A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Rather than using their rest periods for recuperation, these Australian soldiers have been using their time off to help care for recovering koalas.
Source: Australian Soldiers Are Using Their Time Off to Care for Koalas Displaced by the Fires
How cool.
When Caragan Olles was in the third grade, she was diagnosed with the reading condition, dyslexia. That explained her difficulty in learning but it didn’t stop the insults and humiliation she experienced, so when she was 10, she and her big brother started a nonprofit that helps dyslexic kids get tutoring and trains teachers and family members in understanding what the kids are going through. Now a teen, Caragan has raised hundreds of thousand of dollars to help dyslexic kids and coached thousands of people who now understand the condition.
Source: Giraffe Heroes
It’s the feel-good story of the year.
Source: See NASA astronaut Christina Koch reunite with her dog after a year in space
Some staff members think they’re sent from a man whose wife passed away on their unit.
Nice. Kinda hope it catches on… (for more than just hospitals).
There’s still work to be done to translate this to a practical product. … Still, the potential uses are easy to see
Source: Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy | Engadget
Seattle could power… well, Seattle could power a lot! 
Volunteers are rescuing unused food for the Super Bowl this week and packing it up to ship to five local area shelters in South Florida.
Source: Volunteers rescuing unused Super Bowl LIV food for five shelters in South Florida
Now there’s a great idea.
ROME – Dino Impagliazzo dices onions like a master chef and makes a mean vegetable soup, but most of his loyal “customers” can’t afford to buy even a bread stick.Sprightly despite his 90
Source: Ninety-year-old ‘chef of the poor’ cooks for Rome’s homeless
Nice.
Among them is Patsy – a 6 year old kelpie-border collie. So, here’s how one dog saved 900 animals during the Australian bush fires.
Source: How One Dog Saved 900 Animals During the Australian Bush Fires | 4King.com
Good dog!
When a little boy accidentally left his stuffed bear named Teddy on a flight from Dallas to New Orleans over the Thanksgiving holiday, he was crushed. Southwest had something else in store: a new bear with a story all his own.
Source: A boy who lost his bear on a flight got a surprise from Southwest | CNN Travel
BLACKFOOT — Most high school seniors long for graduation day, but two Blackfoot students are embracing the last few months of high school by doing something that’ll help students for years to come. Gabriella “Gaby” Bobadilla and Dayana Medellin opened the Bronco Food and Hygiene Pantry at their school last week to help students in […]
Source: Two high school students open food pantry to help their classmates in need | East Idaho News
What a great idea!