Image by: Marco Giumelli By Dave Andrews I believe kindness is not something anyone should practice if they also expect to get it back in return, to win admiration, or to prove something to others. It’s just something that you do sincerely, from the bottom of your heart. Like when you get scared or jumpy,…
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This Guy Can’t Believe that Someone He Just Met Could Be This Generous
By Jack Day Sometimes in life, you just have to blaze your own trail. That was the thinking of Jared Auger, a resident of Bountiful, Utah and local entrepreneur. Before Auger met another resident, Richard Uhl, he was performing his job of uninstalling old satellite dishes by foot. He would throw his ladder on his…
Down, But Not Out, These Two Brothers Finished the NYC Marathon Thanks to the Kindness Of Strangers
By Jack Day Sometimes karma comes around when you least expect it. Like when brothers Kyle and Brent Pease were making their way into mile 13 of the New York City Marathon last Sunday and a wheel on Kyle’s special wheelchair blew out. At first the brothers from Atlanta put there heads together and devised…
You Won’t Believe What Racing Legend Jeff Gordon Just Gave One Of His Biggest Fans
By Jack Day When you are a Nascar Legend like Jeff Gordon, you probably have a couple extra cars just sitting around the garage. I mean your life is racing, so why not have as many trophies as possible right? Jeff felt the same way, especially about the 2003 model of his special edition Monte…
This Guy Is Helping Homeless People Find Their Families Using the Power Of Social Media
By Jack Day Kevin Adler had a really good idea last Christmas when he filmed a homeless man looking to find his sister and uploaded the video to YouTube. Within an hour the sister was tagged on social media and a month later after some fundraising the two were reunited. So Adler thought why not…
One Football Play In Their College Days Turned These Two Men Into Best Friends
By Jack Day Two men who were opponents for a brief moment in their lives could have never imagined that 30 years later they would be best friends. Especially after one of them wound up paralyzed after their first meeting. During a college football game between The Citadel and East Tennessee State in October of…
These Young Men Are Restoring Dignity to Homeless Veterans As They Are Laid to Rest
By Jack Day You may have heard about the Patriot Riders, a national organization of motorcycle enthusiasts, as well as other patriots, who attend the funerals of veterans. Some of the most important funerals for them to be present at are the veterans who died homeless with no family to bury them. Recently in Holly…
With His Life Hanging In the Balance, This Pooch Got a Second Chance Thanks to These Young Heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8ou-V19E0 By Jack Day If you were a Boy Scout when you were younger, then you probably know how how to do some pretty cool survival stuff. I never was one myself, but I know from friends who were that it takes a pretty dedicated and honorable person to fill the role. Kind of like…
It Took 200 Years Of Waiting, But These Native Americans Are Finally Going “Home”
By Jack Day Sometimes doing the right thing can take a long time. For the Kashia band of Pomo Indians living near the Sonoma coastline of northern California, it took almost 200 years of waiting before the right thing was done for them. Originally the land was their home for generations and it is where…
This Cop Knew a Ticket Was Worthless, So Instead He Went Shopping For the Man He Pulled Over
By Jack Day Officers Justin Gower and Cale Hawkins of the Cedar Park Police Department in Texas are the kind of police who remind the world that not all cops are bad. As evidence of this charge I present this video in which the two decided to do the right thing and help out a…
They Call This Doctor a Hero Because He Is Doing Something Unheard Of For His Patients
By Jack Day To help someone in need is the essence of human kindness. To help 100,000 people in need without any expectation for anything in return is heroic. That’s about the number of patients who have received free medical care through the nonprofit OnePatient Global Health Initiative established by Dr. Daniel Ivankovich in 2010….
