Writer Starts a Pandemic Pen Pal Project - Now 7,000 People Are Mailing Joy to Strangers With Letters
New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme has started a penpal community in the pandemic. It's called #Penpalooza, and 7,000 are now participating.
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What Started as a Joking Bake-off Between Dads Led to 15,000 Cookies Being Delivered to Essential Workers
Pennsylvania dads Scott McKenzie and Jeremy Uhrich have been spending the pandemic baking cookies for caregivers.
Missing Boater Rescued 86 Miles From Shore Clinging To Capsized Boat: 'I thought that was it'
Stuart Bee got into trouble on his pleasure boat off the Florida coast. Luckily, a ship was able to save him and bring him back to safety.
When a Man Gives a Car to a Substitute Teacher the Gift Ignites a Ripple of Good Deeds
Florida's Cory Schneider gifted a car to stranger in need, substitute teacher Mark Selby. Selby is now planning to build a home for children.
This High School Opened a Campus Grocery Store-And Students Pay in Good Deeds
Linda Tutt High School in Texas has opened a grocery store on the campus, and teens can get food for doing good deeds.
Justin Timberlake Buys Wheelchair-Accessible Van for Teen With Cerebral Palsy: 'It's a blessing'
Justin Timberlake heard a Tennessee teen with cerebral palsy, Jake Stitt, needed a wheechair-accessible van, and donated $35k.
Celebrity Chef David Chang Won $1 Million - And He's Giving It All to Restaurant Workers
Momofuku founder David Chang has donated his jackpot win on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to hospitality workers.
Canadian Man Drives Stranded American Family 1,000 Miles to Alaska
Though most modern-day women generally don't like to think of themselves as damsels in distress, when fate lands them in peril, sometimes the only thing to do is call for a knight in shining armor to come to the rescue. For one American woman, that knight turned out to be a Canadian ranger. Lynn Marchessault […]
This Paralyzed Gymnast Rebounded to Start a Tea Company-And it's One of Oprah's Favorite Things in 2020
When paralyzed Canadian gymnast Taylor Lindsay-Noel began a tea company, it wasn't long before Oprah was calling.
They Canceled Their Big Wedding But Took a $5k Catering Deposit And Served Thanksgiving Meals To The Needy
Emily Bugg and Billy Lewis didn't get to have their big wedding. So they took their 5k catering deposit and served food to the needy.
Man Becomes Rich When Meteorite From Heaven Crashes Through His Roof
A rare CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite worth a million bucks hits the home of Indonesian coffin maker Josua Hutagalung.
Rare Turtles Known For Their Permanent Smiles Saved From Extinction in Myanmar
In Myanmar, rare smiling turtles have been saved from the brink of extinction thanks to conservation initiatives by the WCS and others.