"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Thanks to The Evening News and the New Albany Tribune for publishing The Extra Miler each month (first Saturday), and recognizing that our community should focus on those special people in our midst who are doing good things for others and making our world a better place to live and work.
Carol and her husband, Ken, took a journey outside Southern Indiana to find Extra Milers. To read Carol's blog from her journey across America's backyard, go to: www.extramilers.blogspot.com
Thanks for visiting!
Charles Kuralt once said, "The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines."
This is the site for the Southern Indiana Acts of Kindness, otherwise known as "The Extra Milers."
WELCOME - Make Yourself at Home - Meet some of our Extra Milers of Southern Indiana (and beyond). Some of the nicest people you will ever meet live and work in Southern Indiana. We honor them in our monthly "Extra Miler" column, published by The Evening News/New Albany Tribune and written by Carol Baker Dawson.
Look through our photos - review what our citizens are doing to help our neighbors and beyond.
The Extra Miler is a nationally award winning column, written by Carol Baker Dawson. 2008 National Society of Newspaper Columnists Will Rogers Humanitarian Award.
Ellen Goodman, National Columnist and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Carol Dawson
James Rogers, Will Rogers' Great Grandson
Robert Haught, NSNC Award Chair and Carol Dawson
We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There's much more to come!
