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It felt like the whole community raised a hand to donate and help Maddie Barber give back to St. Jude.

Source: A Texas teen raised $30,500 at a livestock show. She donated it to the hospital that treated her cancer.

Great story.

Comics Conspiracy donated dozens of copies after Tennessee schools removed the book.

Source: Bay Area comic book shop sends free copies of banned Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ to Tennessee

While the topic is horrific, and the banning reprehensible, I take a lot of heart in the fact that there are several comic book stores, and others, who are taking similar action. Well done, all.

One of the biggest environmental concerns regarding textiles is that most of them are difficult to recycle once they reach the end of their use.

Source: Designers turn unrecyclable clothes into high-quality textiles | The Optimist Daily

Great solution for a growing problem.

Meet Beryl, the 100-year-old volunteer who is still making drinks at Ealing Hospital.

Source: The 100-year-old volunteer with no plans to stop

I love stories like this.

The bottle surfacing in Ireland was a salve for Sasha Yonyak, 14, whose friend died two years after they had tossed it off the side of a fishing boat in Ocean City, Md.

Source: A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy’s grief

I love message-in-a-bottle stories.

A Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They’re less polluting, too.

Source: Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new ones

Very cool.

The alleged scammer told Jean, 73, that he was her grandson and needed $8,000 for bail after being arrested for drunken driving.

Source: A 73-year-old knew she was being scammed. So she lured the scammer to her home and had him arrested, police say.

I love this!

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WFRV) – It was a mystery for weeks in a Fox Valley neighborhood. On garbage days, bins appeared back at their garages. One family maybe thought it was a fluke. Melody Lutte…

Source: Mystery ‘garbage man’ in Grand Chute neighborhood revealed

I love this.

After years of R&D, startup ByFusion is processing 450 tons of plastic a year—with the goal of reaching 100 million tons by 2030.

Source: This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction

Such a cool idea. I hope it takes off.

Amanda and Shane Hudson, from Michigan, decided to celebrate their big day with their three-year-old Mastiff and Staffordshire bull terrier mix Weller and made him the best man.

Source: Dog steals the show at wedding after he was picked to be the best man

There are some great photos with the story.