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Simple Changes hosts horse-assisted therapy sessions with seniors in Northern Virginia. The benefits are heartwarming — and surprising.

Source: A ‘magical’ treatment for seniors with dementia: Horse therapy

What a neat idea.

Having a dog has been shown to improve the quality of life for senior citizens, increasing their activity and socialization. But what happens as the senior ages and it becomes more challenging to care for their pet?

Source: Keeping dogs and their senior owners together. This CNN Hero delivers ‘Peace of Mind’

What a great idea.

Massiah Browne said he swam to the bottom of a pool to help a young boy.

Source: This 7-year-old saw a toddler drowning in a pool. He swam down to save him.

Well done!

Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).

Source: First 100,000 KG Removed From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Updates • The Ocean Cleanup

It’s a start!

Jake Manna was installing solar panels at a home when a panicked mother ran by looking for her 5-year-old.

Source: A worker paused to help find a missing girl. He found her waist-deep in a stream.

Well done, sir!

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II.

Source: 102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored

Well deserved.

General Drones now has more than 30 pilots and their drones working with the lifeguards at 22 beaches across Spain.

Source: Drone lifeguard saves boy, 14, from drowning in sea in Valencia in Spain

Great use of the technology.

The funds will go directly to teachers in the form of over 2,000 grants, each worth $500. More than 17,500 teachers have applied for these grants.

Source: ‘Governerds’ Community Raises Over $1 Million For Teachers

Cool. More social media for good.

Valeria Yezhova sits at a little folding table outside the sliding doors of a Kyiv shopping center on a warm afternoon, waiting for someone to sit down in the camping chair across from her and try to give her a run for her money on the checkers board on the table.

Source: The 10-year-old checkers champion winning hearts and money for Ukraine’s army

I love this.

“You have to save everybody in life,” second grade student David Diaz Jr. said of his heroism.

Source: 7-year-old saves choking classmate with moves he learned from TV medical drama

Well done! (And if the “as seen on TV” theme seems familiar: this.)