What’s more relaxing than a healthy dose of pilates … and puppies? A pilates studio in central New York is now offering a class where for $25, you can do pilates while playing with puppies.
Sounds like fun, for a great cause.
Man Turns Old Truck Into Mobile Shower For Homeless People To Get Clean, Warm And Keep Their Dignity
After having firsthand experience with the difficulties in life while being homeless, Jake Austin decided to make a difference for many of the struggling human beings he saw around his city of St. Louis, Missouri. He saw that one of the biggest discomforts his local homeless men and women faced was that they could not […]
Source: Man Turns Old Truck Into Mobile Shower For Homeless People To Get Clean, Warm And Keep Their Dignity
Pretty cool idea.
A Kind Priest Brings Stray Dogs To Mass So They Can Find New Families | Bored Panda
Father João Paulo Araujo Gomes does the kindest and most inspiring thing for stray dogs around his church in Brazil. He invites forgotten dogs from the streets to become a part of his service to help them find loving homes.
Source: A Kind Priest Brings Stray Dogs To Mass So They Can Find New Families | Bored Panda
St. Francis would approve.
John Ronan’s affordable housing in Chicago has colourful balconies
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above.
Source: John Ronan’s affordable housing in Chicago has colourful balconies
Environmentally friendly + good looking + affordable housing = a great combination!
These Girl Scouts are saving wild bees, one ‘hotel’ at a time | Grist
“We work together to make a fun bee hotel so the bees can fit their fuzzy little buns in.”
Source: These Girl Scouts are saving wild bees, one ‘hotel’ at a time | Grist
Cool project on several levels.
Austin American-Statesman ran front-page photo of homeless man. Friends rallied to help. – The Washington Post
Coy Featherston’s former classmate canvassed Austin for four days until she found him feeding pigeons outside a church.
Lovely story and outcome.
They found a stack of WWII love letters for sale. Then they began to unravel the mystery of who wrote them. – The Washington Post
The letters, written from 1944 to 1946, were so absorbing — and the two friends stood there reading them for so long — that an employee came by and joined them, becoming equally enthralled.
An incredibly heartwarming story. Perfect.
Welcome home! Bison released into new territory | Stories | WWF
Bison in Badlands National Park now have an additional 22,553 acres to roam thanks to a passionate group of supporters who want to see America’s national mammal thrive.
Source: Welcome home! Bison released into new territory | Stories | WWF
Beautiful animals.
Man gets reunited with his lost wallet after the finder uses bank transfers to communicate | inews
Within an hour, Mr Cameron was reunited with his wallet and he shared his amazement on Twitter with posts that have since gone viral
Source: Man gets reunited with his lost wallet after the finder uses bank transfers to communicate | inews
Good thinking!
Thief attempts to take a woman’s bike, but then a cowboy rides up on a horse to lasso him | TheBL.com
After moseying over to the Walmart for some dog food and on the way out, 28-year-old Robert Borba heard a woman screaming. “Stop him! Stop him! He stole my bike! He stole my bike!” The cowboy from Oregon recalled the situation to CBS News. “And I kind of look around and all of a sudden […]
Well worth watching the video on that page. Awesome story.