11-year-old sews cheerful hospital gowns for young patients

She sews for two to three hours a day and has enlisted the help of her friends.

• Jan 28, 2022

Young adults step up amid EMT shortage in New York town

During a pandemic-driven volunteer EMT shortage in Sackets Harbor, New York, a group of teens stepped up to fill the gap.

• Jan 21, 2022

Acts of kindness give reason for hope in 2022

To some, 2022 has already dropped the ball. But stories of kindness give reason for hope.

• Jan 7, 2022

A Michigan dad's homemade ice rink grows after initial success

Companies that heard his story donated equipment to keep the ice rink in tip-top condition.

• Dec 31, 2021

Mom helps other families in need after her infant son died

Mattie Mitchell started a group to do good deeds for other families following her son's death at one month old.

• Dec 17, 2021

A Secret Santa gave out $30,000 to strangers — but it was his words that moved them

"Whether you're Native American, African American, Christian American, left American, right American — kindness is that universal language between us all," the anonymous businessman said.

• Dec 10, 2021

Customers step in to save iconic general store from closing

"Sometimes it takes sort of a crisis, if you will, to appreciate what you have," said store owner Dan Fraser.

• Dec 3, 2021

Siblings celebrate Thanksgiving together thanks to adoptive dad

CBS News checks back in with Lamont Thomas and the children he adopted.

• Nov 26, 2021

9-year-old brother gives emotional speech at sister's wedding

A younger brother worried he would lose his sister when she got married. Instead, he learned a lesson about family.

• Nov 19, 2021

Stranger who set out to return discarded Army uniforms also gave family hope

Donna Parker could have never guessed how much the Army uniforms she found at the bottom of a dumpster were wanted.

• Nov 12, 2021

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