Up to Your Neck in Mud? – Sing!

William McRavenwas, commander of US Special Force Command, gave an oft-quoted speech at a university graduation in Texas in 2014. He spoke of his experiences ...

12-Year-Old Buys Sneakers for Bullied Classmate

When Romello Early saw that one of his classmates at Buffalo Creek Academy was being bullied because of his shoes, he was overcome with emotion. Bryant ...

Students Grow Vegetables for Kids in a Food Desert

The kids at Summit Elementary School in Butler, Pennsylvania, are looking out for their peers five miles away at Broad Street Elementary. Broad Street ...

Chief Happiness Officers Promote Corporate Happiness

Thousands of workers now identify as their company’s “Chief Happiness Officer” or CHO. What does a CHO do every day? For Erika Conklin, ...

Actor Paul Rudd Befriends a Lonely Student

12-year-old Brody Ridder arrived home from school with a nearly empty yearbook, only managing to acquire the signatures of two teachers and two classmates ...

Hair Salon for Moms of High-Risk Newborns

Sarah Pulley knows what moms are going through when their babies are in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Riley Children’s Hospital. She ...

Man Stranded at Airport Becomes an Answer to Prayer

Peter Greig writes in How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People:

I was stranded in Chicago. All airplanes have been grounded by the eruption of an ...

School Social Worker Writes Encouragement Notes to 600 Students

When he was a kid, Kevin Boyer's parents left him special notes in his lunch box. Now he's keeping that tradition alive with his own students. ...

Her Fish Wasn’t Allowed to Fly. An Airline Worker Looked After It.

At the end of her freshman year at the University of Tampa, Kira Rumfola packed her bags and headed to the airport with her favorite roommate: a colorful ...

Teens Tackled Senior Isolation With 460,000 Letters

In 2020, the world came to a screeching halt in a sweeping act of human solidarity against COVID-19. It became clear that seniors were among the highest ...