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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.
Windows capable of harvesting energy from the sun have been on the horizon for a number of years, but they’re yet to help cut down a building’s energy costs. A new development from Australian researchers may change that.
Source: Semi-transparent solar cells could rival rooftop solar for efficiency
Love this idea — hope it pans out.
A scuba diving group is turning plastic water bottles that once polluted oceans into face masks for people to protect themselves against the coronavirus.
Source: A scuba diving group is making face masks out of recycled ocean plastic
Two birds, one (plastic) stone!
Scientists are racing to produce a coronavirus vaccine in what is something of a challenge to the anti-vaccine movement. But the virus has also done something more startling. It has made some anti-vaxxers change their minds.
Source: Anti-vaxxers: Coronavirus is changing some minds about vaccinations – CNN
Progress.
In compliance with the six-feet social distancing guideline, Ben Ramirez hands out the coffee with a toy gorilla arm, an idea given to him by his five-year-old son.
Source: A California man is handing out free coffee to essential workers — from his kitchen window – CNN
Very cool.
ABBOTSFORD, B. C. — What to do when your family lives on both sides of the U. S. -Canadian border, but the border is closed for non-essential travel? Have a family get together *at* the border — all while not only maintaining social distancing, but international boundary distancing as well. Gavin Willis is originally from Lynden, Wash. , but now lives with his wife in British Columbia. His brother and wife also live in B. C. , but the rest of their family remains in Lynden.
Source: When family reunions are ‘6 feet of space, and an international border!’ | KOMO
Pretty cool. I’ve driven that road — it’s pretty surreal to realize the other road is in another country.