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Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022
81-year-old B.C. veteran living in car gets helping hand from fellow vets
What started as a question from one military vet to another has sparked an outpouring of support and generosity in the community of Squamish
Joseph Shavit
Jan 23, 2022
Woman spends 19 years paying it forward with random acts of kindness
Every year on her birthday, Rita Durgin of South Paris gives herself a growing list of to-do’s. This year she's committed to 30 kind acts.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 21, 2022
California offers college students $10K for public service
The new public service program will subsidize tuition for students who do community service alongside their studies.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 20, 2022
‘I needed to do something’: Cardi B to help pay funeral costs of NYC fire victims
Rap superstar Cardi B plans to help pay for the funeral and burial costs of the 17 people killed in a high-rise building fire in New York.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 19, 2022
'Your heart smiles': Friends cheer on 7-year-old until he makes a shot on the basketball court
"Let's go, Andrew. Let's go!" Those were the encouraging words from students as their friend made several attempts to score a bucket.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 19, 2022
Hundred year old cobbler Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh lends a helping hand to the needy
“In life, everyone faces different problems, but we must always remain in front of the face, instead of giving up and losing sight.”
Joseph Shavit
Jan 17, 2022
Kevin Hart, Meek Mill and Michael Rubin donate $15 million to Philadelphia schools
Kevin Hart and Meek Mill have teamed up with Michael Rubin to donate $15 million to schools in need of financial aid in Philadelphia.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 17, 2022
Woman leaves $10 Million donation to Music School Of Delaware in her will
The Music School of Delaware hit its highest note yet, with an unprecedented donation from a woman who never donated to the school before.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 15, 2022
Student helps spread kindness to kids undergoing surgery
5th grader William Hadfield had big dreams to spread kindness to children who are undergoing surgery for a cleft palate or cleft lip.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 12, 2022
Winnipeg cop caught in act of kindness
A mom and her son were pleasantly surprised this weekend by a police officer who showed them kindness.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 10, 2022
How a paramedic's act of kindness brought solace in a chaotic emergency department
An act of kindness and comfort to remind us the COVID-19 pandemic is about more than just daily case counts.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 5, 2022
How far does a little kindness go? Research examines how doing good improves mental health
Researchers at the University of Toronto are taking steps to confirm the relationship between kindness and well-being.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 5, 2022
Keanu Reeves Donated 70% of Movie Earnings to Charity
Keanu Reeves, has reportedly donated most of his salary from The Matrix to Leukaemia Research and it's a LOT of cash money.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 3, 2022
Inside Betty White’s incredible acts of kindness
Since her passing, some of Betty White's heroic acts of kindness that the star did in her long life have been recirculating online.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2021
One lonely traveler in Louisville & a cowboy's act of kindness on New Year's Eve
I arrived in Louisville on New Year’s Eve of 2016. I had taken off from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a few days prior, heading to Kentucky.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2021
New app helps track random acts of kindness
The team behind the Kindland campaign developed the “Just Be Kind” app to track all the good deeds that often fly under the radar.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2021
Act of kindness connects man to brother lost in the last days of World War II
Jerry Isley received earlier this year a rather unusual gift from an unlikely source, an acquaintance he’d met in person once or twice.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 15, 2021
Compassionate mailman helps little girl with her heartbreaking letter 'To Daddy' in heaven
An eight-year-old girl whose father passed away when she was just four months old wrote a letter to him addressed 'To Daddy' and posted it.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 14, 2021
According to experts, these 4 secrets are essential to raising kind children
Schools around the world are implementing lessons that teach empathy and compassion, and science is increasingly focusing on their benefits.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 13, 2021
Compassionate student makes whole school feel special with kindness
A fifth grader from Pioneer Elementary in Vancouver is showing others how one small act of kindness can spread far and wide.
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