Amee Cantagallo, Entrepreneur. Read more about Amee.Lina Vierira, Healer. Read more about Lina.Mir Kamin, Mother. Read more about Mir. ...

  • Test with Tags: Tagshineathome

    Type your post into the "Text Body" box. Once your post has been entered, you can bold, underline, or italicize words using the icons at the top of the template.You can insert hyperlinks or image using the "Insert Item" tools. To create a link in your text, highlight the word or phrase you'd like to link, hit the link button from the menu, enter your URL, and then close the link tool. To add an image to the body of your content, move your cursor to the place where you would like your image to be inserted and click the image button. ...

  • Test to Check Tags: With Tag

    Type your post into the "Text Body" box. Once your post has been entered, you can bold, underline, or italicize words using the icons at the top of the template.You can insert hyperlinks or image using the "Insert Item" tools. To create a link in your text, highlight the word or phrase you'd like to link, hit the link button from the menu, enter your URL, and then close the link tool. To add an image to the body of your content, move your cursor to the place where you would like your image to be inserted and click the image button. ...

  • Test Article to Check Tags: With Tag Now

    Type your post into the "Text Body" box. Once your post has been entered, you can bold, underline, or italicize words using the icons at the top of the template.You can insert hyperlinks or image using the "Insert Item" tools. To create a link in your text, highlight the word or phrase you'd like to link, hit the link button from the menu, enter your URL, and then close the link tool. To add an image to the body of your content, move your cursor to the place where you would like your image to be inserted and click the image button. ...

  • Test Article to Check Tagging Functionality: No Tags

    Type your post into the "Text Body" box. Once your post has been entered, you can bold, underline, or italicize words using the icons at the top of the template.You can insert hyperlinks or image using the "Insert Item" tools. To create a link in your text, highlight the word or phrase you'd like to link, hit the link button from the menu, enter your URL, and then close the link tool. To add an image to the body of your content, move your cursor to the place where you would like your image to be inserted and click the image button. ...

  • Women Who Shine: And the Winner Is.

    When Shine introduced the Women Who Shine contest, we knew we'd hear about incredible women doing amazing things in their communities. More than 1,400 people were nominated as Women Who Shine. We encourage you to read about these phenomenal nominees. And we thank you for taking the time to nominate those special women in your life who have made such an impact in your world.You, Shine readers, voted. We are beyond excited to introduce the Grand Prize winner, Mariah Vitoria, who was nominated in the category of Public Service. ...