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.
Chicken Soup For The Soul's Hidden Heroes
Episode 40 hr 20 min
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.
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 New York 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.
No Limits
A Labrador retriever looks after a boy with diabetes; An after-school program for undeserved youth with hearing loss; A young girl reinvents the wheel for greater mobility.
Credits
CastBrooke Burke