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Broadcasting Good News: Pay It Forward...By Paying For Lunch! (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

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Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...

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Michelle Obama And Jill Biden Spend Afternoon Volunteering At DC Food Bank

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

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WASHINGTON — First Lady Michelle Obama is making good on her promise to actively volunteer in the Washington area, bagging food for hungry child...

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Broadcasting Good News: Volunteers Open Young Eyes To Reading (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

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Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...

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Small Good News: Get Up, Stand Up: Mobilizing To A Global Beat

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living

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Okay, Susan Boyle has reminded us that you do not need to look beautiful to sound beautiful, and research says that music makes us happy, but we are i...

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A Random Act Of Kindness That Made For A Very Special Birthday

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2009 | Living

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Random acts of kindness often shock and awe recipients. KOMU's Dhomonique Ricks reports on one woman in Columbia, Missouri, who was shocked when she r...

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California Town Declares "Random Acts Of Kindness" Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

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Waterford, a small town of 8,100 people in Northern California, is celebrating "Random Acts of Kindness Week" this week. City officials decided are tr...

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Random Act of Kindness: Give The Gift Of Cab Fare

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

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Random acts of kindness happen in all shapes and sizes all around the world. On April 18th, the Montreal Gazette reported a particularly poignant stor...

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Broadcasting Good News: Co-Workers Donate Paid Time Off To Pregnant Nurse (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

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Need some good news? NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams now does a segment called "Making A Difference" that shares stories from viewers of "rando...

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Chicago Doctors Launch Free Medical Clinic For Uninsured

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

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As boys, they lived across the street from each other on the Near North Side. They've been buddies ever since. Now, these two older men are engaged in...

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Pittsburgh Samaritan Does Five Good Deeds For Chicago Strangers Found On Craigslist

Windy Citizen | Gabrielle Tompkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago

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On the eve of April Fools' Day, a 29-year-old Pittsburgh man posted an ad on Craigslist Chicago offering "help with something this weekend" to any Chi...

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Obama's Inspirational Speech: What Starfish, Service, And Senator Ted Kennedy Have In Common

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

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On Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill that will triple the size of the AmeriCorps program over the ...

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WATCH: Donna Karan Talks Unplugging, Recharging, And Her Hopes For Urban Zen

Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

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Last week, Donna Karan's Urban Zen Foundation hosted it's Nutrition Speaker Series, part of Urban Zen's ongoing initiative committed to educating Amer...

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Obama Pitches Renewed Effort To Pitch In -- Help Us Cover It!

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

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On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with former president Bill Clinton and Sen. Ted Kennedy in the Oval Office to talk volunteerism, after which the...

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God's Love We Deliver Kicks Off National Volunteer Week In New York

NY1 | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

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Hundreds of volunteers, elected officials, and celebrities gathered at God's Love We Deliver this morning to help kick off National Volunteer Week. T...

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Small Good News: Hollywood Acts Up

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

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What do you do once you've been the founding president of eBay? Good work, if you're Jeffrey Skoll, who oversees a network of socially-co...

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Alabama Coffee Shop Customers Pay It Forward

AP | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Some customers at Starbucks shops around the Birmingham area have been getting an extra ingredient with their coffee: Kindnes...

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Michelle Obama Essay On The Spirit Of Giving: "We Need...To Lift Up Our Fellow Americans"

USA Today / Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

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In an exclusive essay for USA Today, Michelle Obama extols the importance of giving -- especially in these trying times. She writes, "When so many peo...

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Dry Cleaners Offer Free Services For Unemployed

Huffington Post | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

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This story may be an oldie, relatively speaking, but it's still a goodie -- and a viral one at that! Dry cleaners around the country are offering thei...

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Michelle Obama Promotes National Service, Visits With YouthBuild

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.05.2009 | Living

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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says community service isn't "just an escape for the wealthy," and that it can help do for young people what ...

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Michelle Obama Spends Lunchtime Serving Homeless (PHOTOS)

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.05.2009 | Living

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***Scroll down for photos.*** WASHINGTON — "Do you want some risotto?" With that, first lady Michelle Obama began scooping mushroom risotto to...

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HuffPost Readers Give Back On Obama's National Day Of Service (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.05.2009 | Living

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In honor of President Obama's National Day Of Service, we asked that you tell us how you planned on dedicating yourselves to the greater good. You...

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