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Some pools in the St. Louis area have found a way to keep swimmers safe, thanks to a local high school student.Lynly Brennan, 16, raised funds for sunscreen dispensers to be installed at Clayton’s Shaw Park Aquatic Center, The Maplewood Family Aquatic Center, and University City’s Heman Park Pool.

Source: Local teen raises funds to make sunscreen available for free at area pools | FOX2now.com

So many reasons to love this — 16 year old, sunscreen awareness, and more. This is one of those great “it just makes sense” ideas. I hope it catches on…

This time, an ingenious way to give waste another life is being executed in Tamil Nadu, India, where throughout the last five years, more than 1,600 tons of plastic have been used to lay over 620 m…

Source: A State in India Has Turned 1,600 Tons of Plastic Trash Into 620 Miles of Road | One Green Planet

“Plastic road” only sounds silly. I have to believe there are many innovative ways to reuse plastic, and I love seeing this one. I hope it proves its worth long term, and spreads.

No sir we cannot accept that [–] we were doing what we were raised to do

Source: Servicemen Stop For Stranded Woman In Road, Had No Clue What’s Coming

Raised well, I’d say. 🙂

 

The former island paradise of Bikini Atoll is slowing blooming back to life, 70 years after the United States dropped 23 nuclear bombs on it…

Source: ‘Quite odd’: coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | World news | The Guardian

Personally, I find this amazingly encouraging….

Katie Newhouser regularly delivered packages to Leo’s former owner’s condo complex, which is how they first became friends

Source: UPS Driver Adopts Dog After Owner Dies

OK, yes, that the dog’s name is “Leo” appealed to me … but then so did the story. UPS and other delivery services often do so much more than deliver packages….

 “To see people from different races and genders come into action to help TOTAL strangers is absolutely amazing to see!! People who didn’t even know each other went HAND IN HAND IN A LINE, into the water to try and reach them. Pause and just IMAGINE that.”

Source: Rip currents swept away a Florida family. Then dozens of beachgoers formed a human chain. – The Washington Post

And what feels like an ever divisive world, it’s wonderful to see people coming together — literally — to help one another.

“You can do something small and minute and it means just as much as anything else,” Hightower said.

Source: Police Officer Buys Man New Bike Tires: ‘All We Have to Do is One Act of Kindness’ – MSN / Inside Edition

Another story of police making a positive difference in their community. Great stuff.

Clean up expected to last through the week

Source: Volunteers help clean up storm damage at Camp Carpenter on opening day

Overwhelmed with volunteers. Nice. 🙂