A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II.
Source: 102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
Well deserved.
General Drones now has more than 30 pilots and their drones working with the lifeguards at 22 beaches across Spain.
Source: Drone lifeguard saves boy, 14, from drowning in sea in Valencia in Spain
Great use of the technology.
The funds will go directly to teachers in the form of over 2,000 grants, each worth $500. More than 17,500 teachers have applied for these grants.
Source: ‘Governerds’ Community Raises Over $1 Million For Teachers
Cool. More social media for good.
Valeria Yezhova sits at a little folding table outside the sliding doors of a Kyiv shopping center on a warm afternoon, waiting for someone to sit down in the camping chair across from her and try to give her a run for her money on the checkers board on the table.
Source: The 10-year-old checkers champion winning hearts and money for Ukraine’s army
I love this.
“You have to save everybody in life,” second grade student David Diaz Jr. said of his heroism.
Source: 7-year-old saves choking classmate with moves he learned from TV medical drama
Well done! (And if the “as seen on TV” theme seems familiar: this.)
A large capacity water battery in Switzerland will help stabilise European energy grids.
Source: Switzerland spent 14 years and €2 billion on this ‘water battery’
Cool idea.
Border collie Saul’s enthusiastic behavior prompted rescuers to follow him to where his owner lay injured at a remote campsite.
Source: Dog helps rescue owner who fell 70 feet in California forest
Good boy!
NEW YORK (AP) — Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking of a new career. “I was at home a couple of years ago reflecting on all the experience I gained and how I wanted to contribute to the Latino community, while also allowing myself to be on my own and make use of my love for books and passion for multilingualism,” she says.
Source: Independent booksellers grew in number, diversity in 2021
Who’d a thought it?
Potter Park Zoo announced the birth of the baby bintlets on Tuesday.
Source: Potter Park Zoo welcomes at-risk newborn bintlets
Cute!
“We started to consider closing,” co-owner Jazmine Cooper said. But then the community began donating to help.
Source: A small bookstore was scammed. The local community stepped in to save it.
Community bookstore, community support. Nice.