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“Epic” Kindness Leads to More Epic Kindness

When a Concord, New Hampshire, mother was on the receiving end of community kindness, she decided to pay it forward. 

Brandy Bisson’s son, Thomas, was afraid he would not be able to celebrate his seventh birthday because of the pandemic, prompting Bisson to think of outside-the-box ways to throw him a celebration. She took to Facebook and asked members of her community if they would help her throw a drive-by parade for her son. 

Not only did the community participate, but many even mailed gifts to her house for Thomas, who later described his seventh birthday as “epic!”

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