April’s “Show Us Your Sue” trophy is extra exciting to Team Trophy Central because it is being rewarded to three high school students in Indiana, the home state of TV’s fictional Sue Heck, the inspiration behind our Random Acts of Trophy-ness campaign to reward everyday heroes who make the world a better place. Sue Heck, […]
Awarding Kindness and Celebrating Trophy Central’s Brand New Compassion Scholarship!
Team Trophy Central has some exciting news: we started a scholarship program to help deserving high school seniors pay for college! Students showing extreme sportsmanship, compassion or kindness have the opportunity to be awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Trophy Central toward their first year’s tuition and (drum roll, please!) we have chosen our first winner. […]
Meet the Winner of The Unstoppable Force Award & Get Inspired by Another Random Act of Trophy-ness
Unlike with previous Random Acts of Trophy-ness “Show Us Your Sue” winners, you’ve probably already heard of Candice Payne, the Chicago real estate investor who purchased 30 hotel rooms for homeless people during the polar vortex that turned Chicago colder than Antarctica. The story has gone viral. If you didn’t read about it in The […]
And the Caring Heart Award Goes To…
This is a story about how one act of kindness can have a ripple effect, inspiring more and more kindness and doing more and more good. It all started when an elderly woman named Delores Marotta went into a Michigan gas station and asked for three dollars’ worth of gas. A police officer overheard her […]
New Year, New Trophies to Reward Kindness! Introducing The Principled Principal Award
Happy New Year, friends! All of us at Trophy Central hope your holiday was filled with kindness and love. We are certain that was the case for the staff at Berkmar High School in Georgia, where the principal, Dr. Alfred “Al” Taylor, took the time to write every single staff member a handwritten holiday card! […]
The Sidewalk Tutor Award: Kindness is Always Trophy-Worthy
If Team Trophy Central could develop our own holiday advent calendar, each new day would bring an act of kindness, rather than a piece of chocolate. (Although giving a friend a piece of chocolate is an act of kindness in it of itself!) How wonderful would it be if you opened up a new day […]
Awarding Hurricane Florence Heroes For Their Dedication To Saving Farm Animals
It’s hard to read the news without getting discouraged or downright depressed. Hurricane Florence only added to the despondence of the news cycle. There’s a lot that feels like a hurricane right now — scary, harmful and impossible to predict or control. Which is precisely why we need to focus on the good and share stories that show […]
The Community Caring Award: Celebrating Generosity With a Brand New Trophy!
Here at Trophy Central, we’re getting close to celebrating giving away three dozen Random Acts of Trophy-ness trophies to people (and one dog, so far!) who are making the world a better place through everyday acts of kindness. With just three trophies shy of celebrating three dozen #ShowUsYour Sue awards, this month’s Random Acts of Trophy-ness […]
It’s Show Us Your Sue Summertime, and We’ve Got a Brand New Trophy Winner to Celebrate!
Happy summer, friends! Team Trophy Central hopes you’re celebrating the extra sunlight by making s’mores, enjoying picnics at the park and splashing in the waves at the beach. We’re celebrating summer by awarding a new special someone with a brand new Random Acts of Trophy-ness trophy. This month’s trophy winner is Anna Clarke, recipient of […]
Keeping Sue Heck Close To Our Hearts, and Rewarding Fierce Leadership with a Shiny New Trophy!
Team Trophy Central hasn’t yet been able to bring ourselves to watch the series finale of The Middle, the ABC comedy that instigated our entire Random Acts of Trophy-ness “Show Us Your Sue” campaign to reward everyday heroes. It was Sue Heck, the plucky, always-optimistic go-getter who inspired us to ask everyone to #ShowUsYourSue. What […]
