My family and I were at the airport and I decided to get a cup of tea while we waited for our flight. There were a few people ahead of me at the cafeteria. The lady being served was told her order was $8.50. She handed over $50 and the waiter asked her if she…
While visiting the local 7-11, I overheard the customer in front of me telling the cashier that she couldn’t afford to rent her son’s viola anymore and that he was devastated.
I just wanted to send out a public but very important thank you to my colleague Jacinta. Today at CHAMPION, one of our regular visitors came in. Usually, our regular comes in on a Wednesday so we were a little surprised to see her. Last week this lady had been unwell and today, when she…
When I was in a local homeless shelter after losing my home and my business partner ousted me, I happened upon another homeless man with his small son outside a hamburger place. His son was crying because his dad didn’t have a dollar for a hamburger and he was hungry. I gave him the last dollar…
Previously I have worked at a large local Autism center. Individuals come from near and far to get services for their children due to the center being the only one in the region. I’m sure you can imagine that the waiting list is extensive to receive services in any program at the center.
About a year after my son passed, I was talking with an older gentleman about his good qualities. After a while, he asked what my son does now, so I told him he had passed, because of cancer. He teared up and left quickly.
I was going into my local 7Eleven to purchase my daily cup of coffee. I noticed a very skinny, sickly looking man in his 30’s squatting outside in the cold with a cane and I went over and started to chat with him. I first asked him if was he hungry and he replied yes,…
As a family, we have made it a bit of a tradition that at Christmas time we do a secret Santa with a little bit of a twist. Often it will be that we have heard of someone in the community that is going through a rough patch or hard time. Maybe they are currently…
Last week my brother was doing one of his long cycle rides hoping for a personal best. He stopped at a road junction and noticed the old lady he was beside was driving a car with a flat tyre. He knocked on her window and changed her tyre for her in the rain. I would…
When I returned to my car after doing an errand, I found a beautiful flower placed carefully on the windshield. It was fresh picked, but I didn’t see any flowering plants in the area, so I don’t know where they got it.
To the lovely lady behind me at the register at Woolworths in Seville (Victoria, Australia) just now, I cannot thank you enough for paying for the ice cream and topping that I was buying as a treat for my children.
I was at the 99 cent store yesterday (which is rare). I also happened to have cash (also rare — I usually just pay with my card). The woman in front of me had a full cart. She offered to let the boys and I go ahead of her as we only had a few…