I recommended to a self-help group of inmates at a Louisiana prison in DeQuincy that they start a Toastmasters club in the prison. Out of 60 inmate Toastmasters who had been released from prison from 1986-1991, not one had been re-arrested.
Members of the Voices of Distinction Toastmasters club of Lafayette Parish Correctional Center in Louisiana wanted to give back to their community by showing youngsters the way to stay out of prison so they've spoken to 25,000 schools kids.
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.
Anthropologists once examined a society that utilized a special technique for the treatment of those members who chose to break rules or violate customs, which were predominantly children.
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 […]
More than 2,000 fans helped set a new record in Kansas City Sunday by lining up for nine miles to complete the longest first pitch in baseball history.
Shirley Webb doesn't like grandma jokes in the gym. No one is laughing now because she can deadlift 245 pounds and is dedicated to feeling good.
A Michigan man on vacation noticed debris strewn on the road leading to an embankment and almost kept going. Two kids are alive today because he turned around.
While a policeman was on patrol, he came upon a skunk running in circles with his head stuck in a yogurt container. What would you do? He did the right thing.
Tributes have hailed Frances Kelsey as a hero since her death on Friday. The Canadian doctor fought tenaciously to keep thalidomide out of US pharmacies.
A tragedy was narrowly averted in France thanks to the courage of 3 American passengers and a British man who rushed straight at a heavily armed man.