Category: Kindness

Neighbors in Marietta, GA honor retiring mailman Floyd Martin on his last day on the job.
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Neighbors Give Beloved Longtime Mailman A Final Day Of Work He’ll Never Forget

Mailman Floyd Martin’s service and retirement is getting worldwide attention. The neighbors of Marietta, GA want to make sure their longtime mailman, Floyd Martin, gets the message. They love him and they sure appreciate his more than 35 years of service. The AJC reports on Mr. Martin’s last day, neighbors decorated their mailboxes, came out with gifts, and threw a huge party, all in honor or “Mr. Floyd.” Reporter’s tweet thread goes viral Reporter Jennifer Brett followed along on Martin’s

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History-making Jeopardy champ James Holzhauer is already donating some of his winnings to charity.
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“Jeopardy” Champ James Holzhauer Already Giving Away Some Of His $1.9 Million Winnings

James Holzhauer already giving back before his history making run on Jeopardy is over. Jeopardy champ James Holzhauer has done it again. He won Wednesday night, raking in $71,885. He’s well on his way to beating current all-time champ Ken Jennings’ grand total. With 25 consecutive wins, he’s a third of the way to beating Jennings 74-game win streak. The professional Las Vegas gambler comes with an aggressive style that has some people rooting for him. For some, he’s the

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Lunch lady Bonnie Kimball was fired when she gave a student food in the high school cafeteria when he didn't have money to pay. Celebrity chef Jose Andres is offering her a job at his company.
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Celebrity Chef Offers Job To Lunch Lady Fired For Giving Food To Student Who Couldn’t Pay

Lunch lady Bonnie Kimball says she was fired for serving up kindness. New Hampshire lunch lady Bonnie Kimball says she was fired for giving a break to a high school student who a bridge. Who needed to eat. She says in March a supervisor at Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Manchester, New Hampshire saw her let a student take $8 of food from the cafeteria without paying. The student told her he didn’t have any money with him that

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A sloth smiles and waves back at a man who just saved him from the road in the middle of rush hour traffic in Rio de Janeiro.
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Grateful Sloth Waves and Smiles Back At Man Who Saved Him From Traffic During Rush Hour

Because what says, “Thank you!” better than a smiling sloth? Why did the sloth cross the road? Apparently, he forgot the answer as well. When a Brazilian man came across the slow moving creature in the middle of a busy street in Rio de Janeiro, he did what any animal lover would wish they would do, too. What would you do? Jose Aldenizio got out of his car, stopped traffic, picked up the sloth, carried him to a nearby tree

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Tear-inducing surprise for mom who skipped her own college graduation to be able to attend her son's graduation ceremony.
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Tear-Inducing Surprise For Mom Who Skipped Her Own College Graduation To Be At Her Son’s Ceremony

What would one mom do when her college graduation fell on same day as her son’s? Sharonda Wilson waited a long time to make it to her college graduation. So long, in fact, that her college graduation ceremony was scheduled to happen the same day as the ceremony for her son, Stephan. That sounds like such an incredible accomplishment to share. There was only one problem. Sharonda was graduating from Ferris State University and Stephan was graduating from Central Michigan.

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Marnie Fienberg is channeling her grief in losing her mother-in-law, Joyce Fienberg, to encouraging folks to invite two non-Jewish guests to Passover Seder. Her movement is called 2forseder.org.
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Grieving Daughter-in-Law Inviting 2,000 Guests To Passover Seder

Marnie Fienberg couldn’t imagine Passover Seder this year without her beloved mother-in-law so she’s setting out to make the world a better place, “pushing back on anti-semitism with love and matzah.” Marnie Fienberg has such warm memories of Passover Seder with her beloved mother-in-law, Joyce Feinberg. She told The Washington Post Joyce always had Jewish and non-Jewish guests at her seders. She told Washington Jewish Week that Joyce had a special recipe for Passover popovers. Nobody else could replicate the

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Young mom Savannah Blum caught this video of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant carrying her fussy baby. Baby was fussy no more as this flight attendant with a special touch got the baby to blow kisses to other passengers during the pre-takeoff routine.
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Flight Attendant Gets Fussy Baby To Blow Kisses And Help With Pre-Takeoff Routine

Young mom gets a break watching her fussy baby transform into crowd pleaser Savannah Blum knows she doesn’t always have a fussy baby. Her Facebook photos feature plenty of snaps of her happy 19-month-old daughter, Brittan, smiling away. But a recent trip to visit family in Texas stretched longer than mom had planned on. They needed to switch planes in Las Vegas to get home to Reno. Baby Brittan was starting to have enough. That’s when one of the Southwest

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7-Eleven Owner’s Shocking Move Of Kindness After Catching Teen Shoplifter In His Store

Customers are inspired after teen shoplifter tells 7-Eleven owner he was stealing candy because he and his brother are hungry. A teen shoplifter made a 7-Eleven store owner do something unsuspecting customers still can’t believe. WTVG-TV in Toledo, Ohio says a store clerk gave owner Jitendra Singh a heads up last weekend that a suspicious person was stuffing items in his pockets. Singh came out from the back room, confronted the teenager and gave him an ultimatum. Singh told him

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13-year-old William Preston traded in his Xbox and did odd jobs to buy his single mother a car.
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13-Year-Old Trades In Xbox & Does Odd Jobs To Buy Single Mom A Car

William Preston says he wanted to help out single mom during a tough time Kids today! That’s what single mom Krystal Preston is saying about her son. That’s what you might be saying with a different meaning once you hear William Preston’s story. The 13-year-old boy lives in Fernley, Nevada with his mom and two siblings. The family has been going through a tough time. As the oldest kid, Will tries to do what he can to help out. He

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Dr. Sharon Ben-Or wrote a prescription for cancer patient Russ Poole to get a puppy to help settle a dispute with Poole's wife.
Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Good News, Kindness, Marriage, Overcoming Obstacles, Pets, Uplifting Stories

Doctor Writes Cancer Patient Prescription For Best Medicine Ever-Get A Puppy

Patient Ben Poole knew what would make him feel best of all–to get a puppy Ben Poole had a big battle ahead of him when he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer last year. He was dealing with that and the recent loss of his dog. He wanted a new one. His wife was a big no. She was overwhelmed with all his treatments and doctor appointments. Adding a dog was just one thing too many. So, she put him off

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