Not All News is Bad!

After surviving Auschwitz, Eddie Jaku is inspiring others to live their happiest lives.

Source: This 101-year-old Holocaust survivor calls himself ‘the happiest man on Earth’

Inspiring.

DETROIT (AP) — Keenon Carreker walked up to the Salvation Army mobile soup kitchen parked in one of the poorest areas of Detroit for the big hot dogs that came inside bags of food passed out to the city’s needy.

Source: Mobile soup kitchens take food, vaccine to Detroit’s poorest

Great idea.

Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research.

Source: Petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed college students

Puppy power!

SolarDuck is testing a new floating solar array! And it could rival offshore fixed wind turbines.

Source: A New Hurricane-Resistant Floating Solar Farm Could Help Replace Fossil Fuels

Heck, I love it for the name alone!

In an interview Thursday, Wylie was overcome with emotion as he talked about some of the responses he received.

Source: Desperate to see his dying mom, a bus driver put out a plea. The response bowled him over

Amazing.

This is one of the most beautiful stories I have seen in a very long time.

Source: Have You Seen This? Piano duet between strangers turns into unexpected journey

Touching. Be sure to watch the (7 minute) video. I also recommend watching on a larger screen so you can read the notes embedded within.

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With his peripheral vision almost gone, and balls flying at 40 miles per hour, how in the world does a Utah teen stop something that, all too often, he cannot even see?

Source: Utah teen blocks shots in the pool, adversity on dry ground

Amazing.

Pennsylvania teacher Barb Heim has gone the extra mile to bring lesson plans to second-grader Harrison Conner, who battled leukemia during the pandemic.

Source: Teacher visits student with leukemia at his home every day so he won’t fall behind

Above and beyond, for sure. Well done.

Truck driver Ben Stamatovich uses a drone to capture rugged landscapes on his journeys across Australia.

Source: The trucker sharing wild landscapes for a cause

Some beautiful video with that very inspiring story.

“It’s been a success,” said County Executive Mark Poloncarz. “We figured it would be pretty good, but now we’re seeing the results.”

Source: Free beer offer results in more vaccinations than all Erie County first-dose clinics last week

Awesome. Have fun with it. (Is there nothing that beer can’t do? )