Pay It Forward

Having a baby can be expensive, and for cash-strapped teen parents, providing clean diapers for their children while trying to finish school can seem impossible.

Two years ago, Maryland mom Sara Gorfinkel decided to make blankets with her children and donate them to an organization called Project Linus, who then donates them to local shelters and hospitals. She was disappointed when she found the nearest chapter was over 30 minutes away.

A few days before Thanksgiving our FOX 5 Pay It Forward crew hit the streets with Easterns Automotive Group. In hand, $100 gift cards to help our faithful viewers with their Thanksgiving Day meal preparation. 

Each October we take time out to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month and to talk about breast health. But for the nearly 300,000 women diagnosed this year with breast cancer, it’s more than a month.

In just a few short days children will run through the streets as goblins, ghouls, and Fort Nite characters fueled by sugar. Part of the Halloween fun, for the kids, are the costumes.

There’s really something special about a person who gives without expecting anything in return. A person that works to make an impact on others because someone made an impact on them. That’s exactly what FOX 5’s Pay It Forward segment is all about.

Being a teen can be hard enough, but when you have a stutter it can be devastating. Jared Glickfield, however, decided that wasn’t going to be the outcome of his story. Instead of letting his stutter define him, he embraced it and turned it into a positive thing.

A new school year is here and educators everywhere have been working hard to welcome students back to the classroom.

Dwayne Frost’s motto is “service is what I do.” It’s something he puts into action every day as the volunteer chaplain for the Prince George’s County Fire Department.

When 91-year old Ruth White made an appointment with Verizon to have cable installed at her Bowie home she had no idea she would come across a tech that turned into a friend.

CHANTILLY, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - For Warren and Nikki Linscott, hearing that their second daughter Callie would be born with a rare medical condition was difficult, but the Virginia couple was grateful they found out just weeks before she was born so they could get the proper medical treatment.

A Loudoun County pharmacist went above the call of duty when she drove 100 miles to help pick up a life-saving drug for a young patient during a nationwide shortage.

Thousands of people driving along Benning Road every day know very little about Woodlawn Cemetery.

Thousands of people driving along Benning Road every day know very little about Woodlawn Cemetery.

The FOX 5 Pay It Forward crew and Easterns Automotive Group teamed up to surprise teachers in Southeast DC on Thursday.

A military mom who came home from her deployment to give her son the surprise of his life at his school in Fairfax County received her own surprise on Friday.

A military mom who came home from her deployment to give her son the surprise of his life at his school in Fairfax County received her own surprise on Friday.

A Prince George's County woman has worked to help her community eight hours a day, six days a week for more than two decades and has declined any compensation for her good deeds.

A Prince George’s County woman has worked to help her community eight hours a day, six days a week for more than two decades and has declined any compensation for her good deeds