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Besides being a contributing author for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters (3/22/2022) book, Barbara Occhino's writing credits include copywriting for public relations and marketing campaigns, commercials, TV pilot treatments, training films, and other broadcast works. Her writing efforts have earned her first-place awards in national marketing competitions. She has published numerous works for government agencies, businesses, organizations, and Fortune 500 companies and co-authored a national "Master Marketing Tips" column. She is a member of the Writes & Bites group in Rye, New York.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters is filled with 101 feel-good stories of good deeds, acts of compassion, and heroic people. The book is available at booksellers including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and others. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul has published over 276 different motivational books with several on NY Times #1 bestseller list and sold over 600 million copies with translations into more than 40 languages.