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When Gustavus, Alaska, was cut off from its grocery supply chain, one resident decided to take action.

Source: The man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and a ship

Quite the story.

Funds for native American tribes who have been badly hit by coronavirus are flooding in from Ireland as they repay a debt dating back to the 19th-century famine.

Source: Grateful Irish honour their Famine debt to Choctaw tribe – Independent.ie

I thought this was pretty special.

It’s time off for good behavior like you’ve never seen it before

Source: Six inmates who saved guard’s life rewarded with shorter sentences – CBS News

A good deed, and a good reward.

A start-up is recycling tonnes of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?

Source: Ocean plastic was choking Chile’s shores. Now it’s in Patagonia’s hats | World news | The Guardian

Very cool idea.

A therapy dog from Baltimore, Maryland, is at the forefront of the city’s volunteering efforts to support hospital staff in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Loki, a 2-year-old Rottweiler and her owner, Caroline Benzel, a medical student enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, have collected over 4,500 “Hero Healing Kits”, which haveRead More

Source: Therapy “dogtor” and owner deliver thousands of care packages to medical professionals during pandemic – Good News Shared

Good dog(tor).

The aerial salute for the “amazing” war veteran “was meant to be a surprise”, Grant Shapps says.

Source: Coronavirus: RAF flypast for Captain Tom’s 100th birthday – BBC News

This story, originally featured here a few weeks ago, keeps getting better and better.

The miniature Australian shepherd had been missing since an EF-4 tornado leveled the Putnam County home of Eric and Faith Johnson on March 3rd.

Source: Missing dog back with family 54 days after tornado destroys their home

Yay!

A FedEx delivery driver saved a couple’s wedding day by delivering the groom’s wedding ring to their beach ceremony.

Source: FedEx ‘Ring Bearer’ Saves Wedding By Delivering Ring To Beach Ceremony

Great!

Rather than take medical supplies the hospitals need, the nurses hit the hardware store.

Source: Across Minnesota, nurses make free house calls to patients in pain | Star Tribune

More heros.

Publix has launched an initiative where it will purchase fresh produce and milk from farmers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and donate the goods directly to Feeding America food banks that are in its “operating area.”

Source: Publix is buying excess food from farmers and donating it to food banks

What a great idea.