Bay Shore SD Gardiner Manor School Service Society making a difference
Bay Shore School District’s Gardiner Manor School Service Society is a group of fourth and fifth graders who make a difference in their community. The students meet weekly before school under the guidance of their two advisors, Mrs. Neito and Mrs. Condon
The Babylon Beacon

Jacksonville woman is making a difference in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb.1, 2012) - Life for several families is looking a lot brighter thanks to a dedicated donor by the name of Barbara Gilbert who raised funds to build a village for the destitute in St. Catherine, Jamaica, through Food For The Poor.
Humanitarian News

Alumnus tours for kindness, positivity
Alumni Kemy Joseph speaks to a crowd on the rock Wednesday night about his World Kindness Tour. Monica Herndon//The Miami Hurricane Equipped with a red scooter and a plethora of hugs, alumnus Kemy Joseph made a stop at the Rock as part of his World Kindn
The Miami Hurricane

Inspirational Stirling student film up for top award
A MOVING documentary about blind and visually impaired golfers created by honours year students from Stirling University has been nominated for a prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Award.
Stirling Observer

Adult mentors making a difference with youngsters in a special after-school program
CLAREMONT - Tom Riley and Aden Smykla are good friends. You can call them buddies. They read together, play together and tease each other about their favorite football teams. Riley, 70, is a Claremont resident enjoying his 12th year in retirement. Aden,
Daily Bulletin

Uplifting News About Independent Bookstores
I was off looking for a different article, when my path crossed this rather nice upbeat article on the state of indies. Take a gander and hopefully it will give you a spring in your step as you enter your shops.
The Bookshop Blog

Making a Difference
Staff members from the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities spent an afternoon volunteering at Harvest Time International (HTI). Located in Sanford, HTI provides assistance to low-income families in the Central Florida area and relief aid to disaster, hunger, and refugee victims worldwide.
UCF Today

Rocky Mountain High School teams with Think Kindness for Saturday shoe drive
The Key Club of Rocky Mountain High School and national nonprofit Think Kindness will host the Community Shoe Drive Saturday at RMHS.
The Coloradoan

Keven Parker And Ms. Tootsie’s Launch “Spread The Love,” A Citywide Initiative To Perform Random Acts Of Kindness
With so many individuals and families affected daily by our country’s struggling economic climate, it warms our hearts to see generosity take place in any shape or size.
Uwishunu

Recycling drive and mascot is making a difference at school
CHILDREN have been learning a load of rubbish as part of a recycling drive. O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions have been visiting schools in Wallsend and North Shields with their mascot Max to educate pupils on the importance of recycling and the consequences of sending rubbish to landfill.
Tynemouth Guardian

Making a difference one child at a time
Trileene Macho is convinced her teenage son’s life is on a better course because of his Kinship Partner. “For my son, it’s been amazing,” Macho said. Kinship Partners matches volunteer adult mentors with children between the ages of 5 and 14. The matches are made based on common interests and Kinship Partners assists by providing monthly activities for its mentors and their youthful partners.
Brainerd Dispatch

Practice kindness; it can do wonders
We spent this past Christmas at Ashland Samaritan Hospital, blessed with a medical team that saved our son's life. Even more miraculous was the outpouring of overwhelming kindness that we received during our stay.
Mansfield News Journal

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: The Twins Teaching a Coastal Town to Clean Up Its Act
The sisters studied the conservation habits of their friends and neighbors. “We’re a small town of 360 homes, and we found out only 20 percent of them recycled!” Allison says incredulously. Moved to act, they first planned a town fair with demonstrations about how ordinary people could make lasting changes to the environment.
Care2

Weston Solutions making a difference at Exton park
Weston Solutions Inc. has been solving environmental problems around the world for more than 50 years but it recently turned its attention closer to home. The company, which has been based in West Whiteland for more than 45 years, completed the third year of a five-year commitment to the revitalization of Exton Park as part of its Making a Difference campaign.
Daily Local News

Apple Employee Meeting Reveals More Corporate Kindness From Tim Cook
Since assuming the role of CES, Tim Cook has opened up charitable matching, and, as of Wednesday, a generous employee discount program.
Wired

