Once I went home and saw an old woman. She had a packet full of cucumbers in one hand and a packet full of tomatoes in the other one. I helped her carry the  bags. She thanked me and offered some money for my help. Certainly I couldn’t take it. Bazikalova, 14, Russia

In summer when I was going to the knitting class my mother asked me to do shopping. On the way to the shop I saw an old woman who had heavy bags in her hands. She was so tired that couldn’t go further. I helped her to carry her bags to her house. The woman [...]

I was about to walk into McDonald’s, when I noticed an old couple in front of me holding hands and walking towards the door. I sped up so that I could walk past them and get to the door first. The old woman’s face lit up with genuine surprise and appreciation when she realized that [...]

The other day me and my daddy were walking into a restaurant, and saw these older women coming out.  My daddy jogged over to hold the door for them, and just seeing the grins on their faces brightened my day. They carried on cracking jokes with us, and it just gave me the happiest feeling [...]

My magical moment was at Dairy Queen! (My favorite restaurant).I am currently an employee at Dairy Queen and one slow day during my shift, a frail elderly woman shuffled into the restaurant and could barely read the menu. I spent about ten minutes reading it for her and helping her decide what she wanted. She [...]

My magical moment was when I was going grocery shopping in Wal-Mart, and this elderly man could not reach the loaf of bread he was trying to get. I went over to him and asked him if he needed any help, and he said yes that would be so very helpful. After I reached up [...]

One day, I wasn’t feeling so great and I felt pretty bad. The whole day I was down in the dumps and depressed. My family and I walked into a restaurant and I was the last to walk in. I saw an old man coming as the door was closing. He had a slight limp [...]

One day, I saw an old lady, who could not get up on an exercise bike. So I asked her, if she needed help, and she said “yes”. Then I helped her. After that I was very happy. Line, 15, Denmark

I was at the grocery store, and saw a little old lady, who had a lot of articles. She couldn’t carry all of it herself so I helped her carry all her stuff to her car. Lasse, 15, Denmark

Once I saw a little boy who helped an elder woman with her shopping. I thought that if I had done the same thing, it would have made me feel good about myself. Camilla, 15, Denmark