by Heather Laskin | Mar 25, 2017 | Awesome, Inspiration
Despite all of the efforts to end bullying, some kids just don’t get it. They don’t realize how much unkind words and actions can hurt a person and how the consequences of what they do can last a lifetime. When teacher Ana Bárbara Ferreira from São Paulo,...
by Heather Laskin | Jan 10, 2017 | Animals, Awesome
Teacher Jennifer Thomas was on her way to work one morning when she was startled by a loud thud. Knowing that couldn’t be a good sound she pulled over to see if she could figure out what had happened. When she walked around to the front of her truck she...
by Heather Laskin | Dec 6, 2016 | Inspiration
Sometimes it’s the small acts of kindness that end up meaning the most. That was the case when Monica Willard was left without a babysitter right before she had to go take an exam. Monica is a single mother to two young kids, as well as an ROTC student. She was...
by Heather Laskin | Nov 8, 2016 | Awesome
When Sarah Thompson first met her math professor Josie Ryan, she was just one day away from her due date. Ryan took a look at Thompson’s belly and told her to bring the baby to class anytime. Five days later on Friday, August 26, she gave birth to her son...
by Heather Laskin | Oct 14, 2016 | Awesome, Inspiration
Ellen DeGeneres is known for her generosity, but she may have met her match in this incredible 24-year-old teacher from Georgia. Ashlyn is an occupational therapist working at a school in one of the most poverty-stricken counties in not just Georgia, but the entire...