Not All News is Bad!

PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island grocery store worker went above and beyond to care for his customers after learning they’d been in a tough spot. For a little more than five years, 24-year-old Alex Langlais of East Matunuck has been working at Belmont Market in Wakefield. “Typically, 5-6 days a week 5-6-hour shifts,” said Langlais. “Most the time in bagging people’s orders, grabbing carriages and baskets outside. “

Source: Grocery store bagger helps pay for groceries of couple going through tough time

Nicely done.

Packers trainer Bryan “Flea” Engel walked through the end zone late into the night on Sunday until he found Aaron Jones’ priceless pendant.

Source: A Packers trainer searched Lambeau Field until 2 a.m. to recover a player’s necklace that contained his father’s ashes

Wow.

Max Woosey, 11, hoped to secure £100 for a Devon hospice but his charity pitch became a marathon

Source: Statement of intent: boy raises £640k with 500-night camp out

Wow!

Sasha had escaped from the family’s RV while stopped at Pine Grove RV Park off of I-80 during a road trip.

Source: Lincoln Facebook group rallies to reunite missing dog with Illinois family

Another example of social media used for good. 🙂

A fed-up mom from Sarasota and a factory worker from Pennsylvania have teamed up to create a safe space for kids with disabilities to game online.

Source: Sarasota special-needs mom goes viral on TikTok, sparks positive gamer movement

Excellent.

Cunhaporanga Tatuyo became a TikTok star by sharing glimpses of her life in a remote indigenous community in the Amazon.

Source: An Indigenous TikTok user in the Amazon posted a video of herself eating a beetle larva. Now she has 6 million followers.

Wonderful use of technology to give a glimpse inside a world we would never see otherwise.

Ismeal Jimenez recently won a $200,000 prize through the state lottery and is using it to say thank you to some very important people in his life.

Source: ‘I feel like they deserve it’: Harnett man giving $200,000 lottery prize to parents

Well done.

September 9, 2021 · The Kidney Project earned a $650,000 award for a successful demonstration of its artificial kidney

Source: The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney

Of course this is some time off for real-world use, but it still makes me feel like the world of Star Trek may be here sooner than we think.

Mesa Farms, a cheese farm in Caineville, Utah, is renowned for its farming methods and giving back to the community.

Source: Culinary community helps cheese farm that lost goats in Hanksville floods

The key word? Community. Love it.