A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
The team’s owner gave employees $2,000 for every year they had been with the minor league baseball team, for a total of $600,000. “My jaw dropped,” one worker said.
Source: Minor-league Iowa Cubs owner surprises workers with ‘life-changing gesture’ after sale
Very cool.
When the Canucks were at Climate Pledge Arena on Oct. 23, the Kraken’s home opener, Popovici — sitting behind the Canucks bench — typed a message out on her phone, knocked on the plexiglass and got Hamilton’s attention. “The mole on the back of your neck is cancer,” the message read.
Awesome.
With a touch of chutzpah and “a little help from God,” Braulio Rocha, a Roman Catholic Portuguese immigrant, traded in his mop for a camera.
Source: Once a Janitor, Now the Bar Mitzvah Photography King of Montreal
Quite a story.
A man in Zimbabwe saved eight passengers following a tragic accident that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas Eve.
Source: Man Pulls 8 People Out Of A Burning Bus On Christmas Eve
Wow. (And yes, those are burns on his legs.)
What if bad news wasn’t the only news?
Source: 99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2021
Always a good way to end the year and start anew.
hristmas morning for 5-year-old Dawstin Chattin started in disappointment. Dawstin’s mother Jaclyn Chattin says his bag of gifts went missing on their way home on Christmas Eve.
Source: Child’s lost Christmas gifts returned after being found on side of road
Nicely done.
One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the nation, according to a Habitat news release.
Source: Virginia family gets keys to Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the US
Built in 12 hours? Wow!
Carl Stanojevic got a text asking him to take his Queensland neighbour’s bins out. So the 54-year-old Mackay photographer took wheelie bin number 6 for a spin around the town
Source: Australian man asked his neighbour to take the bins out – so he did, literally
Cute. Made me smile.
On Christmas Eve, a couple of pilots in Utah County used their skills to help in an unexpected way to help stranded holiday travelers get home.
Source: Utah County pilots perform unique Christmas Eve rescue
How cool.
“Will you take care of Boomer?” John Burley asked his nurse, Jennifer Smith. And she said, “Of course, John. I will find Boomer and take care of him for you.”
Source: Nurse goes beyond duty and rescues a hospitalized patient’s dog from the shelter
So cool.