Pay It Forward

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.

A Virginia teen with autism lovingly referred to as 'Bean' first made headlines back in January when he donated his lifetime supply of peanut butter that was given to him by Lidl to furloughed government workers.

A Virginia teen with autism lovingly referred to as "Bean" first made headlines back in January when he donated his lifetime supply of peanut butter that was given to him by Lidl to furloughed government workers.

A good Samaritan who rushed to rescue a toddler who was abducted during a carjacking in the District was surprised with a shopping spree Friday morning.