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He lived compassion at life’s end

 

by Alanna Gunne

Operation Compassion: How to radically change the story

Submitted by What's Good 206

It was a chance encounter with a homeless man that that led University of Washington student Daniel Nguyen to start Operation Compassion last year.

It began when an apparently homeless man, a regular Daniel had seen for weeks, boarded his bus and asked him for spare change. Like many of us, Daniel's first response was, "I don't have any."

10 years later, 'workshop' continues as ongoing support group for care providers

By Joel and Michelle Levey

Some years ago, we were invited to offer a workshop on meditation and medicine for the faculty of University of Washington Medical School. Nearly 70 physicians attended and stayed for the whole five-hour workshop.

Terry's story: Life on Seattle's streets

By Amber Joy

Terry was not a complainer. He slept outside, did odd jobs for several Fremont businesses and was always willing to help with anything.

You are compassion

by Dee Williams

What's good, Seattle? Volunteers in record numbers

Some painted walls, others cleaned a preschool inside and out. Others pulled yard cleanup duty. All told, there were more than 12,000 of them -- people who came out on Sept. 21, United Way of King County's biggest ever Day of Caring.

How a neighborhood rescued a dog

Once upon a time there was a dog named Raider…

This is the story of how Raider’s needs were met by the actions of Circle Drive, a compassionate neighborhood in Lake Forest Park, as told in the e-mails that circulated via our Resource Line:

Please help find this missing dog!  

Lost about 4:30 PM Saturday. He’s a 3 Year Old Male Chocolate Lab who answers to the name "Raider" or "Ray-Ray"

Cascading kindness winds through a neighborhood

By Joel Levey

We were touched when a couple of our friends/students offered to come over and help us trim a tree with vines that was hanging dangerously over our neighbors' power lines.

Story of Compassion: Opening her arms to the world

Story and photos by Tara Clark

What makes us happy & helpful? Logging the miles to find the answers

By Rita Hibbard. Bob Levine is research psychologist who studies cities worldwide, investigating just how helpful inhabitants are to strangers. Eric Weiner is a former NPR foreign correspondent who traveled to the world’s happiest places to recover from a job that sent him to the world’s most miserable locales.

What lessons can we draw from their work?

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