These sweet new BBFs are a perfect example of how friendship can go beyond race, age, and politics.
Yep. It’s the kind of world I want as well…
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by Leo
These sweet new BBFs are a perfect example of how friendship can go beyond race, age, and politics.
Yep. It’s the kind of world I want as well…
by Leo
Officer Kenesha Carnegie in Bronson, Fla., filmed the three young men helping an 89-year-old woman and her 100-year-old husband get into their car.
Source: 3 young men help elderly woman in viral video
Excellent role models.
by Leo
Candice Payne impulsively charged 20 hotel rooms on her credit card, and it snowballed into a lifesaving effort by a group of strangers
Quite an impressive “impulse”.
by Leo
The vigil, which involved nearly 1,000 ministers, came to an end after politicians pledged that a family inside the church no longer faced immediate deportation.
Source: 96 Days Later, Nonstop Church Service to Protect Refugees Finally Ends – The New York Times
And you thought your church’s services were long.
by Leo
A woman running in a Thailand marathon came across a lost puppy and ended up carrying the dog while running the last 19 miles of the race.
Source: Watch: Marathon participant carries puppy for 19 miles – UPI.com
As if completing a marathon wasn’t enough. 🙂
by Leo
With temperatures in the danger zone and snow blocking driveways, a Michigan pharmacist got creative in delivering prescriptions to her customers.
Source: Pharmacist uses snowmobile to deliver medicine for snowed-in customers – CNN
Going above and beyond.
by Leo
Creating a connection with his deaf niece motivated 25-year-old Kenyan innovator Roy Allela to invent a set of smart gloves, named Sign-IO, which converts sign language movements into audio speech in real time.
Source: Kenya: Roy Allela invents glove that translates sign language to speech – This Is Africa
I find this both exciting and fascinating. I think it holds a lot of promise for the future.
by Leo
Pacific Garden Mission, 1458 S. Canal St., normally doesn’t accept short-term visitors, but tossed protocol out the window this week to save lives.
Source: City’s largest shelter breaks protocol, takes in 800 overnight | Chicago Sun-Times
I expect we’ll hear more positive stories in the coming days — the worst truly brings out the best.
by Leo
Scores of people turned up for Joseph Walker’s funeral Monday — not because they knew him, but because they knew the Vietnam-era veteran was at risk of being buried without anyone attending.
Source: After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas : NPR
Very moving…
by Leo
The man’s GoFundMe campaign grew from $600 to $21,000 after Oswalt tweeted it out.
Source: Patton Oswalt helps Michael Beatty with medical bills after clash on Twitter – The Washington Post
You may or may not agree with his biting wit, but without a doubt he changed one deserving man’s life for the better.