2018年外網最令人感動的暖心善舉

Most Heartwarming Acts of Kindness of 2018

2018年最令人感動的善舉

Let’s take a moment to consider the kindness we extend to each other every day. These moving stories will reaffirm your faith in humanity.

靜下來想想，其實人與人之間的善意之舉就發生在我們身邊，下面這幾個平凡而又感人的故事更堅定了我們對這個美好世界的感動和熱愛。

A teen building homes for families in need

來自中學生的感動——爲需要的人提供住所

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Courtesy Daniella Benitez

Daniella Benitez, a 14-year-old freshman at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, has made it her mission to help build homes for people in need alongside the nonprofit organization, Build a Miracle. It started when her family helped build a home in Tijuana that was sponsored by Daniella’s school. “The day after completing the project, she woke up and told me she wanted to commit to building one home a year,” said her mother, Ghada. Daniella recruited a team to raise the $16,000 needed to provide a fully furnished home with running water, electricity, beds, and showers each year. She plans to personally go down and help build, paint, and furnish the homes, as well. This past spring, Daniella helped build a home that was just completed.

14歲的Daniella Benitez是聖地亞哥市區天主教大教堂中學的新生。她主動肩負起了和“創造奇蹟”這一非營利組織一起爲有需要的人建造房屋的重任。這源於她家人之前參與了在蒂華納建造房屋的幫扶活動，而這一項目是由Daniella的學校發起的。“項目完成後的第二天，她醒來後就告訴我，她決定每年建一所房子。”她的母親Ghada說。Daniella招募了一支團隊，爲每年能提供水、電、牀和淋浴設施等各方面完備的房屋籌集了16000美元。她計劃親自建造、粉刷和裝飾房屋。在今年春天，Daniella協助建造了一個剛完工的房子。

Candy from a stranger

來自陌生人的感動——給陌生人送糖果

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Courtesy Hershey's

Bob Williams, a 94-year-old man from Long Grove, Iowa, is making a positive impact in his community one chocolate bar at a time. He just hit a milestone of giving out nearly 6,000 Hershey’s milk chocolate bars to local residents. Every Saturday morning he buys a boxful plus a few extras for the store employees and the customer in line behind him. The rest of the week, the retired teacher and coach never leaves the house without a few in his pocket, and he hands them out to random people he meets. “I began giving out candy bars as a way to connect with the community in my hometown. I thought it’d be a nice way to get to know people in my town and bring a little cheer. Sometimes you see the same faces day in and day out, but you never really get to know them. I wanted to do something to change that,” he told Reader’s Digest. Earlier this year, he went out of his ways to make a new college student in town feel welcome.

Bob Williams是愛荷華州Long Grove的一位94歲老人。他正用一塊塊巧克力給他的社區帶來正能量。目前，他已經實現了向當地居民贈送近6000塊好時牛奶巧克力的里程碑。每週六早上，他都會買一箱巧克力，再買上一些零散的巧克力，分給店員和排隊的顧客們。剩下的一週時間裏，這個退休的教師兼教練出門總要在口袋裏放上幾個巧克力，送給路上遇到的人。他在接受《讀者文摘》採訪時說：“我將糖果作爲保持社區居民聯繫的一種方式。我認爲這是瞭解我所住小鎮上的人的一種很好的途徑，還能帶來正能量。有時你日復一日地看到同樣的人，但從未真正瞭解他們。我想改變這一現狀。”而在今年早些時候，他竭盡全力，熱情歡迎了鎮上到來的一名新大學生。

Humanity for the manatees

來自小學生的感動——關愛海牛

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Courtesy Roxi Foley

Roxi Foley, 8, is a fan of the show Sea Rescue, which depicts ocean rescues of marine creatures. The plight of manatees—the marine mammal is under threatened status—led her to seek out the manatee exhibit when her family visited SeaWorld this year. After speaking with the animal’s caregivers, Roxi had one clear goal: To find a way to save manatees. That would be tricky from her home in the suburbs of Chicago. Undaunted, Roxi began writing letters to friends and relatives asking for donations. (Her grandfather recommended she call her efforts Humanity for the Manatees.) Roxi also sold artwork, donated her own money, and encouraged others to share spare change for manatees. “From a young age, she’d always ask me how she was going to change the world if she was just a kid,” says her mother, Didi. She would remind her daughter that every effort helps, no matter how big or small. This year, Roxi has raised hundreds of dollars for the cause.

現年8歲的Roxi Foley是《海上救援》的粉絲，這一節目描述了對海洋生物的救援過程。海牛這一海洋哺乳動物正瀕臨滅絕的困境，讓她在今年和家人一起去海洋世界時特地參觀了海牛展覽。在與海牛照料人員交談後，Roxi心生一個目標：找到拯救海牛的方法。這對於居住在芝加哥郊區家裏的她是很困難的。但Roxi不慌不忙，開始寫信給親戚朋友尋求捐款。（她的祖父建議她將自己的努力稱爲“關愛海牛”行動。）Roxi還賣掉了藝術品，捐贈了自己的錢，並鼓勵其他人爲海牛做出一些小小的貢獻。她的母親Didi說：“從很小的時候起，她總是問我，作爲小孩，應該如何改變這個世界。”她告訴女兒，無論大小，每個努力都實現它的價值。通過這一年，Roxi已經爲該事業籌集了數百美元。

（翻譯：MS小冰晶）