Act of Kindness

“I want to do it to help Afghanistan.” A fourth-grader in north San Diego County is finding a sweet way to help Afghan refugees — and keep her culture close to her heart. Here’s her story.

The 4th grader, who has family in Afghanistan, got some of her friends together and put on a bake sale for Afghans in need.

NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda caught up with a Starbuck barista who had a fundraiser started for him after he was berated for not serving a customer who refused to wear a mask.

Remember Lenin Gutierrez, that San Diego-based Starbucks barista who refused service to a maskless woman last year? Here’s what he’s up to today — and how he hopes the people of the world keep lifting each other up in tough times.

Haley Bridges says she and her friends teamed up to help their fellow colleague and friend Hokule’a Taniguchi.

A San Diego woman whose cherished high school class ring disappeared 32 years ago was recently reunited with the piece of her past. The ring turned up all the way across the country. Now it’s back where it belongs.

Talk about a great way to ring in the new year. A San Diego woman whose high school class ring disappeared 32 years ago was reunited with the piece of her past through a series of truly miraculous events. NBC 7 News Today anchor Marianne Kushi reports.

Instead of gifts for her birthday, Mikayla Gounard asked for donations for Sean Currey, the homeless man who found and returned her grandmother’s lost wallet.

If you’re a parent, you know arranging last-minute childcare can be a challenge. But one San Diego dad recently got a little help in that department – and from the San Diego Police Department, no less.

Conor Harty was disappionted he couldn’t volunteer with Family Dog Rescue during the pandemic. So, he looked around to see if there were other ways he could help. He found one right in his own backyard. Garvin Thomas reports.

Research shows that acts of kindness make us feel better and healthier. Kindness is also key to how we evolved and survived as a species, scientists say. We are hard-wired to be kind.

If there is one thing Cameron Yee’s cancer journey has taught her, it’s that one of the best ways to heal yourself is to help others to heal. Garvin Thomas shares her story.

Kaci Madden has started opening tabs at local businesses to support them during the pandemic and encourage others to pay it forward, reports NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar.

Kaci Madden has started opening tabs at local businesses to support them during the pandemic and encourage others to pay it forward

One young Chula Vista girl scout is bringing her community together through food. NBC 7’s Monica Dean has more.

A 9-year-old Chula Vista Girl Scout Junior has found a sweet way to help her community: she simply shares what she has. She and her family have been setting up a table on their driveway filled with food and essential items as a way to help neighbors in need.

A South Florida mother is cheering on a FedEx delivery driver who cleaned and sanitized a delivery box to help protect her immunocompromised daughter against the novel coronavirus.

We all need a word of encouragement sometimes and in a quiet neighborhood in Carlsbad, a sign filled with inspirational quotes speaks loudly to locals – especially in these difficult, uncertain times.