Whether it’s volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.
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Megan’s life was falling apart. Then a kind stranger swooped in to help
After Megan Atherton was evicted from her home, her car broke down. She had a long drive ahead and nowhere to go, until a kind stranger stepped in.
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‘I got you, girl’: A toll collector’s unexpected reply to a driver’s tears
When the toll collector asked Leahruth Jemilo how she was doing, she burst into tears. The collector’s response has stayed with her ever since.
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A rideshare driver makes an hourslong trek to take a dad to his gravely ill daughter
When Ian Sandler got a middle-of-the-night call that his daughter had collapsed, he didn’t know what to do. Then, an Uber driver went above and beyond to help.
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She was floundering in the ocean. Then a young boy came to her rescue
Nearly 60 years ago, when she was 16, Denise Elliott brought a friend to the Bahamas for a vacation. What happened has stayed with her ever since.
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She was 19 and caused a car crash. It was the other driver who came to her aid
As Lilah Clevey pulled out of a gas station, she slammed into another car. The driver then became the unexpected source of comfort in Clevey’s moment of panic.
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‘I was broken and needed help’: After her father died, a stranger stepped in
When Roxanne Olson found herself in the middle of a security scare at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, a woman walked up to her and said: “I’m here to help people like you.”
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A funeral home worker tracked down a family — and uncovered a decades-old secret
A worker at a funeral home managed to locate the family members of an ailing woman. She didn’t realize she was uncovering a family secret that went back to the 1940s.
