September 2011
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“It is often the small kindnesses — the smiles, gestures, compliments, favors —...”
– “The Power of Nice” by Thaler & Koval
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Washington schoolboy Dylan’s act of kindness
WHILE most schoolboys spend their summer holidays out playing with friends, Dylan Ward spent his creating pictures for his forthcoming art exhibition.
It is the latest drive by the 10-year-old to raise life-saving funds for Macmillan nurses who cared for his late grandfather.
Blackfell Primary School pupil Dylan was last year named as Britain’s Kindest Kid after raising thousands of pounds for...
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Sydney's kindness is an artform
SYDNEYSIDERS may have a reputation for being brash, busy and preoccupied, but sometimes they do go out of our way to help strangers.
Sharing birthday food with homeless men in the park, offering someone who’s coughing at the train station a tissue, and using Facebook to return an expensive smartphone to its owner are just a few stories Sydneysiders have submitted to a public art project...
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Bimbadeen Heights Primary tries lessons in...
BIMBADEEN Heights Primary School has become the first school in Victoria to incorporate World Kindness Australia into their yearly curriculum.
The decision was sparked by Mooroolbark woman Lisa Currie’s quest for world kindness through her Ripple Kindness Project.
Concerned about the destructive path children can take in their teenage years, Ms Currie launched the program to teach them the...
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Selmon had a genuine kindness
TAMPA - We might have learned about Lee Roy Selmon because he was an all-American at the University of Oklahoma. We might have marveled at his athleticism as he helped build the earlyTampa Bay Buccaneers and became a member of pro football’s Hall of Fame. We might even have known of Selmon as the owner of a popular restaurant chain and namesake of an expressway.
But talk to his friends, to...
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Kind, the word that can change your life
And here’s the proof.
It’s no secret being kind to others can lift your spirits as well as theirs. But research shows it is one of the most powerful tools we have for achieving optimum health, happiness and wellbeing. It can boost the immune system, improve physical and emotional wellbeing and stimulate the brain. And not just in the person carrying out the act. The recipient and onlookers...