Spontaneous Kindness in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Miranda, on the left, is a teenager from California visiting her extended family in Allentown, PA. Her family and our family happened to be in the Hamilton Family Restaurant at the same time. In [...]
Tire Change: A 2015 Student Film Contest Winner
Opportunities for acts of kindness are all around us. Here, students from Three Rivers Community College imagined that opportunity through a simple tire change. The driver sees a stranded [...]
Pledge to help
SECOND ANNUAL EASTERN CT WALK AGAINST HUNGER A remarkable moment occurred during the pledge of allegiance before the fundraising walk began. Kids learn from a very young age about supporting [...]
Shaved Heads
When one high school student was diagnosed with cancer, his friends shaved their heads in solidarity so he wouldn’t be the lone bald student at the prom.
Paying it Forward
One morning, en route to the office on an otherwise regular Monday, I found myself craving coffee. This was unusual because usually morning-me is running on enthusiasm and copious amounts of [...]
Thanksgiving Drive in Connecticut
Christopher is 9 years old and one of several children help out at a 2014 Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the Connecticut Food Bank an Gemma Moran Food Pantry. This is his fourth year doing so [...]
Does Beauty Make Us Kinder?
Even though I have never met you, I know something very basic about you. It is quite likely that you have had several experiences of beauty during your life. You have looked at a movie or a [...]
When animals are loved, they love you back
Like humans, animals clearly can show empathy and caring for others, including humans. These are images from Waterford Country School, a unique school in Connecticut that, as part its mission, [...]