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No Boston Marathon to run, so a St. Jude Hero rounds up his family for a neighborhood relay-style race
Scott Kruse had qualified for his first Boston Marathon, but then the world changed and the global pandemic put a halt to large gatherings. But a hero’s got to be heroic in these times. So Kruse, forced to walk, not run, for exercise these days because of a back injury, had an idea.
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Big hearts, tired feet: Center Stage Just Dance-a-thon starring Littlesiha aims to raise $100,000 for St. Jude
The dance-a-thon is part of St. Jude PLAY LIVE, a global fundraising campaign in which gamers play their favorite games on streaming platforms, and viewers are able to donate to St. Jude in real time.
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After losing husband to COVID-19 in NY, St. Jude backer vows to continue mission
New Yorkers Gary and Rosalyn Washington began volunteering nine years ago through Iota Phi Theta, a St. Jude partner and one of the "Divine Nine" historically black fraternities and sororities.
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No joke: quarantine comedy helps St. Jude supporter in Western PA lift spirits of elders
As part of her duties at the senior center in Western Pennsylvania, Jill McCullough has added joke-telling to her list of assignments during the pandemic quarantine.
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Spouses of Florida Georgia Line stars make kindness their big hit
As back-to-back events – violent tornadoes and the COVID-19 pandemic – rocked their city, members of the Florida Georgia Line family took the idea of a 'community of caring' to heart, banding together as forces of good in the world (with a touch of Southern hospitality thrown in).
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New York teen's #WriteToAppreciate offers easy way to help elders isolated by pandemic
Quarantine disappointment leads to effort giving others chance to offer appreciation with old-fashioned apps of pen, paper and paintbrush.
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Air Force officers collect 100 letters for retired combat photographer's 100th birthday
When members of Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, Arizona, learned a retired master sergeant would be turning 100 years old during the state’s stay-at-home order, they knew they had to do something to make her day special.
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Brain cancer survivor makes masks in exchange for St. Jude donations
When Mallory realized the COVID-19 pandemic might affect St. Jude, the place that saved her life, she began making masks.
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Pomp for the circumstance: St. Jude patient gets surprise college graduation parade
It wasn’t the college graduation Madison was expecting. But how can you really anticipate a surprise 30–car procession cruising by your house, with horns beeping, streamers fluttering, balloons bopping and well-wishers leaning out of windows offering their congrats at 90 decibels?
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Phoenix nurse leaves home to protect family, connects hospital workers with #FrontlineHouses
New father and nurse Jason Odhner knew he had to make a sacrifice. In order to protect his wife and newborn son, he would temporarily have to leave them. As COVID-19 made its way to the U.S., the Phoenix-area ICU nurse knew it was only a matter of time before he would come face-to-face with the rapidly spreading virus.
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.”
