Not All News is Bad!

She just lost Jack. And now, the bracelet, too?

Source: On the beach in Ocean City, a widow’s treasured bracelet is lost in the sand. Will she get it back?

Lovely story.

“Every time I saw a homeless person, I was always asking Mom if we could give money to them, and this was a way to do it,” said Ryan Gill, 11.

Source: Three young brothers started a candle company to buy themselves toys. Now they donate $500 a month to the homeless. – The Washington Post

What a cool idea.

(Important: a note about paywalls.)

Vicky Murphy was 35 weeks pregnant when she and husband Marc were washed against cliffs in Cornwall.

Source: Cornwall lifeguards meet unborn baby they saved decade ago – BBC News

I know many emergency workers really appreciate follow ups like this.

An amazing act of kindness by three teenage boys who pushed a woman’s vehicle 4 miles when she couldn’t afford a tow is melting the hearts of social media users.

Source: Canadian Teens Push Woman’s Car 4 Miles To Take Her Home When She Couldn’t Afford A Tow » Cool Car Photos

Well done!

As Hurricane Barry approached Louisiana, Delta Sigma Theta sorority scrambled Friday to wrap up its national convention early to escape the storm’s impacts in New Orleans.

Source: A sorority canceled its convention because of Hurricane Barry. Members donated 17,000 meals to storm victims – CNN

Nice.

Fifty years after Paul Gilmore threw a message in a bottle into the Indian Ocean, he’s finally had a reply. But he doesn’t know it yet, because he’s still at sea.

Source: Message in a bottle author, Paul Gilmore, found 50 years after his letter was thrown overboard – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Pretty cool…

This will make you want to hug your wedding photographer.

Source: Photographer Restores Wedding Album for Couple Who Lost Everything in California Wildfires | Brides

Or at least ask if they keep backups. 🙂

When two girls went missing in Ontario’s Algonquin Park, it was up to Scott Gannon from the OPP Canine Unit and his partner Zoe to help locate the teens.

Source: How Zoe the police dog sniffed out 2 missing girls in Ontario’s Algonquin Park | CBC News

Good dog!

Four siblings from Overland Park, Kansas, were adopted Monday in front of a standing-room-only gathering of relatives, friends and classmates. The children were Phyllis and Eric Watson’s first foster care case.

Source: Four Kansas siblings adopted in ‘perfect’ ending, with tears | The Kansas City Star

Very special people.

A World War II sailor’s family will be reunited with his Purple Heart medal that was accidentally donated to a Goodwill in Tucson, Arizona.

Source: A Purple Heart that was mistakenly donated to Goodwill will be returned to a sailor’s family – CNN

Social media, and other connections, put to great use.