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Rebecca: “After being laid off during Covid, my dad set his heart on a job at Costco. I told Twitter about it – cue a social media explosion”

Source: The internet’s not all bad: how a tweet led my dad to his dream job at Costco

Way to go, everyone!

A great dane named Mia is recovering at her Oceanside home, after playing the role of hero in an encounter with a rattlesnake.

Source: ‘Hero’ dog saves owner from rattlesnake bite in Oceanside backyard

Good boy!

Nigerian Houses are being Bottled Up!© Africanclimatereporter Houses made of plastic bottles? Sounds strange, doesn’t it? The plastic bottle houses . . .

Source: Nigerian Houses are being Bottled Up! 14,000 Plastic Bottles to Build a House

Seems like a neat and innovative idea.

Trash interceptors are becoming more common in large cities, helping to stop garbage as it floats down waterways. Mr. Trash Wheel is the pride of Baltimore, helping to make a cleaner, more beautiful city waterfront.

Source: Mr. Trash Wheel is gobbling up millions of pounds of trash

I love this.

In partnership with Network Rail, the Samaritans has trained 22,000 rail staff and British Transport Police officers with the skills to help someone at risk of suicide on the railway.

Source: Heroic rail worker has saved 29 people from taking their own lives in six years

What a great example of a great program.

A Wisconsin couple decked out their home in the colors of the Pride flag after their HOA enacted a policy banning all flags (except the American flag) from being flown.

Source: A Wisconsin couple couldn’t fly their Pride flag, so they lit up their home like a rainbow

I just think it’s kinda pretty. Nicely done.

Harvard-bound Verda Tetteh turned down a $40,000 scholarship during her graduation ceremony, imploring the high school to instead give the money to someone who needs help paying for community college.

Source: Fitchburg High graduate asks school to award $40,000 scholarship to another student – The Boston Globe

What a great example to set.

Tom Stevens, an employee at Majestic Ventura Theater, helped reunite Colleen Distin with her long-lost wallet.

Source: Woman recovers wallet lost 46 years ago at the Majestic Ventura Theater

Nice!

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Whenever he took his two dogs hiking, they would run into the tall grass and bring him back box turtles.

Source: He realized his dogs have an unusual skill. Now he uses them to help save turtles

Fascinating.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ten years after their first date, Debby Neal-Strickland put on a cream-colored lace gown and married her longtime sweetheart at their Florida church. Two days later, she put on a hospital gown and donated a kidney to Mylaen Merthe — her new husband’s ex-wife.

Source: Woman donates kidney to hubby’s ex-wife days after wedding

I’d call that above and beyond … and amazing.