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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.

. . . the results also found something that linked the two dogs way more than Salazar could ever have imagined. They were full siblings. “That was pretty shocking,” she said.

Source: Owner Adopts Companion Dog for Nearly-Blind Pup, Discovers They’re Siblings

A nice touch to a touching act.

Kentucky driver called police after seeing ‘female passenger making hand gestures known to represent violence at home’

Source: Teen rescued after showing domestic violence hand signal known on TikTok, police say

Unfortunate that it’s needed, but very cool that it’s so simple and that it worked exactly as designed. Well done TikTokers.

Residents now play with kittens every Wednesday, therapy for both them and the newborn cats.

Source: She brought tiny foster cats into her office at a retirement home. Residents found out — and kitten therapy began.

A neat idea in general. Pets can add so much.

An ‘acts of kindness’ card traveled across states to a 30-year-old mother who was out to eat with her two young children.

Source: Kindness Card Travels Over 500 Miles To Bless Mother

What a neat idea.

Evan Bisnauth makes animated videos with the dogs to help them get adopted.

Source: This 11-year-old is helping hard-to-place dogs in shelters get attention — and find homes

Very nice.

The Yamagata flu virus, one of four flu viruses we’re vaccinated against each year, hasn’t been recorded anywhere in the world since April 2020.

Source: How the rise of COVID-19 crushed the flu — and maybe wiped one virus out forever

Fascinating. Pandemic ramifications, both good and bad, will be studied for years.

A TikTok star known for traveling across the country to help people made a stop in St. Louis to help a 10-year-old girl’s dreams come true.

Source: A TikTok star made a dream come true for a St. Louis girl in constant pain

Now there’s a good use of social media.