Category: COMPASSION|EMPATHY
Perfect Example of Compassion Revolution: 5-10-13
from Mashable (by Chris Taylor) — New Jersey 19-year-old Marie Sowler was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia. Her sister and father pitched in with a double bone marrow transplant. Sadly, it didn’t work. Marie has been given just days to live. Her fondest wish is to meet Kellin Quinn, lead singer for indie band [...]
PROM GOODNESS
There are so many wonderful stories being shared right now of kindness, compassion and generosity surrounding prom festivities in the United States. (Come to think of it, I’m only seeing US-based prom stories. Do other countries have prom? Please share similar stories from other countries!) Here are a few of my favorites. I’ll update this [...]
Panera’s “Pay What You Want” Model
It was a year ago that Panera (PNRA) converted the Clayton restaurant into a non-profit pay-what-you-want restaurant with the idea of helping to feed the needy and raising money for charitable work. Panera founder and Chairman Ronald Shaich said the cafe, operated through Panera’s charitable foundation, has been a big success, largely because of people [...]
3/18/13: Today’s Online RAK (#2!, via Facebook)
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Balpreet Kaur: Grace in Action
March 17, 2013 – Approximately five months ago, an example of the cruelty which can arise as a result of online anonymity manifested when a member of the reddit community posted a picture of a young woman, mocking her because of facial hair. Balpreet Kaur is the young woman in question; she happens to be [...]
Las Vegas Real Estate Agent’s Good Deed
Las Vegas, NV (Original Story, via KTNV) — We do it every day: Walk or drive by a homeless person. But local realtor Jim Snyder couldn’t keep walking. Something told him to stop and help a man who was hunched over and freezing. What happened next is unbelievable. Jimmy Francis will be the first to [...]
Helping Persons Who are Homeless: Street Treats
Mark Horvath’s HuffPo article just introduced the world to Street Treats in Austin. Pushing carts of ice cream to help direct the homeless in the right direction is the plan of a local nonprofit. Mobile Loaves and Fishes has come up with a unique way to help transients make some money during South by Southwest. [...]
Retired lab chimps see the sky for the first time
Recently it has been reported that the National Institute of Health recommended that a majority of government-owned lab chimps be retired in the near future. For 111 of these chimps, the largest group ever to be retired, this dream is now a reality. Over the next 12 to [...]
New Superhero for 5-year-old Boy
Hard of hearing boy draws heroic inspiration By Danny Fell | Original Story updated 3:10 PM EST, Wed March 06, 2013 Every kid wants to be a superhero at some point. Heck, most adults do too. Who wouldn’t want to leap buildings in a single bound, fly through the air and save the day [...]
EVERYONE MATTERS
March 8, 2013 How letters from strangers saved a teen’s life (CBS News) COLUMBIA, Md. – Words have power. They can tear a person down, or build someone back up — as we found on the road in Columbia, Maryland Don’t let the light fool you. Inside this home — and too many others like [...]
