July 2012
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A Single Mother's Story About The Kindness Of...
This is Danielle. Several years ago, Danielle was a single mom running her own daycare. Times were tough, and she needed the money. That’s when her clients banded together, sat her down, and did something that Danielle couldn’t believe. Here’s her story.
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I was a single mom just trying to get by with a young toddler and I was running my own daycare business. I had just a few...
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Voicemail Series: Strangers Raise Money For A...
Today, July 26, 2012 marks exactly one year since cancer overcame 5-year-old Leah Fernandes. She passed away only 4 months after her diagnosis. The treatment she received during that period was vigorous, aggressive, and expensive. That’s when complete strangers raised thousands of dollars for Leah’s treatment, which allowed her to spend her last four months together with her family....
Anonymous asked: Hello! I wanted to reach out and say that I love that you're doing this. I came across this page while doing my daily research for a similar (though much less professional) page I run on Facebook: The Human Kindness Blog. I'm definitely going to mention Kind World on my site, and I'm glad to see another entity collecting and publishing positive news stories on the web. We need...
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The Drive-Thru Game
Have you ever been in a drive-thru or paying the toll at a toll booth only to find that the car in front of you has generously paid for you? Well, you might have been riding behind Dennis C. You see, Dennis makes a game out of being kind to people and he has been ever since he was a teenager. Here he is explaining it.
Music: Poor Boy, Minor Key by M. Ward
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What I find is when you’re...
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User Submission: A Prayer for Spiderman Under Wear
In 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina, I found myself on my knees in the Baton Rouge Convention Center, praying hard for size 4-6 Spiderman underwear. (Look, this was not for a touchdown, so don’t go there.)
In 2004, I had returned home to New Orleans after spending several homesick years in the Midwest. The following year Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and I luckily stayed with friends in the...
Anonymous asked: I think the "experiment" is a success. PLEASE keep Kind World going. Love love love it.
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Voicemail Series: A Woman's Battle With Cancer...
Rick Colson of Watertown, MA left this voicemail for us describing the kindness of his neighbors during one of the most trying times in his life - his wife’s battle with cancer. His story is at once moving, heartbreaking, and uplifting. My words give his story no justice. I’ll let him do the talking.
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My wife was diagnosed with an environmentally related form of breast...
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Finding Strength On The New York AIDS Ride
I met Julie B. on a rainy Tuesday morning at her home in Milton. The story she told me sent shivers down my spine. She spoke about the time she biked from Boston to New York on the New York AIDS Ride, and how close she came to giving up. But it was the kindness of one stranger who gave her the strength she needed to push on.
featuring music by The Novel Ideas
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It was 1996 and I was...
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Voicemail Series: "I'm A Real Life Superhero"
In the first of our Voicemail Series, we hear from Chaim Lazaros who dresses up in his own unique superhero persona he calls ‘Life’ and delivers food, clothes, and toiletries to the homeless. Here’s his story:
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My name is Chaim Lazaros, but I’m also ‘Life.’ I’m a Real Life Superhero, and that means I dress in my own unique superhero...
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38 Years Later, The Kindness of a Stranger Still...
In March I met with Rebecca J. who told me about a trip she took to a department store 38 years ago. There she found a book she begged her mother to buy. This is the story of how she came to own that book, which she still keeps in her home nearly four decades later.
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We went to Boston maybe every couple of years and we went shopping in downtown crossing, and I found this poetry...
