The age old tradition of pen pals has long sparked international friendships, but now it has become an avenue for providing aid to poor families in Brazil, with the added byproduct of lasting friendships.
My dad, now 90, told this story to me many times. It illustrates how our greatest challenges or problems in life can become our best opportunities for unthinkable success. What looks like an obstacle may be the natural step toward greatness.
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Dwayne Lee of Milwaukee proposed a Summer Peace Plan for city residents. His calls for understanding others' shortcomings and challenges, and for getting to know your neighbors, are just as useful to those who don't live in the city.
Jewish teenagers from 37 American communities have been personally inspired by Harold Grinspoon and his teen philanthropy programs to establish personal endowment funds using a portion of their b’nai mitzvah gift money.
A volunteer group called Angels Of Destiny delivers small hand painted ceramic angels to people living with life threatening illnesses such as AIDS/HIV and cancer.
"Israelis try to cushion the effects of their daily stress by taking part in the third annual mass pillow fight. While Israeli forces attack in Gaza and the regional conflict seemed far from an end, residents of the coastal city of Tel Aviv engage in some stress-busting scuffles involving pillows."
15,000 kids gathered in a baseball stadium in New York City to sing for a sick boy, led by Bob McGrath, host of the TV series, Sesame Street.
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His doctors told him to forget about college, yet he never gave up.
Some friendships are cemented by unspeakable pain. That's what binds members of the Parents Circle - Families Forum, a group of Israelis and Palestinians who've lost close family members and who're committed to going beyond grief to a better future.
You can make yourself happier â€" and it doesn’t have to be a long-term ambition. You can start right now. In the next hour, check off as many of the following items as possible.
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