“Instead of gawking at the disaster-in-progress, they pulled over and rushed to the retirement home to see if they could help.”
‘As far as I’m concerned, they’re three angels.’: Brave teens rescue residents from burning retirement home building
‘Step Up For Your Neighbors.’: Kind Teen, Kroger Employee Helps Elderly Man Who Can’t Afford All His Groceries
“He started working as a bagger at a local Kroger to support his family. But his kindness extends to complete strangers, too!”
‘Me and my buddies lost our wives. This trip is our last hurrah.’ I couldn’t shake the feeling of sadness. I had to do something.’: Travel agents surprise veteran, friends with touching act of kindness
“Before I could even respond, I was met with a wave of other travel agents, one after another saying, ‘Put me down for $25.’ Within a few hours so many people, who have all had a terrible and fruitless year, had dug deep and offered to help.”
‘Who were you back then? Before the lines, before the aches, before time took your strength away?’: Woman urges ‘every day is a blessing’ after encounter with stranger
“Your walk was tired, sore. Your spirit wasn’t. I saw you catch me looking. I saw you wink. It got me thinking.”
‘I can’t breathe.’ His whole body was shivering. His eyes were filled with pure terror and a tear ran down his face.’: Woman shows life-saving kindness to old man, ‘It was my natural instinct’
“It was a completely deserted area: I saw a lone person sitting on the window seat. ‘Sir, Sir?’ I got no response. Against my better judgement, I reached out and touched his shoulder. He lifted his head and looked at me. I threw down the mail in my hand and my purse. ‘Can’t breathe.’”
‘I saw an elderly man with his walker at the corner. ‘I’m trying to get to the 99-cent store 1.5 miles away.’ His wife needed some chocolate bars.’: Man shares act of kindness for 93-year-old man
“My wife is 94. Her name is Doris.’ ‘Does she know you’re gone?’ ‘Nope, she probably hasn’t even started looking for me yet.’ I decided to spring into action. I put on my trusty blue gloves and mask, gave him some hand sanitizer, and off we went.”
‘A black and white dog came running toward us. The owner was an older gentleman. He’s always alone—no wedding ring.’: Woman reminds us that during difficult times ‘we all want to know we’re not walking alone’
“He has no one to talk or walk with. ‘Hi!’ my daughter said. Some people find this endearing, others are annoyed. The smile that spread across his face… I’ll carry it with me forever.”
‘Every night, we create these letters for hospice patients and nursing home residents who aren’t allowed visitors right now.’: Family share acts of kindness for ‘lonely’ elderly during pandemic
“There are so many people out there unable to have their loved ones visit them at all. Knowing how scared and lonely this time may be for them just breaks my heart.”
‘People look at our elderly and tell themselves ‘it was their time’ when they leave this earth. I’m shocked and flabbergasted.’: Woman working in nursing home says ‘These are PEOPLE! Please stay home’
“I sit here, in my nursing home in New York on quarantine day whatever, appalled that so many healthy Americans are treating this virus like a joke. You have Facebook memes, play dates. You say media and politics have driven hysteria. It’s my people, my geriatrics, my immunocompromised. A group of people that have made way more sacrifices then I know I have.”
‘They told me, ‘No. Pickins were slim, no toilet paper, and it was ridiculous.’ I grab a pack of toilet paper and back up the hill we went.’: Woman reminds others ‘Check on your elderly neighbors and friends. They are important, too.’
“They had literally run out. They offered payment and we said no. Finley ran up into the garden and was admiring the lights again, and the wife said, ‘I know just the thing’ and disappeared for a few minutes.”
