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Be Kind: Young cancer survivor hands out Valentine's Day care packages WABC Share: Doctors diagnosed Elana Koenig, 12, with a form of sarcoma when she was just eight years old. She beat the disease and went on to create the 'Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation.' Now, she is bringing smiles to other children like her. On Sunday, Koenig handed out Valentine's Day gifts to patients at Ronald McDonald House and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each care package includes socks, candy bars, and toys. Koenig says each item is meant to bring joy into the kids' lives.

Two teenagers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania are spreading kindness through dance.

WEST ISLIP, New York (WABC) -- During February across Long Island, a sea of purple can be found at schools and businesses in honor of P.S. I Love You Day. P.S. I Love You Day is held on the every second Friday of February, created by Brooke DiPalma in honor of her passed father, a retired NYPD officer, who took his own life when she was 14-years-old. "When I lost my dad it was a shock," said DiPalma. "It was a shock to my family, it was a shock to the community, and it was really a shock to me. He was my best friend, and to see what he did was simply not him. I was angry, I was frustrated, an...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The non-profit group Project Refit was founded by veterans, for veterans. In 2017, Army Veteran Daniel Lombard returned from combat in Afghanistan with PTSD, but one hour of therapy wasn't enough. He met a mutual friend, James Corbett, and after a four-hour vent session, they decided to invite other veterans to join the open exchange. "In the beginning, I believe a lot of first responders believe, you have to talk to someone who's been through what you've been through to understand. Then I learned, that's not the case at all," Daniel Lombard, a veteran, and co-founder o...

LINDENHURST, Long Island (WABC) -- A coffee shop in Suffolk County is spreading kindness using Post-it Notes. In October, the owner of Muni's Coffee Joint in Lindenhurst, Alice Bopp, allowed customers to buy a cup of coffee for other customers and leave the order on a Post-it Note on a board in the shop. Bopp said a customer saw the idea on social media and presented it to her, and that it's meant to show people that strangers can care for each other. "To give a little cheerful, to give a little positive word in such a down moment," Bopp said. "We're going through this whole year."