A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
One English police department is trying a new, creative way to tackle isolation and loneliness among elderly people. Starting with a simple bench.
Source: Police are tackling elderly isolation with benches created to get strangers to chat – CNN
A neat idea. Maybe Starbucks should do same? 🙂
The successful treatment shows “precision medicine” can be expanded beyond cancers, where it has shown the greatest promise, scientists reported Monday.
Source: The boy was dying. Zebrafish helped save his life – STAT
Very cool.
Melbourne-based Natasha van Zyl has treated 13 young adults with nerve transfer surgery
Source: Pioneering surgery brings movement back to paralysed hands | Science | The Guardian
I always find these types of advancements so encouraging.
Rachel Clements was concerned about leaving behind a £119,000 mortgage on her property in Cambridgeshire when she died. Comedian Jason Manford has helped her raise funds to pay it off.
Love it.
To help comfort shelter dogs, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is taking jail inmates to comfort shelter dogs during the Independence Day firework celebrations.
Source: Brevard inmates to cuddle shelter dogs during fireworks…
Great idea for all.
Bipartisan legislation would automatically drop all federal student loan debt for eligible veterans.
Source: Disabled vets could see their student loan debts automatically erased
Seems fitting.
SEQUIM — Linda Allen and several members of her staff at Pacific Northwest Veterinary Hospital in Sequim donated their time to spay and neuter 10 of the Aussie-border collie WAG rescues from the May 19 rescue in Agnew.
Source: Vet donates services to rescued dogs | Peninsula Daily News
I know many vets and other professionals who quietly donate time and expertise to causes like this. Well done. (PS: the city is pronounced “skwim” … lovely place. 🙂 )
A City Barbecue caterer weds couple after wedding official has accident.
Source: Caterer turns officiant after wedding official breaks leg
Lovely coincidence.
A Santa Barbara teenager did the right thing, to the tune of $10,000.
Source: Santa Barbara teen returns purse with $10K inside to SBCSO – KEYT
Great example.
Drew Huskey and his wife Qian “Emily” Yang of Missouri were on vacation in Canada when her wedding ring flew off and landed in about two feet of snow. She thought she would never see the ring again, but her husband was secretly on a mission to find it and bring it back to his wife.
Source: A Missouri man’s secret search for his wife’s lost wedding ring | Fox News
And many husband-points were awarded that day. Well done!