Kindness • October 9, 2026

NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message a Decade After a Stranger’s Kindness

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NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message a Decade After a Stranger’s Kindness

From Seattle's chapter of National Public Radio comes the remarkable story of the kindness of strangers immortalized in an origami crane. Published through KUOW's "My Unsung Hero" series, the story begins with a 7-year-old in Japan who had just gotten a new bike. Young Rika Matsuda was at first very excited because the bike was

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