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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.
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Songs from the heart
Unable to tour, Latin artists lend their talents to St. Jude in intimate livestream performances that say to St. Jude families: We are here with you.
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Let’s hear it for the heroes
It’s happened all over the world, in large cities and small towns. People are taking to their windows, balconies, porches and sidewalks to cheer and clap and ring bells. Also to sing, bang on pots and pans, even set off fireworks. All to say thank you.
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Hope at the end of a rainbow
It’s been symbol of hope since biblical times, a glimmering harbinger of the sun’s emergence after the passing of a storm. Who doesn’t wish for a rainbow during grim, anxious times like the current COVID-19 pandemic?
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Isabella celebrates ‘no more chemo’ in style befitting the times
It’s one of the most joyous days at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — the last day of chemotherapy. It’s a party — a “No More Chemo” party, with cheering and confetti and hospital staff gathering to sing. But that would just be the beginning of the celebration for 4-year-old Isabella.
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Love in the time of the new coronavirus
Leticia and Enrique had a dilemma. Each year, they invited people to do eight random acts of kindness on April 8 in memory of their daughter, Arianna, and they spread the word on Facebook. The little girl, a patient at St. Jude, died days before what would have been her eighth birthday on April 8, 2014.
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The MAJOR. power of positivity
It makes sense that MAJOR. was one of the first to rise to the occasion of Tyler Perry's #HesGotTheWholeWorldChallenge. MAJOR., the R&B singer-songwriter and actor who calls his community "beautiful people" on the regular, is known as being a hugely positive player in the urban radio landscape.
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Important lessons from a coloring book
Unlike any cartoon villain of yore, the orb-shaped title character of a new children’s coloring book seemingly floats across the pages wearing a menacing sneer, a suit of spikes and, strangely enough, a crown.
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A cure for loneliness in the age of the coronavirus: A parade of one
Across the country, around the world, it’s happening. People are doing anything and everything they can to bring a little joy to this pandemic-stricken world.
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.”
