Not All News is Bad!

Albert Lexie collected a lot of money in tips over 30 years. He donated it all.

Source: Shoeshiner who donated $202,000 in tips to sick children leaves legacy of kindness

Small acts of kindness over time ….

Starbucks opens a store in Washington, DC, where every employee is fluent in American Sign Language. The coffee shop is near Gallaudet University, the world’s only institution of higher learning for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Source: Starbucks opens its first US sign language store

I love this.

The veteran had recently had surgery and was having complications, so Jimmy John’s employees stepped into help by driving him to the hospital.

Source: Wrong number call to Jimmy John’s saves military veteran who needed to go to the hospital

A different kind of delivery.

The bride wasn’t a real Disney princess, but she acted like one

Source: 5-year-old girl with autism mistakes bride for Cinderella, has magical moment with kind stranger

🙂

For the past several years, the knitters at Sew Steamboat have been knitting “knockers” — handmade breast prostheses for cancer survivors.

Source: Steamboat knitters make “knockers” for breast cancer survivors

What a great idea…

The winner of the Water Abundance XPrize creates enough water for 100 people every day by making an artificial cloud inside a shipping container.

Source: A device that can pull drinking water from the air just won the latest XPrize

Water is a big issue for the future. I can see why this approach won.

“We need to keep building bridges, we need to keep the American dream.”

Source: Syrian refugee opens restaurant in Tennessee, wins title of ‘Nicest Place in America’

If I’m ever in Knoxville….

Princess Eugenie had major surgery on her back as a child.

Source: ‘I wanted wedding dress to show my scar’

Inspiring.

Here’s one way no bride-to-be wants to start a phone call just two days before her wedding: “I don’t want you to freak out, but …”

Source: Hurricane Michael flooding can’t stop dream wedding fit for the silver screen

Love communities like this. 🙂

(FYI: I encountered a brief survey to access the content for free. “Prefer not to answer” seemed acceptable for all questions asked.)

A number of different things have to happen for a child to develop leukemia.

Source: We finally know what causes childhood leukemia—and how to prevent it

This could be big, really big…