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    10-year-old makes chemo comfort bags for patients after seeing grandfather fight cancer
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 18

    10-year-old makes chemo comfort bags for patients after seeing grandfather fight cancer

    A 10-year-old girl is dedicating her time to crafting "chemo comfort bags" for hospital patients after seeing her grandfather battle cancer.
    Angel With a Lantern:  80-year-old man braves blizzard to rescue people stranded in their cars
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 11

    Angel With a Lantern: 80-year-old man braves blizzard to rescue people stranded in their cars

    80-year-old man was an "angel with a lantern" for a woman and three others whose cars were stuck during a massive blizzard in Saskatchewan.
    Stranger's kindness to a child with autism teaches a lesson in compassion
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 6

    Stranger's kindness to a child with autism teaches a lesson in compassion

    Ian Shelley, a runner training for a 250-mile race, stopped to ask Fernando if everything was okay. Words are easy, actions are not always.
    Heroic girl, 14, rushes in to help people trapped inside burning apartment
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 2, 2021

    Heroic girl, 14, rushes in to help people trapped inside burning apartment

    Lily Swanson had been walking the family's Rottweiler Isobel close to their home when a strong burning smell in Hough Lane made her stop.
    Selflessness and feeling in harmony with others coincides with greater happiness, study finds
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 2, 2021

    Selflessness and feeling in harmony with others coincides with greater happiness, study finds

    Experiencing the self as interdependent coincided with increased happiness through feeling greater harmony with others.
    Heroic Leyland girl, 14, rushes in to help people trapped inside burning flat
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 4, 2021

    Heroic Leyland girl, 14, rushes in to help people trapped inside burning flat

    Lily Swanson had been walking the family's Rottweiler Isobel close to their home when a strong burning smell in Hough Lane made her stop.
    Woman With Autism Creates Kindness Campaign to Give Back to Those In Need
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 28, 2021

    Woman With Autism Creates Kindness Campaign to Give Back to Those In Need

    For four years, Paige Howell has made random acts of kindness a full-time job, making gift baskets for those in need especially the homeless
    Stranger's kindness to a child with autism is a lesson in compassion
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 15, 2021

    Stranger's kindness to a child with autism is a lesson in compassion

    Natalie Fernando, a mom in Southend, England, was out for a stroll on the boardwalk of her seaside town with her 5-year-old son, Rudy
    Oregon man rents out movie theater and surprises wife with wedding video lost 14 years ago
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 13, 2021

    Oregon man rents out movie theater and surprises wife with wedding video lost 14 years ago

    Drew and Kayla Gottfried met at the University of Oregon. They fell in love and got married on July 20, 2007. It was a perfect overcast day.
    Good Samaritan miraculously finds newborn baby boy alive in discarded dresser
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 12, 2021

    Good Samaritan miraculously finds newborn baby boy alive in discarded dresser

    Woman passing by discarded furniture rescued the infant. Child was taken to a hospital in good condition.
    District judge turned 'dog poop master' saves community trails one shovel load at a time
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 18, 2021

    District judge turned 'dog poop master' saves community trails one shovel load at a time

    For the past three years Sherlock has pushed a wheelbarrow a couple of blocks up Power Street every five weeks or so accompanied by Ellie
    Bartender goes viral after kindly using pub umbrella to escort customer home in rain
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 14, 2021

    Bartender goes viral after kindly using pub umbrella to escort customer home in rain

    A bartender has been described as a true gentleman after a video of his kind gesture to a customer was shared online.
    New Survey Says 7 in 10 Americans Say 2020 Made Them a Better Person
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 12, 2021

    New Survey Says 7 in 10 Americans Say 2020 Made Them a Better Person

    A new poll conducted by OnePoll has revealed that seven in 10 Americans feel that 2020 made them a better person.

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