A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
After an accidental Thanksgiving invite in 2016 introduced Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench, they are still going strong.
Source: Young man who was accidentally invited to ‘grandma’s’ Thanksgiving as a teen keeps tradition going
I know this has been getting a lot of visibility already, but I just love that it continues 5 years later.
A four-year-old hound mix named Boone that lost both his legs from abuse, then became a therapy dog, just won the 2021 Hero Dog Awards
Source: Courageous Canine Who Lost His Legs–But Not His Hope–is Named 2021 Hero Dog of the Year
Nice.
A Colombian couple looking to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in the U.S. have received hundreds of invites from strangers.
Source: Colombian Couple Living In Boston Asks For Thanksgiving Invites, Hundreds Of Neighbors Respond
How cool!
Sixteen participants will receive two doses of the vaccine one week apart.
Source: First human trial of Alzheimer’s disease nasal vaccine to begin at Boston hospital
Exciting. I hope it pans out!
Jack Le Vine, usually spends the holiday doing “nothing.” His Brooklyn neighbors had other plans.
Source: For a 96-Year-Old Veteran, the Parade Came to Him
Very cool.
A local couple took a wrong turn on what they thought was a short hike and got lost. It was dark, they had no water, no food and their cellphone was dead. Their 100 lb. dog, Smokey, was injured and…
Source: 12-year-old Hawaii Boy Scout helps rescue couple, 100 lb. dog on Waimano Trail
Well done!
Ever since they dropped into his life on a Red Cross tour, an Army veteran has hoped to find the two women to say “thank you.”
Source: Two mystery photos and a 50-year search for the ‘Donut Dollies’ of the Vietnam War
I hope he finds ’em!
Veterans United Home Loans surprises veteran by paying off the mortgage of his just purchased Aurora home.
Source: Mortgage of Army veteran’s recently purchased Aurora home paid off
Very cool.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she’d had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year.
Source: Girl, teddy bear reunited a year after loss in Glacier park
Cool story.
“My parents always taught us that it’s a blessing to be a blessing,” he said.
Source: 13-year-old boy granted a “Make-A-Wish” uses it to feed the homeless every month for a year
Inspiring.