Teacher Karen Swartz Larsson led children in two of her classes (comprised of fourth to seventh-graders), in making valentines for strangers. This Friday, they set out to leave the handmade cards in random public places around Stockholm. On buses, subway trains, and a hospital, they cards spread uplifting messages like, 'You are loved,' and 'You are perfect the way you are!'
This video is an homage to the stellar song by Pharrell Williams, called I'm HAPPY. Shot on the streets of Belfast, in Northern Ireland, happy people dance to the catchy tune
Youth around the world have managed to turn a dangerous and deadly viral drinking game into random acts of kindness that have most recently turned infectious on university campuses in Canada. The Canadian version currently captivating students on campuses like McGill University is called Feed the Deed.
wedding photo stolen recovered-ABCvidThanks to extraordinary measures by the Santa Ana police, a local man has been reunited with his stolen camera and the priceless photos of his young wife who passed away at age 30.
Everyone can use a little encouragement. Some people recently signed up to receive an uplifting postcard from a stranger in Hawaii. That beautiful idea is the premise of an art project called, Love From Hawaii.
Not only does Meghan Trainor have a big voice, she's teaching full figured women how to love themselves.
Meet the woman who grew up in a refugee camp and later opened a school to teach non-violence to kids–and just won Global Teacher of the Year.
Italy is joining France in pushing businesses to give unused food to charities–but the Italians are using a carrot approach instead of a stick.
This teen turned a cyberbully's taunt into a rallying cry and raised thousands of dollars to save a threatened species in the process.
When a young woman found herself stranded on dark streets, a homeless man found her a safe place to stay and changed her outlook toward the less fortunate.
Through adversity, pro football running back Derrick Coleman trusted his inner strength. Although he is deaf, the Seattle Seahawks player never let anything stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. The first deaf offensive player in the NFL, Coleman is featured in a new Duracell advertisement that talks about trusting the power within.
Canadians in Edmonton who are baffled by assembly instructions for IKEA furniture can hire Brad Fremmerlid, a 24-year-old man with severe autism who can build anything. Although he doesn't read or speak, Fremmerlid has an amazing ability to understand the most complex diagrams, blueprints and pictorial instructions.
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the tap water for more than 300,000 people in West Virginia, and wanted to help. Angelina Sarro and her father, Frank, remembered the generosity of people who drove to their neighborhood of East Rockaway, New York after Superstorm Sandy bringing trucks loaded with water and food. Now they wanted to pay that kindness forward.
Two college freshman who applied to find roommates at Tulane University found that they were a lot alike. They became fast friends on Facebook and joked to their friends that they were probably half-sisters, but they never thought it might be true. But, it was.
When Khadijah Muhammad left for work in Koxville on Wednesday, she did so with a notice on her doorknob from the local power company saying they would shut off her electricity if a past-due bill wasn't paid by the next day. After serving a small family, she unexpectedly received a note and then saw a thousand dollar tip left for a meal that totaled just $29.30.
Kyle and Josh from Give Back Films surprised a hotel housekeeper with a pile of cash on the bed, just to make her day. They left a note scrawled with a smiley face and some assurance, 'This is A Tip for You!'
Garth Callaghan started slipping notes into his daughter Emma's lunchbox when she was in kindergarten. Now in eight grade, she depends on those brief missives as a daily source of inspiration. Callaghan, 44, now battling cancer, in a fit of inspiration, has written hundreds of napkin notes to his daughter, leaving a legacy of how much he loves her.
Boe Kirner, who now lives in Perth, Australia, wrote on the Good News Network Page, after seeing the photo washed blankets for the homeless: The 21-year-old New Zealander was in New York City doing a 6 month stint as a paramedic when she met a homeless boy to whom she gave her house key. The kindness shown might have dramatically changed two lives.
High school students in Riverside, California donned bright yellow shirts and waved mood-boosting signs to interrupt the daily routines of drivers and passersby on Tuesday. Honking horns, hundreds of smiles, and supportive waves were their reward as the teens learned the power of positive encouragement.
There's some good news coming out of the rare snowstorm that hit the southern United States where localities have been paralyzed because they own no snow removal capability. Local news teams in Atlanta are reporting on several men who have taken hot cocoa and sandwiches on foot to stranded motorists on the interstates.
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