HeroicStories

A pet-therapy volunteers is a cat who teaches us the meaning of service.

A young couple is graciously served a delicious meal by kind steakhouse staff who were trying to close up.

All the memories of an often-absent father reveal how caring and giving he was to everyone.

An entire class works to raise money for a trip and three boys use the opportunity to donate to a friend in need.

by Diane Gallant Ottawa, Ontario, Canada I lived most of my life in Cornwall, a small city of 46,000 people. As the town was mainly Caucasian, we rarely saw people of other races. I was raised a Catholic, and didn’t meet many people of other religions. Any I met were also Christians. In my high … Read more

A casual encounter opens up a young girl’s eyes to the prejudices she has been taught.

A little girl, in a Harry Potter release event, finds a returns a missing cell phone.

When all the kids in a household get sick from a leaky furnace a caring neighbor steps in and rushes them to the hospital.

A friend from church gives four tickets she won to a family, creating a lifelong memory of fun and generousity.

Several heroes from the community (one famous!) bring joy to a young man with cancer.