A chance encounter led to a campaign to raise money for an 82-year-old Navy veteran’s retirement.
Source: Walmart cashier, 82, retires after TikTok raises $100,000
More social media for good.
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Restaurant Owner Cries Tears Of Joy After TikToker Saves His Business
A Las Vegas restaurant owner has had more business in the past couple of days than in the restaurant’s entire existence, thanks to a viral TikTok video. Frankenson’s, a pizzeria in Las Vegas, went from having almost no customers to being sold ou
Source: Restaurant Owner Cries Tears Of Joy After TikToker Saves His Business
Social media for good. 🙂
Teacher transforms students’ drawings of monsters into plush toys
A teacher in Melbourne, Australia, made handmade toys for her students based on their drawings.
Source: Teacher transforms students’ drawings of monsters into plush toys
Impressive!
Marathon man Gary McKee hits £1m goal after 365th run of 2022
Gary McKee had been aiming to reach the target for charity, having run 26.2 miles every day this year.
Source: Marathon man Gary McKee hits £1m goal after 365th run of 2022
Wow!
Cat sanctuary helps cats and seniors find companions
Even on the greyest day in Somerset County, there’s a spot in St. Albans that is light, warm and full of life.
Source: Cat sanctuary helps cats and seniors find companions
Great setup.
A teacher facing an ‘Armageddon of luggage’ texted the phone numbers on tags to reunite holiday travelers with their missing bags
The woman told Insider she’d “never seen anything like it” and that there were “hundreds if not thousands” of abandoned bags at a Tampa airport.
Very nice.
Breakthrough as Cellular ‘Glue’ Heals Wounds, Potentially Regrows Nerves and Tissue With Regenerative Medicine
A kind of glue but for cells may seem like science fiction, but in the not too distant future the UCSF may claim credit for the discovery.
Love it, SciFi becoming SciFact!
Father-and-son kayakers rescue pilot who crash-landed in icy creek
A father and son helped rescue the pilot of a small plane after it crash-landed onto an iced-over Maryland creek on Monday.
Source: Father-and-son kayakers rescue pilot who crash-landed in icy creek
Wow!
Dog protects young girls for hours after getting lost in woods
“I won’t be fussing at him for chewing up blankets and shoes,” the girls’ father said.
Source: Dog protects young girls for hours after getting lost in woods
Good dog! (The protection part, not the getting lost part. 🙂 )
6-year-old Woodbury girl hailed a hero for helping save church during fire
Cecilia Mancini saw smoke billowing out of the church, prompting her dad Angelo to alert church staff and call 9-1-1.
Source: 6-year-old Woodbury girl hailed a hero for helping save church during fire
Nicely done!