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Caitlin's Closet has been providing teens with Prom and homecoming dresses since 2006. Through donations from friends, families and local businesses Caitlin has been able to grow her closet and ship dresses across the country. She has collected and distributed...
A few weeks ago my profoundly deaf wife arrived home in a bit of a panic. She had lost her pride and joy a new apple I phone. She had wrestled with herself for ages about such a big investment...
I have two daughters who attend the University of Virginia. They are over 1000 miles from home so we don't get to see them often. On the weekend of November 9, 2012, we went to visit our daughters. We had...
I was walking to class and this lady was in the wheel chair and she was moving kind of slow and she asked me if I would help push her to building one of our campus and I told her...
I was in a large shopping mall with my son. It had been an unsuccessful shopping trip I went to pay for my parking. I realised that I only had my credit card on me no change at all. I...
I was standing outside of one of my favorite local music venues and bar in Seattle while waiting for a couple friends. A man approached me and with his first words "I am from Africa." I responded "cool, did you...
My act of kindness was to talk to people I'd never usually talk to. So today in the shops I said hi and chatted a little with the shop assistents. In the cafe at the library a lady came to...
After taking my pugs to the vet, I decided to go through the drive thru at Starbucks. When I pulled up to the window, the clerk told me the lady in front of me paid for my drink. This made...
Mystery Person "Alex" made a generous contribution to fellow-Starbucks Lovers on Valentine's Day - when at the counter to order your drink, the barista swiped a card and said with a smile, "your drinks have been paid for" :-) I...
One morning there was a boy named Mike. He was kind. He is going to Junior High. He was in the hallway walking to his locker. Then he saw a woman carrying a lot of books. Mike helped the woman's...