A homeless man in Kansas City, Mo., made national headlines more than a week ago when a woman, while putting money into a cup the man was holding dropped a valuable platinum and diamond engagement ring into that cup as well. As the story went, the woman came back to the street corner where Harris was and he gave the ring back to her. Now get this, hundreds of donors have contributed more than $16,000 to a page on GiveForward.com to help Billy Ray Harris get his life back on track. And the story gets even better for Billy Ray.  With all of this media coverage, it's also helped him reconnect with with a brother in iin Texas.  Someone he hasn't seen in over 30 years.

The New York Daily News reveals when the woman and her husband returned, they gave the homeless man all the cash she had on her -- around $40 to $60. Then Bill Krejci, who is a web designer, was inspired by some media outlets' websites where people asked how they could help. Enter GiveForward.com.

For the next 90 days, anyone can donate money for Harris. The homeless man cited his reverend grandfather, who raised him since he was 6 months old, as the reason for his character trait that returned the ring to the woman. Individual donations from as little as $5 up to $500 have poured into GiveForward.com for Harris.