kindness

Australia & Oceania 11/19/19, 19:27

Homelessness is an issue that has always been prominent in our world. They don't have a home, a job, or money. This can be the result of many social and economic factors and it is devastating to those who experience it. After seeing homeless people sleeping in the streets, at a ...

U.S. 11/12/19, 19:30

This soldier has made our community a better place as he went above and beyond to make sure two hungry boys could have a proper dinner. It happened at a local Taco Bell shop in Mobile, Alabama, according to The Huffington Post. One day, Lt. Col. Robert Risdon Jr., a U.S. Army ...

California 11/05/19, 16:13

A 10-year-old California girl spent her 10th birthday helping "people in need' instead of enjoying her special day with a party or going out with loved ones and friends. Kara Simmons Hernandez said her daughter, Nakayla Simmons, intended to spend the day jumping at a trampoline party in Concord to celebrate ...

U.S. 10/31/19, 06:09

A Georgia nurse decided to become the legal guardian of a 27-year-old man with autism so he could be eligible for a heart transplant. Fifty-seven-year-old Lori Wood, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, decided to take in Jonathan Pinkard, who needed a heart transplant, because he didn’t ...

U.S. 10/21/19, 15:42

A powerful EF-2 tornado packed 120 mph winds left extensive damage throughout a community in Kathleen, Florida, on Friday, Oct. 18. "It's a mess. There's tile everywhere, there's wood everywhere, everything's everywhere," said Jessica Waters, a Kathleen resident whose home was damaged by the tornado, according to FOX13 News. Many people are ...

U.S. 10/20/19, 20:22

A kindhearted barber in Mentor, Ohio, gave a 7-year-old boy with autism a haircut outside to make him feel more comfortable. Ashley Juby said when her son Brycen Juby was 2.5 years old, he was diagnosed with autism and apraxia of speech and was nonverbal until he was 5, TODAY Parents ...

California 10/08/19, 08:56

A group of "junior detectives" in Roseville, California, helped police locate a missing 97-year-old woman who walked away from a care facility, police said. The Roseville Police Department asked for the public's help in locating Glenneta Belford on Sept. 30, 2019. Police said Belford has dementia and is mostly nonverbal. Logan Hultman, ...

U.S. 10/07/19, 21:31

A Virginia man stepped up to help students in his community and raised over $7,500 to pay off school lunch debt for high school students. Dustin Wright, a former Marine, recently created a fundraiser on Facebook with the initial goal of collecting $1,000 toward the negative lunch account balances at Amherst ...

Texas 09/28/19, 13:52

A school bus driver in Texas is being praised for going above and beyond his responsibilities to care for his community. Jerry Martin Jr., who is a bus driver for the Copperas Cove Independent School District in Texas, cut the grass at one of his bus stops so the children he ...

Inspired Stories 09/23/19, 20:54

A 21-year-old Texas hotel employee is being hailed as a hero after working 32 hours straight and helped to ensure 90 guests' safety and comfort as the region was assailed by Tropical Storm Imelda. Satchel Smith, a full-time college student at Lamar University, began his shift at the Homewood Suites in ...

Inspired Stories 09/20/19, 15:43

This story is old but this little sip of compassion might add a little sweetness to your soul.  Brooke Ochoa of Louise, Texas, was walking into a restaurant for lunch. On closing the door, she spotted an elderly lady approaching. The 30-year-old patiently waited and held the door for her.  After that, ...

Inspired Stories 09/18/19, 06:05

A photo of a young student with autism being comforted by a school custodian is gaining a lot of attention on social media for all the right reasons. Hollie Bellew-Shaw said her daughter Kenlee, a fourth-grade student at Melba Passmore Elementary School in Alvin, Texas, wanted “no part of being in ...

Inspired Stories 09/17/19, 04:14

A Northern Irish father paid for a child's birthday cake to mark what would have been his late daughter’s first birthday. Lea Ni Bhriain, from Derrytrasna, Northern Ireland, revealed that when she and her sister had gone to get her niece’s 1st birthday cake from the Windsor Bakery in Banbridge, they ...

Culture 03/29/19, 06:41

People that live in Western countries tend to believe in the concept of ‘cycle of kindness,’ while people living in Eastern countries believe in the ‘Causal Principle’ – they share the belief that when someone does good deeds, they will be rewarded, but when someone does bad deeds, they will ...