On a rainy day in Chanthaburi, Thailand, one random act of kindness made all the difference. At a street crossing, a man in a wheelchair was getting drenched while waiting for the light to turn green.

Everyone has bad days. For one elderly man hauling timber in his pickup truck, this day was off to a rough start. While driving down a busy road in Merritt Island, Florida, his entire load of wooden ...

The Lincoln Police Department and the Malone Center are partnering once again to spread holiday joy for the third consecutive ...

We could all use a little more kindness in our lives. Monday is an especially great day to make that happen for others: It's Random Acts of Kindness Day! Here are 21 random acts of kindness you can do ...

The idea that small acts of kindness can change the world isn’t just a nice sentimental thought — it’s backed by science. A meta-analysis of over 200 studies covering over 198,000 participants found ...

Kindness can best be described as a prosocial behavior involving intentional acts of goodwill, generosity and benevolence. Prosocial behavior is clinically defined as “a broad set of behavioral, ...

I spend a lot of time analyzing how children and adolescents enact kindness in schools (and in broader family and societal contexts) and there’s a tendency in kindness research toward emphasizing and ...

By Francisco R. Velázquez, M.D., S.M., FCAP. Not that long ago, I had trouble paying for a parking meter. A young lady with a little girl approached me and offered to pay for my ...

Sid Jacobson JCC turned Presidents’ Day into an opportunity for community service with its annual Random Acts of Kindness Day (RAKD) event in which community members took part in meaningful service ...

John Battles has unveiled a new website and business venture, inviting area residents to share good deeds they have done, with the goal of amassing 1 million such gestures on his Doing AOK web page.