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    Community support can make you healthier and help you lose weight
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 10

    Community support can make you healthier and help you lose weight

    The study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week behavioral program for weight loss and improved cardiovascular health.
    Community support can make you healthier — and help you lose weight
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 12

    Community support can make you healthier — and help you lose weight

    Research study suggests that weight gain can be prevented and perhaps reversed with the help and support of a person's community.
    Forward-thinking gym lifts weights, shifts attitudes through anti-racism programs
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 27

    Forward-thinking gym lifts weights, shifts attitudes through anti-racism programs

    Anti-racism program at Boston’s Inner-City Weightlifting was effective in helping to positively shift views of race and class.
    The Brighter 10:  This week's top 10 stories of kindness from around the world
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 16, 2021

    The Brighter 10: This week's top 10 stories of kindness from around the world

    Each week, the Brighter Side of News combs the web for the best good news stories from around the world. Enjoy!
    Forgiveness messaging increases willingness to accept former Boko Haram fighters returning home
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 13, 2021

    Forgiveness messaging increases willingness to accept former Boko Haram fighters returning home

    Thousands of former Boko Haram militants and abductees in Nigeria left the group this summer and asked to return to their homes.
    How a 2-day 'Kindness Yard Sale' turned into a year’s worth of kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 27, 2021

    How a 2-day 'Kindness Yard Sale' turned into a year’s worth of kindness

    There’s no judgment or side-eye here in Thompson-Gaines’s yard. There is just “Thanks” and “Have a nice day” and “Hope you enjoy that.”
    Meet the Central Park Dance Skaters busting moves on eight wheels
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 7, 2021

    Meet the Central Park Dance Skaters busting moves on eight wheels

    Meet the Central Park Dance Skaters Association who've been busting moves on eight wheels for more than 31 years!
    Missouri family’s tragedy leads to hundreds of acts of kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 30, 2021

    Missouri family’s tragedy leads to hundreds of acts of kindness

    A day celebrated in many communities across the state and country is now officially a Missouri holiday.
    Missouri Governor Signs Bill Creating “Random Acts of Kindness” Day
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 16, 2021

    Missouri Governor Signs Bill Creating “Random Acts of Kindness” Day

    Governor Parson (Missouri) signed SB 72 into law creating a statewide Random Acts of Kindness Day on Aug. 31.
    New Kentucky sweepstakes awards children $1,000 to encourage summer reading
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 23, 2021

    New Kentucky sweepstakes awards children $1,000 to encourage summer reading

    Programming, materials, and activities for elementary-aged children should be a core part of every library’s offerings year-round.

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