Lucky Girl

Lucky Girl is the name of a new book written by Scout Bassett. It’s the story of a girl living with a physical disability in China who is adopted by a family in the United States. It’s her story. She looks back on horrific experiences and remembers the help and hope she received from another…Read more »

A New Story

Randy Johnson’s career as a major league pitcher is well known. He had great success and is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now he’s exploring a new story in his life as a photographer. His passion for photography is inspiring, and the stories he’s telling through photos is powerful. Click the link below to…Read more »

Quite the Story!!!

Most new dads-to-be head to the maternity ward when labor starts. Luke Epplin started there, but he ended up in the emergency room. It’s quite the story! When you read today’s Story of Joy, you’ll be laughing out loud. Lucky for Luke, his wife was very understanding about the whole thing. Click the link below…Read more »

Pajama Day Kindness

Spirit Days at school can be a lot of fun.  Dress up like a superhero or wear your pajamas to school.  But it’s not very fun when you don’t have the things you need to participate. In today’s Story of Joy, a bus driver steps up and makes a kid’s day with a small act of…Read more »

Hank’s Dream

Fifty years ago this week, on April 8th 1974, Hank Aaron became the all-time home run leader in baseball history. On that night, Aaron hit his 715th home run off Al Downing over the left field fence in Atlanta. However, it was a fortuitous visit by his childhood idol, Jackie Robinson, when Aaron was a teenager, that…Read more »

Mady’s Mission

The Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship game is tonight. While one team’s trip to the tournament ended earlier, one player’s story continues. Mady Sissoko is “a great kid with a great story.” The Michigan State Spartans center also has a great mission. When he learned that he couldn’t personally benefit from his “NIL” in the NCAA, he…Read more »

Second Grade Dream

When they were children, most NBA players dreamed of becoming professional basketball players. Mikal Bridges, Brooklyn Nets star, dreamed of being a second grade teacher, and he recently got to fulfill that dream at P.S. 134 in Brooklyn. Bridges remembers his second grade teacher, Miss Porter, and he says, “They don’t get enough credit” for…Read more »

Wake Up!

April is National Volunteer Month. Today we’re celebrating a special group of volunteers in Pittsburgh. Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism is a big problem in schools around the country. Senior citizens in Pittsburgh are volunteering to do Nana Wake-up Calls. What’s a Nana Wake-up Call? Click the link below to find out! You can listen…Read more »

Part of the Family

We’re bringing you some Stories of Joy this week about college students doing good things in their community. Monday’s story was about a campus food pantry. Today’s story demonstrates kindness shown for campus staff. Providence College students in Rhode Island decided to give back to the campus security guard. He’s from Nigeria and hasn’t seen…Read more »

Helping Hand

Recent reports show that one in three college students are experiencing food insecurity. University of California Davis is doing something about it with a food pantry on campus. This helping hand is important in so many ways. Kate Tobie, a student volunteer, says, “It feels good to give back and know that I’m needed here.”…Read more »