Posted by A simple act of curiosity turned into something deeply meaningful when Katie Slocum found an old, heartfelt letter tucked inside a book from a Little Free Library. Instead of ignoring it, she set out to find the original owner, eventually reuniting the letter with the woman it was written to years earlier. The letter was written in…Read more »
Posted by We love and need to hear stories of pure joy! The story of second grade teacher Klarissa Trevino and her fiancé, Omar, brings on the joy. Klarissa has so much love for her young students, she wanted to include them in her wedding planning, so she asked them for marriage advice. Click the link below…Read more »
Posted by The Boston Marathon was a couple of weeks ago. Aaron Beggs and Robson DeOliveira didn’t win the race, but they won our hearts. The two men inspired us with their kindness at the finish line. Instead of passing by a fallen runner, they stopped to help. Ajay Haridasse will be forever grateful to them. Click…Read more »
Posted by Every now and then, a simple story reminds us what true community looks like. When one deaf student struggled to connect, a few classmates chose to learn sign language. That small act of kindness quickly grew into an entire school stepping in to make sure he felt seen, included, and valued. Click the link below…Read more »
Posted by An initiative between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Public Library has made it so every student in Chicago Public Schools has a library card. Now to check out resources from the public library students can use their student IDs or their student ID number. Students across the city now have access to all 81…Read more »
Posted by What do you give someone for their 95th birthday? For Bob Jones, his Ohio neighborhood gave him a parade . . . a parade of school buses! Why school buses? Because Bob has brought joy to kids on those school buses for years. Click the link below to see this special birthday celebration.
Posted by It’s been more than a week since the astronauts returned to Earth, but Stories of Joy can’t get enough of the news from space . . . and from home. Victor Glover returned to a hero’s welcome by his Texas neighborhood. Folks lined the street to welcome him home. He and his fellow astronauts are…Read more »
Posted by At 102 years old, George Strausman unexpectedly became a symbol of joy when a simple video of him shaping clay in a pottery class went viral. What captured millions wasn’t just his age, but his delight in living: a man still going to the office, writing poetry, learning new skills he only picked up in…Read more »
Posted by The astronauts are back on Earth, but we can’t stop looking at the images they sent back from the moon. They’re amazing! Craters. Shadows. Colors. Eclipse. Click the link below to watch the images again and again. Thank you, Artemis, for showing us what we can do when we work together!
Posted by There’s a special partnership between a school and a nonprofit in Virginia. Together they’re sharing help and giving hope. Giving Words is a local nonprofit that takes donated cars, restores them, and gives them to single mothers in need. Louisa County High School has a vocational training program where that work gets done. It’s an…Read more »
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