Posted by 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 »
Posted by 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 »
Posted by 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 »
Posted by There’s an unusual barbershop in Lincoln, Nebraska. A barbershop on wheels! It’s the idea of Lawrence Chatters and KB Mensah. Chatters is a therapist, and Mensah is a barber. The two were talking one day and realized that they could help kids in the area with a haircut and guidance. The conversations are helping the…Read more »
Posted by Steve Whitehouse and Kevin Marriott were working their route in England, picking up trash one morning in a neighborhood as usual. This, however, would turn out to be no ordinary day. Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Marriott work as garbagemen, but on this day they sprung into action like firefighters! Thanks to them a man, woman,…Read more »
Posted by Harriet Galbraith had been looking for her bridal photos for more than 30 years and had lost hope of ever locating them. But as luck would have it, Sandra Poindexter was at an auction and noticed these beautiful bridal photographs in a box of old picture frames. She was stunned by the gorgeous bride and gown, so…Read more »
Posted by Back in November, we brought you a story about a new genetic therapy that has the potential to restore hearing for deaf people. Use the link below, Gift of Sound, to read that story. Thanks to doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the therapy was used on an 11-year-old boy from Morocco, and it’s working!…Read more »
Posted by Sean Wan is taking his grandmothers to the Oscars on Sunday. Why? They’re the subject of his film, Nai Nai & Wai Po. It’s nominated for Best Short Documentary Film. It explores the ordinary days his grandmothers spend together. Wan says, his grandmothers are the “pure form of joy in my life.” Click the link…Read more »
Posted by It was a big deal when David Gottesman left these words in his will, “With this money do what you think is right.” What would you do with $1B? David’s wife, Ruth Gottesman, changed lives and created joy by making a $1B donation in the name of her husband to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine making…Read more »
Posted by Kindness at the airport? Really? It’s true! Cindy Tutko recently received the gift of great kindness at the airport. Michael Wright was her angel that day. In Michael’s words, he was just being “a human being.” It’s a great lesson from a kind man. Click the link below to watch today’s Story of Joy and…Read more »
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