Regular customers return the kindness of ailing waitress
Dozens of people packed Plymouth Township's Big Boy restaurant Monday evening to support a veteran waitress there in her battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
HometownLife.com

Random Acts of Kindness: Young motorist did all he could to try to assist one stuck in storm
Random Acts of Kindness: Young motorist did all he could to try to assist one stuck in storm James Hilston/Post-Gazette On Jan. 3 I was on my way to work on Vanadium Road in Bridgeville when several snow white-outs occurred. After crawling in very slow-m
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Kindness of strangers comforting good news
Back in December, about the time we had our first cold snap, a small-town preacher named Jim Campbell secured 40,000 wool blankets for poor people. Forty thousand! Huge trucks delivered the blankets from Pennsylvania to a Pasco County-owned warehouse in
TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

Making a Difference: Harmony Hope
Children fighting cancer often have days filled with treatments or sickness. One group is looking to add music relief to those tough times. Harmony Hope has joined with two North Broward Prep students to make a difference. 14 year old Max Lopez has a bra
Local10 Miami

LEF Award Nominees: Inspirational
The following is day-four coverage spotlighting finalists for the LEF Teacher Awards. Today, The Daily Advertiser presents teachers in the Inspirational division. The Lafayette Education Foundation will officially announce four winners tomorrow night dur
The Daily Advertiser

David Lerner Named a 2012 Uplifting Athlete Rare Disease Champion Finalist
University of Florida punter David Lerner (Gainesville, Fla.) has been named one of four finalists for the 2012 Uplifting Athlete Rare Disease Champion Award, the Uplifting Athletes foundation announced today. Lerner, who received the
GatorZone.com

Many other schools offering kindness to Sidney
Since the disappearance of teacher Sherry Arnold, Sidney schools officials have been touched by the outpouring of support shown by regional schools. “We’re really appreciative of the concerns of all these schools from Montana and North Dakota,”
Sidney Herald

Inspirational Motivational of the Day
Armed with nothing but a pair of skis, a pair of poles, and her arms, Aston dragged two sledges across 1,084 miles from Leverett Glacier to Hercules Inlet. “When I saw the coastal mountains that marked my end point for the first time, I literally just
The Daily Wh.at

Making a difference
Lindsay Kunik and Holly Walsh, juniors at Charlotte Catholic, started a nonprofit called Butterfly Kisses Care Baskets in 2010 to bring joy to children with terminal illnesses.
Charlotte Observer

The bag that gives back: Rachel Roys Kindness is Always Fashionable Ghana Clutch
The bag has already garnered support from celebs like Hilary Swank (who carried the clutch on the red carpet at the Cinema For Peace event benefitting J/P Haitian Relief Organization), and of course, Rachel herself who always promotes her causes proudly.
Glam.com

Teaching in Nepal and making a difference. One volunteer shares her story.
Arlyn in her classroom! While on sabbatical from teaching, Arlyn volunteered in Nepal for one week. She is thrilled she had the opportunity and tells more of her story below. Meet Arlyn, a seasoned teaching professional who recently won a week-long quest
Humanitarian News

Rwanda: Duty Should Not Be Reduced to an Act of Kindness
The other day while in Kampala, I visited an Orange Telecom customer service centre at Garden City Shopping mall to purchase a data bundle for my mobile internet. As I waited to be attended to, there was an exchange between a male staff member and a lady
AllAfrica.com

Kindness to people with special needs at Global Village
Global Village, the largest entertainment outdoor venue in the region, is always keen to provide all facilities to people with special needs and enable them to get a great shopping and fun experience. Global Village dedicated special car park for this ca
Dubai Chronicle

The beverage of human kindness - JSOnline
This is an article of how I became a social entrepreneur almost over night while attending a Can Makers Summit in Chicago, IL trying to get our entire industry to "Do Well by Doing Good" Because too many children our dying for a drink of clean water-
Newsvine

Uplifting experience
Elm Street Middle School’s Edmund M. Keefe Auditorium got a touchup thanks to volunteers. On Friday, Fidelity Investments employees and Boston Cares – a HandsOn Network action organization – worked together in cleaning and restoring the auditorium.
Nashua Telegraph