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    Donating milk brings heartbroken mothers meaning from the loss of a child
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 6

    Donating milk brings heartbroken mothers meaning from the loss of a child

    Researchers found that some parents who experienced a loss wanted to pump and store their milk explicitly to donate it.
    Dad dumps 80,000 pennies on mom's lawn as child support payment. Daughter responds with kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 1

    Dad dumps 80,000 pennies on mom's lawn as child support payment. Daughter responds with kindness

    One Richmond family got a shocking delivery when 80,000 pennies were dumped on their front lawn. They're using the money to help others.
    Celebrities Spreading Solidarity and Raising Funds for Ukraine
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 21

    Celebrities Spreading Solidarity and Raising Funds for Ukraine

    Celebrities have put their money where their mouths are, donating money and launching fundraisers using their public platforms.
    Jennifer Garner shows ‘random act of kindness’ for people in need
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 15

    Jennifer Garner shows ‘random act of kindness’ for people in need

    Jennifer Garner is in the spotlight for sharing a simple way to give back to those in need via random acts of kindness using Ziplock bags.
    Global kindness: Polish volunteers mount vast Ukraine relief effort
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 15

    Global kindness: Polish volunteers mount vast Ukraine relief effort

    Beata Borucka's social media outlets provide Polish grandmothers with advice on everything from how to use Facebook to staying fit.
    Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher Give A $3 Million Dollar Helping Hand To The People Of Ukraine
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 7

    Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher Give A $3 Million Dollar Helping Hand To The People Of Ukraine

    Mila and Ashton took to Instagram to let their followers know they stand with Ukraine.
    13 charitable organizations to support and help the people of Ukraine
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 27

    13 charitable organizations to support and help the people of Ukraine

    While making a simple donation or sharing a link on social media will not single-handedly end this conflict, it can do something.
    Heroic police officer saves student from oncoming car, video shows
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 9

    Heroic police officer saves student from oncoming car, video shows

    A Maryland police officer is being hailed after saving a student from an oncoming car Friday, and instead taking a hit herself.
    Florida teacher surprises her class with a real snowman -- most had never seen snow
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 9

    Florida teacher surprises her class with a real snowman -- most had never seen snow

    A classroom of kindergarten students in Florida got a big surprise in late January when they received a snowman shipped from Kentucky.
    Compassionate cop pays for teen's gym membership after responding to trespassing call
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 5

    Compassionate cop pays for teen's gym membership after responding to trespassing call

    Police Officer Mario Valenti's offer to help a teenager who kept sneaking into X-Sport Fitness to play basketball has drawn praise.
    Say hello to CHAMP, Volkswagen's robot bringing smiles to sick kids
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 5

    Say hello to CHAMP, Volkswagen's robot bringing smiles to sick kids

    Meet CHAMP, the robot who just gave kids undergoing cancer treatments at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles something to smile about.
    Morgan Wallen donates $500,000 to several Black-led organizations
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 4

    Morgan Wallen donates $500,000 to several Black-led organizations

    Morgan Wallen pledged $500,000 because that was the amount of money he estimated he'd made when his music sales spiked after the incident.
    11-year-old sews cheerful hospital gowns for young patients
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 4

    11-year-old sews cheerful hospital gowns for young patients

    Giuliana sews for two to three hours a day after school "because I feel like this is way more important than other things that I could do".
    Science finds that acts of kindness are not random. We are hard-wired to be kind!
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 31

    Science finds that acts of kindness are not random. We are hard-wired to be kind!

    Kindness is key to how we evolved and survived as a species, scientists say. We are hard-wired to be kind.
    'One beautiful life': Dad's love for daughter leads to wheelchair innovation
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 29

    'One beautiful life': Dad's love for daughter leads to wheelchair innovation

    LUCI is a high-tech hardware and software platform that mounts to a power wheelchair to provide stability, security and connectivity.
    81-year-old B.C. veteran living in car gets helping hand from fellow vets
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 29

    81-year-old B.C. veteran living in car gets helping hand from fellow vets

    What started as a question from one military vet to another has sparked an outpouring of support and generosity in the community of Squamish
    Woman spends 19 years paying it forward with random acts of kindness
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 23

    Woman spends 19 years paying it forward with random acts of kindness

    Every year on her birthday, Rita Durgin of South Paris gives herself a growing list of to-do’s. This year she's committed to 30 kind acts.
    California offers college students $10K for public service
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 21

    California offers college students $10K for public service

    The new public service program will subsidize tuition for students who do community service alongside their studies.
    ‘I needed to do something’: Cardi B to help pay funeral costs of NYC fire victims
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 20

    ‘I needed to do something’: Cardi B to help pay funeral costs of NYC fire victims

    Rap superstar Cardi B plans to help pay for the funeral and burial costs of the 17 people killed in a high-rise building fire in New York.
    'Your heart smiles': Friends cheer on 7-year-old until he makes a shot on the basketball court
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 19

    'Your heart smiles': Friends cheer on 7-year-old until he makes a shot on the basketball court

    "Let's go, Andrew. Let's go!" Those were the encouraging words from students as their friend made several attempts to score a bucket.
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