We believe in the power of positive acts, and our belief is supported by news and happenings all over the world. On this page are links to a number of interesting, supportive articles published by various professional scientific and newsworthy organizations for your perusal.

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Take this Job and Love It: "Phil Singerman of Endless Acts tells us about helping others make the world a better place" writes Jen Weigel of the Chicago Tribune.

"Weigel: What do you consider to be a good act?

"Singerman: It can be anything from walking someone to their car in the dark, to donating food to a soup kitchen. And there's no judgment on what you do for your deed -- it can be as simple or as broad as you want. We have a 30-day window where we ask that people do the deeds. Then we print up all the submissions for the person who hosted the event and show them how their gift inspired so many positive things, and send a check directly to the charity. We have no limit on how many coins a person orders. We'll even print just one -- say as a birthday gift or a thank you instead of flowers."

Continue reading the "Take this Job and Love It" column from the Chicago Tribune website.

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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see".
-- Mark Twain

"For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts -- acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation -- spread just as easily as bad. And it takes only a handful of individuals to really make a difference."

Continue Reading "Acts of Kindness Spread Surprisingly Easily: Just a Few People Can Make a Difference" at Science Daily, March 10, 2010

"In their book, The Healing Power of Doing Good, Allan Luks and Peggy Payne talk about the "helper's high," a feeling of exhilaration and a burst of energy similar to that experienced after intense exercise, followed by a period of calmness and serenity.

For the book, Luks studied over 3,000 Americans involved in volunteer services to find that these do-gooders reported a helper's high that lasted several weeks and improved other aspects of their lives. They also report that the euporic sensation returned when they remembered the action of helping others."

Continue Reading "Medical Mystery: What is "Helper's High"? at Indiana University, March 22, 2003

"We have all seen it in action in others, as well as in ourselves. It is one of the few things that puzzled the Father of Evolution, Charles Darwin. A worker bee cannot reproduce, and exists only for the good of the hive and the propagation of the queen bee’s genes. A vampire bat will spontaneously share food through regurgitation. A man will help a blind woman cross the street and we, U.S. residents, agree to pay taxes of which a good portion goes to welfare recipients. These all fall into the category of altruism, which is “the unselfish concern for the welfare of others” (1). But is altruism good for the altruistic person? The biological definition of altruism argues that such acts are undertaken to make the altruist feel better, increase the reproductive success of the altruist, or increase the prevalence of genes for altruistic behavior [...] A growing wave of research is proving the powerful benefit of altruism on both mental and physical well-being, as well as providing plausible explanations for why we observe what we observe, from the age-related benefit of altruism to why altruism exists at all."

Continue Reading "Is Altruism Good for the Altruistic Giver?" at Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, May 22, 2009

"People who perform Random Acts of Kindness generally agree that doing a kind deed for someone else makes them “feel good.” But apart from sheer niceness, why should people be encouraged to commit Acts of Kindness? Are there any other concrete benefits that would motivate more people to become kinder?

The answer is an overwhelming “yes!” A number of scientific studies show that Acts of Kindness result in significant health benefits, both physical and mental, for those who perform them."

Continue Reading "Kindness: How Good Deeds Can Be Good for You!" at The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

"It’s often been said that it’s better to give than to receive, but did you know that this cliché is actually backed by research? While many of us feel too stressed and busy to worry about helping others with their burdens, or would like to think about doing good deeds when we have more ‘spare’ time, energy and money, altruism is its own reward, and can actually help you relieve stress. Altruistic acts can improve your quality of life in several ways, and are absolutely worth the effort."

Continue Reading "Benefits of Altruism" at About.com: Stress Management, November 24, 2007

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