A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A Texas Boy Scout troop is helping residents at a nursing home get a little closer to their visitors with a “hug booth” designed with COVID-19 safety in mind.
Source: Boy Scouts create COVID-19 ‘hug booth’ for Texas nursing home
It’s a difficult time for all, but this is a nice addition that I’m sure helps.
Patrick Brady worked with SPCA International to bring his dog Marshmallow home.
Source: Operation Baghdad Pups helps serviceman and dog reunite back in the US
Nice story. Well done.
Selah, now 8 years old, and her family created The Empowered Readers Literacy Project, a non-profit aimed at helping families build strong reading rituals and getting kids excited about books.
Source: This 8-year-old is on a mission to give away 2 million books to underprivileged kids
Literacy matters SO much. Great job!
“I decided I’m going to be a force of positivity for Cole,” said Starbucks barista Eddie Aldrete. “I’ll be his cheerleader.”
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make the biggest difference.
Scientists have been scrambling to create an injection that can be one-and-done without the hassle of having to revaccinate the population on a yearly basis.
Source: Experts are homing in on an influenza vaccine that could last a lifetime
That would be awesome.
What started as a random act of kindness from one man paying for the car behind him in a Dairy Queen drive-thru resulted in over 900 cars also taking part in the pay it forward chain.
Source: Over 900 cars paid for each other’s meals at a Dairy Queen drive-thru in Minnesota
Nice.
Hayley Orlinsky has sold more than $20,000 worth of loom bracelets to help buy personal protective equipment for staff and visitors at a children’s hospital.
Source: Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital’s pandemic gear
Very cool.
Three years after losing Lola in a Chicago suburb, the Mejeur family received a call that her microchip was detected.
Source: Kalamazoo woman reunited with her lost service dog after three years
Pretty amazing. Chip your pets!
Binish Desai has developed ways to recycle multiple types of industrial waste into useful products, and thereby diverted 1996 metric tonnes of trash from entering landfills.
Source: This 26-year-old is making value out of waste and paving way for a greener environment
While the linked article is from earlier this year, I stumbled on to this via a report he’s now using this technique on massive accumulations of used PPE (might be paywalled) resulting from the pandemic. Nice!
“This evening our hotline operator took a call. At first she thought she was the victim of a prank call,” wrote the organization in a Facebook post Wednesday.
Source: Curious koala sneaks into Australian home and climbs Christmas tree
Can I be jealous? I think I’m jealous.