Most heartwarming stories of 2015: Where are they now?

Over the past year, we have seen incredible acts of kindness, special relationships and triumphs over adversity that have made our hearts sing. As we say goodbye to 2015, Humankind checked in with some of our favorite stories from the year to see how everyone is doing.

The Lunch Lady

Great-grandma's summer lunches feed 200 kids a day

During the summer, when there aren't any free or reduced priced lunches from school, this grandmother and her team of volunteers found a way to make sure kids in their community don't go hungry.

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Since we last saw the Lunch Lady making and delivering bagged lunches to the kids in her community, she’s been very busy. Phyllis was invited onto the daytime talk show, The Real, where she was given $10,000 for her lunch program! In addition, the community that receives the most help from Phyllis got together and raised $3,000.

The Sandwich Man

700k sandwiches later, man will always help homeless

A retired Minnesota teacher known as the 'Sandwich Man' is dedicating every day of his life to helping the homeless.

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Since we last visited Allen Law, he hasn't slowed down a bit. He still sleeps only a handful of hours a night and continues to dole out sandwiches and bus tokens to the homeless. By the end of 2015, Allen says he will have given out more than one million sandwiches, 7,000 pairs of socks, and almost $45,000 in bus tokens this year. And those freezers in his apartment? He still has them but he isn't allowed to bring in anymore. Now, he's renting storage space for more freezers.

Lucy and the Shook Family

Watch how this orphan reacts when she meets her new 'momma'

It was an emotional scene as dozens of special needs children from China arrived to meet their foster families in Texas. Like every mom would, Audrey Shook spotted Lucy, 6, right away and from the moment they first met, there was an instant connecti

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We are happy to report that Lucy's adoption process is almost complete, but this story has a second happy ending! The Shook family has decided to also adopt Lucy's best friend, a six-year-old blind boy from the same Chinese orphanage who will be named Henry.

Colin's new hand

Watch what happens when boy puts on prosthetic hand

People print all sorts of things at the library, but this boy printed himself a 3-D prosthetic hand. Watch what he does the moment he puts it on and feels what it's like to have a left hand.

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Colin Consavage just celebrated one of the best Christmases of his young life. This year, he got a new hand! The Penn State student group, Digi Digits, who worked on Colin's new prosthetic, delivered it to him over the holiday break. The individual pieces of the hand are attached to a fingerless bicycle glove, glow-in-the-dark, and pure awesome!

Randy & Melissa

This special love story will bring you to 'happy tears'

Meet Melissa and Randy, a special couple who met 10 years ago, but didn't share their first kiss until their wedding day. Their love story will inspire you, impress you and make you smile.

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Our favorite couple, Randy and Melissa, decided to pool their savings to buy a karaoke machine as their Christmas gift to each other. The newlyweds keep it in their bedroom and have already started using it. Melissa sings country. Randy prefers gospel. And they both like Christmas songs.

Hugs Cafe

Tasty food isn't this cafe's only specialty

Hugs Cafe is creating an inviting place of training and employment for adults with special needs while providing dignity, self-worth and developing respect in the community.

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Hugs Cafe has been open for two months and already has many success stories! Jerry for example, has moved from busing tables to excelling at serving tables. He immediately caught on and is very happy. Tamika, who was very shy and rarely smiled, is now working in the kitchen. She is taking control, making cookies without assistance and is SMILING.

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