A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A crowdsourcing website developed during Hurricane Harvey has become an indelible resource for thousands of people in need of help during disasters.
Source: Imelda: How a crowdsourcing website helped rescue 370 people during the tropical storm – CNN
Cool use of technology.
A video shot by a woman in Texas is going viral after a local police officer stopped to help her with a flat tire following a blowout and ended up giving her young daughter a ride to school.
Source: Police Officer Helps Woman With Car Trouble, Drives Her Daughter To School – News
Thank you, officer! 🙂
A World War II Veteran in Watauga hopes you consider his birthday wish. James South is hoping to receive a 100 birthday cards for his 100th birthday.
Source: World War II Veteran hopes for 100 birthday cards for 100th birthday | wfaa.com
I predict it’ll be a few more than 100. 🙂
LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR LAUNCHES APP TO REDUCE STRESS AND ISOLATION OF CAREGIVING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS By Jane WhiteheadWhile most of his peers worry about college application deadlines, admissions and rejections, LHS senior Logan Wells, 17, has a different focus. He has a business to develop, following the launch in November 2017 of CareZare, an app he and family members created to streamline family caregiving, now downloadable from the App Store and Google Play.
Source: CareZare – LHS Student Creates Caregiving App — Colonial Times Magazine
What a great idea.
Megan Leigh Nala has been her mom’s service dog for the past two years, and the pair are the absolute best of friends. Nala goes everywhere with her mom, but their favorite place to go together is definitely Disney World
Source: Dog Cuddles Up To Favorite Disney Character And Refuses To Move
Cute.
20-year-old Chandler Ross was recently diagnosed with Osteosarcoma. A scan showed that he had several spots on his lungs.
Source: Truckers line Hwy to show support for Rolling Fork man with rare form of cancer
Wow. How cool.
Ashley Ober is still carrying the note from the flight attendant named Janna.
Source: Flight Attendant’s Writes Kind Note to Deaf Teen Passenger Flying Alone for 1st Time
Well done, Janna!
Mitchell repaid the boy’s kindness with a new toy recycle truck, reminiscent of the equipment Mitchell works with.
Source: Sanitation worker gives toy recycle truck to kid who regularly greets him | WBTW
Nice.
“Comedians can use the work, and people with memory loss can use the laughter,” said the founder of Laughter on Call.
Great idea!
A local Dallas church is hoping to inspire others with a massive act of kindness.
Now this, this is Good Work. (If interested, see also RIP Medical Debt — not affiliated with the story or a church, just another means to the same end.)