A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A 15-year-old boy has raised over $13,000 in donations for homeless veterans, special needs children, and first responders by selling and donating wooden flags he carves himself.
Source: 15-year-old boy is carving wooden flags to support ‘forgotten heroes’ during the pandemic – CNN
Wow.
Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) to filter pollutants out of seawater, generating large amounts of fresh water per day while using much less energy than other methods.
Source: Highly efficient process makes seawater drinkable in 30 minutes
Promising!
Their first round of registration started small in July with 5 students signed up the day they launched. Then, the demand piled up.
Source: College students pay it forward with free tutoring during pandemic
Great idea.
A Portland labradoodle returned home, 9 days after going missing and presumably falling off a ridge during a backpacking trip near Mount Shuksan in Washington.
Source: ‘Miracle dog’ survives 9 days in Washington wilderness after falling over ridge – oregonlive.com
The organization I volunteer for — WASART — was involved initially. We’re all absolutely thrilled.
Big Baby Hooves. In the Asian field habitat at the Safari Park, our greater one-horned rhino population grew by two. Mother rhinos Asha and Tanaya gave birth to… #babyanimals #babygiraffe #puggle
Source: Pitter-patter, Flutter-flap – ZOONOOZ
I know I don’t often do “cute”, but these are tool cool to pass up. Enjoy some baby critters (many more than just the rhino pictured above).
Two young Peoria brothers are hoping to bring smiles to COVID-19 patients by sending homemade cards to Valley hospitals.
Source: Project Smile AZ: Two Arizona brothers sending hundreds of homemade cards to COVID-19 patients
Very cool.
Photojournalist Bilal Jawich was at home on the outskirts of Beirut when an explosion, which has left at least 100 dead and thousands injured, rocked the Lebanese capital.
Source: Nurse saves three infants from hospital destroyed in Beirut blast – CNN
Pretty amazing.
Nearly 50 years before Perseverance shot into the sky, Okon’s parents launched their own journey into the unknown.
Quite a story.
A 14-year-old girl has raised $14,000 for senior dogs who have been left behind with the goal of helping them find a forever home like she did when she was adopted.
Source: An adopted 14-year-old girl is helping senior dogs find a forever home just like she did – CNN
Senior dogs are special. (With a shout-out to our local Old Dog Haven).
A 93-year-old WW II veteran can enjoy his seaside town once again, thanks to a new TGA Supersport mobility scooter that looks like a Harley Davidson.
Cool! Looks like fun!