This 20-Year-Old Man Was Living On the Street, Until the Kindness Of a Stranger Changed Everything
By Jack Day This is a before and after photo of 20-year-old Shylow Murphy, who less than a week ago was homeless on the streets of Norwich, England. The transformation took place thanks to the kindness of a stranger who happened to be passing by him one day last week. That stranger was Abbi Claxton,…
These Homeless Activists Just Got a Place to Stay For the Winter Thanks to Two Very Generous Men
By Jack Day Usually when homeless people squat in a building the authorities are called to get them out. But in this compassionate story about a group of homeless activists called the Manchester Angels, the reverse has happened. The building in question is owned by Manchester United football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, who…
Already a War Hero, This Man Is Helping Other Veterans Find Peace After the Missions Are Over
By Jack Day After he came back from war, Sean Gobin needed a way to ease his mind from all that he had experienced. He decided to hike the Appalachian Trial, all 2,200 miles of it. It was a way for him to “walk off the war,” as he says and while doing it he…
Get Ready to Go Behind the Mask In This Awesome Story Of Cubbie the School Mascot
By Jack Day When Caleb Popejoy was a little boy he was diagnosed with autism do to his aversion to large crowds of people and inability to handle social situations. His parents feared that once Caleb got to high school he would have serious issues adjusting. Luckily, life had different plans. On a trip to…
To Keep Kids Safe, This Dedicated Teacher Has Walked Them Home For the Last 3 Years
FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13 By Jack Day It’s difficult to imagine stories like this exist, but it’s pretty awesome that they do. Carl Schneider, a special education teacher at Whitney Achievement Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee has been doing something for students at the school that goes far beyond the scope of his duties…
Forget Hollywood, Here Are 10 Real Life Heroes You Need to Know About
By Jack Day Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. From the crossing guards who help out children on their way to school, to the scientists developing life saving drugs across the planet. It’s hard to tell every story, but every year CNN does their best to highlight 10 people who are making a difference…
This Little Boy Just Did the Most Amazing Thing For the Police In His Community
By Jack Day When 10-year-old Jeremie Bordua of Lansing, Michigan thought about what he wanted to be when he grew up, the answer was always a police officer. So with the recent national attention cops have been receiving over certain cases, the profession began to look dicey in the young boy’s eyes. When his mom…
This Paralyzed Man Put Out a Plea On Facebook & the Internet Responded In the Best Way Possible
By Jack Day I could not even begin to imagine what it would be like to spend my life confined to a wheelchair like 30-year-old Domingo Matos, who has been a quadriplegic now for 11 years. The simple daily tasks we take for granted are mountains to Domingo. Just last week he was trying to…
This Good Highway Samaritan Lost His Car In 2011, This Time Someone Returned the Favor
By Anne Cacherell Even heroes need guardian angels. Meet Thomas Weller, also known as the San Diego Highway Man, a mechanic and a nationally recognized Good Samaritan. It all goes back to 1964, when Weller’s car plowed into a snowbank in Illinois. A man saved him by pulling him out and in return, he just…
When a Kid Called Him “Officer Dad,” This Master Deputy Knew Exactly What He Had to Do
By Anne Cacherell People who are willing to adopt understand the importance of raising kids in a permanent, loving and nurturing environment. It creates lifelong security and acceptance indispensable to a child’s welfare and development. Meet Master Deputy Mike Gibson, the school police officer who decided to adopt a 6-year-old boy, who had already been…
This 5-Year Old Kid Philanthropist Raises Thousands Of Dollars to Help Sick Children
By Anne Cacherell Teaching your little ones about the importance of giving, sharing and responding to the needs and the suffering of others increases their well-being. Meet Haylen Astalos, the 5-year-old boy of Blackfalds in Alberta, Canada, who understand the idea of kindness very well. For his 5th birthday, Haylen’s parents asked the guests to…
This Mailman Asked For Book Donations On Facebook For a Little Boy, The Response Was Awesome
By Anne Cacherell Reading stimulates children’s imagination and increases their understanding of the world. It helps them improve their vocabulary and increases their general knowledge. It is also one of the best ways to explore cultures, places, the past and the future without having to travel. Matthew Flores, a 12-year-old boy from Sandy, Utah is…
Watch How This Man’s Organ Donation Earned Him Good Karma 10 Years Later
By Anne Cacherell After his son Kalem died in an ATV accident in December 2004, Bill Millard donated his son’s organs to Janice MacKinnon’s son Jake, who is diabetic and in need of a pancreas transplant. Ten years later, Janice is returning back the kindness by donating her organ to Bill, who has kidney failure…
