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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.
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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.
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.”
