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The power of #stjude art
Former St. Jude patient Tayde is turning to the same therapy she turned to as a kid – art and optimism. This time, powered by technology, she’s sharing her therapy with others.
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Kindness x 2: Free lawn service and toilet paper!
Rodney Smith Jr. is the founder of the non-profit group Raising Men Lawn Care Service, providing free mowing, leaf-raking and other services for the elderly, the disabled, single parents and veterans. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging, Smith has expanded his service.
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For a St. Jude patient named Hollace, a birthday that takes the cake
It would be Hollace’s first birthday since she finished treatment for leukemia at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, so her mom wanted something really special. Yes, in the midst of a pandemic. While practically the whole world has to stay at home.
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Thank you, Brittany
Having lost her job, Phoenix woman creates art as a kindness to others and thank you to essential workers.
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Baking it forward
As those on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus frantically search for PPE’s and lifesaving medical equipment, they’re finding more and more of the one thing not in short supply: kindness.
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Helping hands
In New York City, two college students are using their time off for good. Liam Elkind and Simone Policano are delivering groceries and medicine to the elderly, the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Choir sings for deceased pastor
Traditional worship services may be suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but choir members from Second Presbyterian Church, one of the largest congregations in our hometown of Memphis, found a way to honor and remember a beloved clergyman who succumbed to the disease.
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NBA dishes meals and more to those in need
Basketball is what they’re best known for, of course, but sidelined in these days of the COVID-19 virus, the NBA's players and teams are still making winning moves to help those in need.
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A baseball heart-to-heart
Two baseball players had a video chat over the internet. One was Randy Dobnak, a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. The second was Brody, a 12-year-old patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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The real meaning of 'give and take'
The free pantry is in front of the Post Office in Loachapoka, Alabama. Loachapoka is a low-income area where more than 90 percent of the students in the school system are on free or reduced-price lunch.
About this blog
We went looking for acts of kindness in the time of the coronavirus — and found them everywhere. People looking out for a neighbor or stranger. People putting the most vulnerable among us first. People making human connections, even in this time of social distancing. As St. Jude founder Danny Thomas said: “Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.”
