Posted by It’s an understood rule in baseball. If you catch a home run hit by the opposing team, you throw it back on the field. It’s not in any rule book, but baseball fans know the rule! Except for a generous Blue Jays fan who made the news last week. The Blue Jays were hosting the…Read more »
Posted by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was known in the news for an awful tragedy that occurred there in 2018. So how do you not be defined by that? Teachers tell the students to remember the victims but also to honor them by doing their very best. Well, they’ve come together and worked hard…Read more »
Posted by Tomorrow is National Nurses Day. A day to acknowledge the amazing work nurses do. If you’ve ever been hospitalized, you know. You know it’s the nurse who answers your questions when the doctor isn’t there. You know it’s the nurse who helps you in the middle of the night. You know it’s the nurse you…Read more »
Posted by Today is the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week, and we want to highlight what two teachers are doing at West Side Elementary School in Healdsburg, CA. Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss saw how positive and full of joy their students were each day, and they wanted to help the kids share that attitude. So,…Read more »
Posted by Jordan Spieth won the RBC Heritage Golf Tournament on Easter Sunday. Congratulations to him, but we’re highlighting something else he did that day. Spieth promised a group of kids that he’d come back after a playoff to sign autographs . . . and he kept his promise! We’re guessing he made some Spieth Superfans that…Read more »
Posted by Service + A Big Heart = Joy! Bismack Biyombo and the Phoenix Suns are in the first round of the playoffs, but Biyombo plays for far more then just a win. He recently received the NBA Cares Community Assists Award for donating his entire salary to build a hospital in his homeland, the Democratic Republic…Read more »
Posted by What happens when a second grade class uses a writing assignment to help shelter animals? Well, it warms hearts and spreads joy all around! Students at St. Michael’s Episcopal School went to work on this unusual writing assignment. Write a persuasive letter from an animal’s point of view. The letters were indeed persuasive and effective! Click the…Read more »
Posted by Indiana mom, Angie Carel, looked for ways to deal with her emotions and feelings in the midst of the pandemic. One day, she decided that drawing was her happy place, so she enlisted everyone in her family to draw a turtle by the end of the day. It worked! The family started sharing their silly drawings on…Read more »
Posted by Sometimes joy blooms in unexpected places. A Ukrainian couple on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine decided to tie the knot on the field mixing guns, helmets, and body armor with champagne, flowers, and music. Even in the midst of the darkness of war, light can still shine when people come together to celebrate…Read more »
Posted by For those wondering if it would ever happen, we just completed the Opening Weekend of the long-awaited baseball season. No one could be happier than Rachel Balkovec. She’s the new manager of the Tampa Tarpons, the minor league team of the New York Yankees. Stories of Joy heard this story months ago, and we’ve been…Read more »
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