Random Acts of Kindness

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team."See More at: https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/02/24/mars-rover-s-giant-parachute-carried-secret-message 

"After helping out a friend who was down-on-their-luck and didn’t have enough money for groceries, Rhonda Lee felt compelled to start and operate a food pantry out of her West Virginia basement"See More at: https://tanksgoodnews.com/2021/03/09/woman-starts-food-pantry/

"Every Thursday and Friday, Moreau borrows her church's truck to buy groceries. Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church pays for the food, relying on donations. Moreau then prepares the meals singlehandedly, while church volunteers serve or deliver them to people in need."See More at: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/4185/Miami-Janitor-Quietly-Feeds-Thousands-And-Love-039-s-The-Reason

"Over the past few years, 3D-printed architecture technology has matured from a hobbyist novelty to being used to create everything from offices to affordable housing – it now seems more a case of when, not if, it will become a widespread construction technique. The latest stride in this area concerns a plan to create the world's first 3D-printed school in Madagascar." See More at: https://newatlas.com/architecture/3d-printed-school-madagascar/

"As the pandemic hit, food distribution chains across America started collapsing. Such was certainly the case in Interlaken, New York, where large dairy farms were forced to start dumping millions of gallons of milk.Part of the problem for these dairy farms was that most were specialized in large-scale production and were making “the kind of 20-pound tubs of sour cream that ended up at Chipotle,” which means they couldn’t easily pivot to producing smaller products for local retailers. With local supermarkets going empty and people going hungry, brothers Dave and Pete Messmer, who runs a small dairy called Lively Run Goat Dairy, came up with a brilliant idea: buy up the excess milk, make chee

"As part of a challenge to raise money for research on Alzheimer’s treatments, Frank Rothwell dedicated the extreme feat to his brother-in-law Roger, who succumbed to the disease during Frank’s crossing." (See More at: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/at-70-this-grandfather-is-the-oldest-person-to-row-solo-across-the-atlantic/)

“We proved in the lab that our laser system can remove cancer cells in a way that restricts damage to the surrounding, healthy cells—within the width of a human hair,” (See More at: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/heriot-watt-university-develops-laser-to-remove-cancer-cells/)

Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled against plastic waste in the capital city of Nairobi, so the materials engineer created a product that is 5 to 7 times stronger than concrete. (See More at: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-woman-in-kenya-makes-plastic-bricks-out-of-recycled-waste/)

"The values we live by are worth more when we pass them on.We choose values we hope most individuals would find encouraging and relevant. Then we provide an uplifting message based on each value, in an effort to encourage people to bring out the best in themselves."See More at: https://www.passiton.com/

We are upholding this annual tradition of celebrating kindness because we know everyone can use more kindness in their lives. Scientific evidence shows us the positive effects of doing kind acts for others as well as receiving or even witnessing kindness. Even the smallest act of kindness can change a life. In 2021, we encourage everyone to Explore the Good and Make Kindness the Norm. (See More at: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/)

A German-based team is trying to tackle this head on. It's installed sleeping pods across the German city of Ulm to provide the homeless with emergency shelter at night. (See More at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55778733)

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