A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
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”.
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.
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. 🙂
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
Baby George made international headlines after American sailors rescued him in the Korean War. WCCO-TV was there to witness a moment 66 years in the making, as the Minnesota medic who took care of George sees him face-to-face for the first time in six decades.
Source: 66 Years On, Minn. Navy Medic Reunites With Baby Saved From Ash Can In Seoul – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Quite a story.
Local woman halted her crochet business sales for a month to focus on making scarves for people who are on the streets facing the winter cold. After running out of
Simple, and yet meaningful to the recipients.