Chicken Soup For The Soul's Hidden Heroes

Going The Extra Mile

An animal rescue team saves lives after a hurricane, a growing family with endless love, and an aspiring dancer fueled by willpower gets to the bright lights of Broadway.

Unbreakable Bonds

A teacher gives the gift of a lifetime to a young girl, inspiring at-risk youth through music and dance, and a destination that teaches city kids about the wonders of nature.

Guardian Angels

A Labrador retriever looks after a boy with diabetes, a unique after school program that helps kids in Detroit hit the books, and protecting oceans by farming shrimp the city.

Community Spirit

A Long Island animal shelter hosts an event to find all animals a loving home, veteran movie mentors work with inspiring young filmmakers, and an energetic mother is the fabric of her community.

Changing Perceptions

A woman that uses mini-horses to encourage kids, adaptive athletes go for gold, and a teenager inventor strives to solve the world's water crisis.

Healing Ways

An adoption house for senior dogs, a mobile medical clinic brings the doctors to the patients, and a man spreading happiness with music and a smile.

Making A Difference

Finding sheltered dogs and cats loving homes, a young girl reinvents the wheel for greater mobility, and reuniting veterans with their K-9 companion.

Digging Deep

Students and researchers seek out the mysterious salamander of the great lakes, a getaway destination designed for veterans and their families, and a community of cooks feed their futures in NY City.

Problem Solvers

A Michigan animal shelter doing its part to end pet homelessness, a man providing bicycles for kids in need, and a scientist rebuilding coral reefs in the Florida Keys.

Life Changers

A teacher gives the gift of a lifetime to a young girl, a unique after school program that helps kids in Detroit hit the books, and a man spreading happiness with music and a smile.

Group Support

A unique animal sanctuary for forgotten and abandoned dogs, a micro-community helping skilled artisans to become entrepreneurs, and a professional artist inspires others with lessons of love.

Trail Blazers

A not-for-profit pet store helping pets find loving homes, an after-school program for undeserved youth with hearing loss, and senior women inspiring others with their joy for dance.

To Protect And To Preserve

A Seattle zoo teaching citizen scientists how to protect the habitat; The future of affordable textbooks for college students; Hurricane heroes from Houston.

Hope For All

Shelter dogs become companion canines; Free books for at-risk children; Improving lives with the gift of wheels.

Compassion And Kindness

Transporting animals hundreds of miles to save lives; College students discuss love and community; Student-athletes demonstrate the meaning of teamwork.

Listen And Learn

A school at the zoo connecting children with wildlife; Embracing differences in others through music; A family business creating jobs in the Bronx.