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Who’s going to Disney World? NC restaurant owner takes her entire staff on vacation.

March 10, 2019 by Leo

The State Farmers’ Market Restaurant is known for great biscuits, and now it’s famous for a great kindness.

Source: Who’s going to Disney World? NC restaurant owner takes her entire staff on vacation.

Now there’s a boss worth keeping. 🙂

8-year-old dangling from ski lift rescued by teenagers with makeshift safety net – Business Insider

March 9, 2019 by Leo

A group of teenagers became heroes at Grouse Mountain in Vancouver after catching a young skier who was dangling from the lift.

Source: 8-year-old dangling from ski lift rescued by teenagers with makeshift safety net – Business Insider

Quick thinking + ingenuity … I like it!

Paralyzed girl able to move around Edmonton-area home thanks to free retrofit | CTV News

March 8, 2019 by Leo

After she was paralyzed from the waist down during a hiking accident last summer, a 12-year-old girl is finally able to freely move around her house in her wheelchair thanks to the generosity of a custom home builder

Source: Paralyzed girl able to move around Edmonton-area home thanks to free retrofit | CTV News

What a difference the builder was able to make.

She read the fine print on her insurance policy. It won her $10,000 in a contest

March 7, 2019 by Leo

St. Petersburg-based company Squaremouth hid the key to winning the money inside the fine print on an insurance policy.

Source: She read the fine print on her insurance policy. It won her $10,000 in a contest

I kind of with more small print had this … and I kind of don’t. 🙂

Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants to protect the large mammals from near-freezing temperatures | The Independent

March 6, 2019 by Leo

Elephants in India are sporting colourful woollen jumpers after villagers knitted the super-size garments to protect the animals from near-freezing temperatures. Women in a village near the Wildlife

Source: Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants to protect the large mammals from near-freezing temperatures | The Independent

Almost absurd, but in a heart (or elephant) warming way.

HIV is reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic | The Seattle Times

March 5, 2019 by Leo

Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago for Seattle-born Timothy Ray Brown.

Source: HIV is reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic | The Seattle Times

While not directly practical it brings something very important to the table: hope.

‘He’s an inspiration:’ Blind pianist brings music to Edmonton hospital | CTV News

March 4, 2019 by Leo

For years, Justin Whaling has been visiting an Edmonton hospital four times a week to play the piano for patients and visitors. But what you’d never know from his spirited performances is that he can’t see.

Source: ‘He’s an inspiration:’ Blind pianist brings music to Edmonton hospital | CTV News

Inspiring. It’s amazing how much something this simple can help the atmosphere in places like hospitals, too. 

Man restores, donates dozens of power wheelchairs – from a wheelchair

March 3, 2019 by Leo

When the last of the classic cars rolled out of Bill’s shop, different wheels moved in. These days, he toils for hours restoring power wheelchairs.

Source: Man restores, donates dozens of power wheelchairs – from a wheelchair

Well, that’s pretty cool.

U.S. Army soldier Skyler Cooper surprises his wife in emotional Kansas homecoming – The Washington Post

March 2, 2019 by Leo

Staff Sgt. Skyler Cooper had been deployed in Kuwait while his wife, Cydney, was pregnant with their twins.

Source: U.S. Army soldier Skyler Cooper surprises his wife in emotional Kansas homecoming – The Washington Post

Love these surprise stories. Always touching.

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Karelian bear dogs scare bears away—to protect them

March 1, 2019 by Leo

Karelian bear dogs are a new, non-lethal tool for wildlife agencies concerned with ursine visitors getting too comfortable around humans.

Source: Karelian bear dogs scare bears away—to protect them

What a neat solution.

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