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Thank You, Yara Shahidi
You might know her as Zoey Johnson – the TV character navigating the perils of college life on the hit show Black-ish and its spinoff, Grown-ish. What you might not know is that Yara Shahidi, the 20-year-old actress is a longtime change agent for social and charitable causes.
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When a simple 'thank you' isn't enough, send food
As much as they require masks and other personal protective equipment to do their jobs, the medical personnel toiling on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic have other, even more basic needs: the need to be fed.
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These two little ones have hearts the size of Texas
Outside a home in Arlington, Texas, a message written on the family fence in bright chalk paint, “Love One Another,” has become the background for a selfie and a conversation starter. Written by a sister and brother who remind us to live up to our ideals, even in challenging times.
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Back by popular demand: The Mighty Electric St. Jude Band
As 'Safer at Home' stretches into another week - have you lost count yet? - we decided to get the band back together - apart. This time for a Memphis classic.
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A country singer in a dinosaur onesie? Sure. Ashley McBryde partners with St. Jude to sing for the kiddos
Long before the Grammy nominations rolled in, country singer Ashley McBryde played “everywhere”, but one gig stood out — Wednesday nights at Target House, volunteering to sing for St. Jude patients and their families staying at the long-term housing facility three miles from the hospital campus.
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One golf buddy to another, PGA TOUR star Justin Rose congratulates St. Jude patient Dakota on his hole-in-one
Justin Rose, British star of the PGA TOUR and former U.S. Open winner, sent 14-year-old Dakota a surprise minute-and-a-half video congratulating him on his recent golf exploits — most notably, his first hole in a one.
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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.
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.”
