Kindness is Everything

In 2012, Christian Marcello and his family adopted a dog from an animal shelter. Little did Christian know that adopting Rocky would not only change the dog’s life, but his as well. Christian shares what it was like seeing all those dogs in the shelter, learning that not all dogs find their happily-ever-after, and how that inspired him to create Team Plover, a business dedicated to helping dogs fi...

For eleven-year-old, Sahanna Rasasekaran, a trip to the store with her mom turned into an opportunity to help someone. Sahanna shares her story of coming to the aid of another customer with a simple gesture of kindness. As a thank you for sharing her story of kindness, Anitha donated to the SickKids Foundation on behalf of Sahanna. For more information about the SickKids Foundation and how you can...

High school senior, Vini Possobom, joins Anitha Rao-Robinson to talk about the many initiatives and causes he’s involved in that help others. From raising funds to reunite a young boy with his parents, to volunteering with a non-profit organization called Robotics For All, that provides STEM education to students in underserved communities— Vini is dedicated to doing whatever he can to help as man...

Fifteen-year-old writer and climate change activist, Amelia Penney-Crocker, joins Anitha Rao-Robinson to talk about her dedication to climate change. In December of 2019, Amelia embarked on an ambitious journey of writing one letter every week, for 53 weeks, to Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Amelia shares her goals, frustrations, as well as her reasons for optimism.

Anitha Rao-Robinson speaks with eleven-year-old Sid Chaurasia. Sid shares her story of being part of the Terry Fox Run at school when she noticed a younger student off to the side. At the time, only seven herself, Sid stopped to find out why the little boy wasn’t running with everyone else. When she learned of his dilemma, Sid helped him with the issue and then together they finished the run. Sid...

Ten-year-olds Maya and Liberty Persaud join Anitha Rao-Robinson to share not one, but two stories of kindness. Moving to a new country can be exciting, but it also brings on the challenge of making friends. Maya and Liberty Persaud have a lot of experience with this. When the girls were four years old, they moved from Canada to South Korea, and then at the age of eight, they moved to Brazil. Each...