At Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen, Friendship is the Daily Special Founded in 2011 by veteran rocker and serial social entrepreneur Jon Bon Jovi, Soul Kitchen is a community restaurant located in Red Bank, N. J., where there are no reservations or prices on the menus. The concept is similar to the philosophy that fuels…
An Indian man has become a hero after he began educating New Delhi’s poorest children. He even went as far as creating a free school for them under a metro bridge. According to NBC News, Rajesh Kumar Sharma teaches at least 30 children every day. Most of the children come from neighboring poor villages. For…
This story will warm you better than a coffee in a cold winter day: “We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter – ‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’….
After receiving my kindness and smile cards from Lisa, I decided that I would like to bring a little bit of happiness to my workplace. When we think about it, we spend more time at work than we do at home so I decided that whenever one of the other girls looked like they were…
I’ve had 56 operations and have leukemia and I’m only 43. But I wouldn’t change any of it as it’s made me the person I am. On top of that I have a special needs child and want to show everyone that after everything I have and am going through, you can still smile and…
My first letter was sent to my cousin who continues to be a huge influence in my life. She gives particularly great parenting advice and support. She is a teacher and a mum of 2 girls and it was important to me to let her know I think she is doing an amazing job and…
We saved a family of ducks from Magpies who were swooping them trying to take their ducklings. They had gone for a walk away from their home and couldn’t get back. We stopped the car and ran Into an elderly couple’s home asking if we could access their back yard. We were able to guide…
I had to drop my littlest one off at school with loads and loads of canned/boxed goods for the food drive. Her back pack was pulling her over from the weight, and each hand attempted to carry extremely heavy bags towards the office. There was maybe 100 feet from the car to the office door, but…
Our lovely neighbor Beverly, lost her cat Rocky a couple of months ago. She was devastated, especially because he was attacked by a wild animal in the night. We all loved him and he was so tolerant of our enthusiastic 4 year old son! I printed and framed one of the many photos I had…
I worked with a hard working, family man with 2 kids, and I know money was always tight. His family needed a vehicle that was reliable but didn’t really know how they were going to manage it. Another co-worker, obviously aware of his situation, called him into his office one day and said he’d been…
I’ve been dealing with an ill parent in the hospital and the other day, the young man who was cleaning my dads room introduced himself while me tidied up the room and mopped etc. About an hour later, my dad decided he was going to walk out of there and go home because he was…
Whilst shopping at a large centre I noticed an elderly man looking really confused. I approached him and asked him if he was ok. He told me that he had bought perfume for the workers at his retirement home. He said he had left them at a store so he could finish the rest of…