"I didn't know a single person when I moved here...and now I feel as though my neighbors are family," says Tammy Bacon, who nominated the Tennessee town for ‘Nicest Places in U.S.'
The couple who owns the Vermont flower farm has welcomed thousands of visitors over the years - and it's not necessarily because they were paying customers.
When this compassionate town orchestrated a wedding for two hurricane evacuees, the groom said: "If I had a car, I wouldn't leave. I love it here."
This town knows how to be kind—and it is nominated for the Reader's Digest Top 10 Nicest Places in America contest. (Nominations still being accepted, if your story can beat this!)
Do you know of a community where kindness prevails? Then you may be nominated for a chance to be spotlighted as one of the nicest places in America.
Antonio Garcia was content to stay in his alley as long it meant that he could be with his 30 stray cat companions. So when he passed away in January, Garcia's neighborhood friends took up the mantle as caretakers.
Hayleigh Morrissey thought that she had simply thrown out a wad of toilet paper – and then she remembered what had been wrapped inside.
When Philip moved back to Michigan from Florida, he had no clue that his mom had been keeping secrets from him - until he started meeting his new neighbors.
For over a decade, dozens of able-bodied men have volunteered to help care for their neighbor with multiple sclerosis.
The app has already racked up roughly 65,000 users who are eager to help their neighbors.
This man's contraption had been sitting around for years without being turned on – but thankfully, it ran like a charm during a neighbor's hour of need.
These firefighters did not hesitate to help a young family who was struggling to enjoy themselves on a swelteringly hot day.
After WS served as a judge for last year's Nicest Places in America contest, we are now asking you to submit even more stories of kindness.
As a means of having a conversation with their friendly little neighbor, this entire community is learning sign language.
When this French family suddenly found themselves without a home, their Irish community rallied together to build them a new one in just three weeks.
Billy By could not bear to see his dad standing behind the counter of an empty store, so he took to social media in hopes of drumming up some business.
A doting dad was overcome with emotion when someone showed up at his door with a bag filled with 14 years-worth of gifts from a neighbor, who had just died.
When asked for comment about the incident, he simply chuckled, saying: "I'm just a good Samaritan, not a hero."
The recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who had just sat down on the bench in a Philadelphia train station often wondered if he was a good person. But there was no self-doubt when he leaped onto the tracks to help a complete stranger he'd just seen fall off the platform.
The Czech Republic plans to donate $200,000 to help the Texas town of West recover from a devastating fertilizer plant explosion. The government decided to provide the aid in solidarity because a significant number of people in the town of 2,700 have Czech roots.
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