Don’t let the old man get into your head. Don’t think old; think young. Because that’s what will keep you young.
Source: A 100-year-old’s advice on how to find meaning at all stages of life (gift link)
Inspiring.
After 7 months, Canada goose with arrow stuck in its body finally rescued in B.C.
A Canada goose that had an an arrow lodged in its body for at least seven months has finally been captured and cared for by a team in B.C.
Source: After 7 months, Canada goose with arrow stuck in its body finally rescued in B.C.
Lucky goose.
NewBridge Receives Life-Saving AEDs from Teen’s Nonprofit | Parsippany Focus
Now 19 and a nursing student at Boston College, Kiersten is giving back in a big way. Through her nonprofit, Heartfelt Harmonies, she has donated 26 AEDs to organizations, most recently providing three to NewBridge Services.
Source: NewBridge Receives Life-Saving AEDs from Teen’s Nonprofit | Parsippany Focus
Well done.
Massachusetts State Police, Environmental Police, Animal Control, Nucar Honda combine to free hawk stuck in car grill on I-495
Normally incidents of birds getting stuck on car grills on the highway do not end up in a happy ending. This time it is different. According to Trooper Brandon Doherty, at just after 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, The Concord Barracks took a call from a motorist who had struck a hawk on Interstate 495
Yikes! A team effort, well done.
A husband honors the 4 women who protected his injured wife from oncoming traffic
But when Charlie Essers found his wife there on the road, she wasn’t alone. There were four cars on each side of her, protecting her from being hit by other vehicles on the road.
Source: A husband honors the 4 women who protected his injured wife from oncoming traffic
Lovely.
UNM engineers build the future of 3D printing with bendable concrete
Armed with a 3D concrete printer, careful measuring tools, and just the right ingredients, a team at The University of New Mexico has worked hard to design the construction building blocks of the future. Now, their bendable concrete material design is officially patented.
Source: UNM engineers build the future of 3D printing with bendable concrete
Sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s quite interesting.
The Brooklyn bakery offering ‘pay what you can’ bread
The business in the rapidly gentrifying Bedford-Stuyvesant district says it can earn a crust while helping the community, despite what social media trolls say
Source: The Brooklyn bakery offering ‘pay what you can’ bread
Lovely concept.
Guitar Center launches initiative to replace instruments lost in Los Angeles wildfires
Guitar Center has announced a new initiative that will help musicians and music programs affected by the LA wildfires replace their gear.
Source: Guitar Center launches initiative to replace instruments lost in Los Angeles wildfires
Honestly just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to relief efforts spinning up. The worst brings out the best.
Former shelter dogs on the front lines of Los Angeles wildfire search efforts
Search dogs that were trained and certified in Southern California have been mobilized in their own backyard, combing through the devastation left behind by the wildfires raging in Los Angeles Coun…
Source: Former shelter dogs on the front lines of Los Angeles wildfire search efforts
Respect.
A family’s dogs were trapped in their LA home with wildfires closing in. A CBS News crew saved them.
Andrea Pasinetti was out of town when he got the call when a wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades, where his home and three dogs were. CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti was reporting nearby.
Source: A family’s dogs were trapped in their LA home with wildfires closing in. A CBS News crew saved them.
Well done.