Hundreds of communities and churches across the country will say they participated in the fourth annual Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 9-16. Certainly the kindness benefits the recipient, but as the practitioner of the act, you are also rewarded, by a palpable energy surging through you; and you are fairly floating along to your next appointment!
We went to a cash machine, but it swallowed my husband's card. There we were, out-of-towners out of money. The woman behind us in line offered to lend us the $80 to buy tickets.
There are Thanksgiving Heroes in every American fire house, police station and hospital–public servants who don't get to stay home enjoying the annual holiday feast with their families because they are protecting our homes and property and taking care of the sick. La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles wanted to recognize these heroes with a […]
When a boxing champ saw video of someone stealing a little boy's iPad, he put himself in the kid's corner–providing some relief and a valuable life lesson.
A Purple Heart medal's incredible journey of 49 years: It had disappeared but thanks to a stranger who worked for decades, it was reunited with soldier's family.
A disabled woman had a special request for five-year employee Ridge Quarles, who works at the Kentucky Qdoba she likes to frequent.
This down-home singer sure knows how to make a hometown hero feel appreciated.
This little girl's sweetness in the face of tragedy touched the hearts of literature fans on Twitter, so they sent her volumes of love.
When airport problems stranded a business traveler on the West Coast and a cheerleading team on the East Coast, good Samaritans at rival airlines, JetBlue and Alaskan Airlines, stepped up with good deeds to get them home.
After snow walloped the Milwaukee area, one resident of Greenfield suffered a cardiac emergency while attempting to shovel 12 inches of snow from his driveway. Paramedics took the man to the hospital, but then hatched a plan at the fire station to return and finish shoveling.
A vegan family, Michelle Carrera, and her 4-year-old son Ollie, realized the city's soup kitchen meals all contained meat, so the two started bringing their warm homemade vegan chili to those in need, calling it 'Chili on Wheels'.
An Arlington, Virginia fire captain and his team of romantic firefighters saved the day for a bride and groom Saturday after a snow storm wrecked their wedding plans.
The owner of Inkslinger's Tattoo Shop has quietly become an inspiration to his Massachusetts community. Billy Pfaff's shop is often filled with donations he has collected for the homeless -- coats, blankets, sleeping bags, tents and gift cards -- which he personally hands out. Why does he care? In 2010 he was in their shoes.
A sixth-grade teacher in Bakersfield, California was so sad to see kids coming to school wearing old, torn clothes that she started a clothing bank for students. That was three years ago, and after getting so many donations from the community, she now runs it as a benefit for the entire community.
Boynton Beach, Florida police officers responded to an apartment following a 911 hangup by a two-year-old. When they saw the sad little girl and her sister, they realized they had stumbled upon a different sort of 'emergency'. They knew what to do and returned the next day with a surprise.
In late 2008, a jogger saved Mike Wise's life after he'd fallen through the ice on the C&O Canal while trying to save his dog. Six years later, the sports columnist got to repay him.
Her car was barely drivable after multiple run-ins with deer on roadways, but as a server at the Cracker Barrel restaurant, she didn't know how she would pay for repairs. Then, her boss asked her to drop her tray and come outside. A couple from Arkansas who'd seen her come to work in the shabby car was standing next to a silver car with a red bow on it.
It's a Christmas miracle come early for a North Carolina grandmother. Barbara's roof was leaking throughout the house so she went to see All About Roofing, located in Elon. The owner decided to give her a new roof for free because she only had $300.
Fifty five years ago, when Joyce was a young girl, she lost her parents after their small plane crash in a remote area of Washington state. Suddenly, Joyce is reliving happy memories after recently receiving a wondrous gift from a stranger.
Officer John Holder and 73-year-old widow Dorothy Shepard formed an unlikely friendship 6 months ago, after multiple surgeries left her recovering on her own. Every week he has taken her to doctors appointments and to run errands, mostly while he was off-duty. This was all a secret until a Walmart shopper snapped this photo and it went viral.
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