New agreement secures 66% reduction in cost of rifapentine, which prevents ‘latent’ TB from becoming active
Saving millions of lives in the process.
Daisy the school dog improves student wellbeing and attendance in classroom – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Daisy the school dog is the latest staff member at Melrose Primary School, helping students with her calming influence.
I love this idea.
Nonprofit donates thousands of winter coats to Chicago children living in public housing | abc7chicago.com
Thousands of children in Chicago now have new winter coats thanks to the city Housing Authority’s 12th annual “Operation Warm Coat” event.
Flu shots too! Great idea.
A Somali refugee just became the director of the Seattle clinic where she was cared for as a child – CNN
Dr. Anisa Ibrahim was 5 years old when her life was uprooted by the grisly consequences of a gruesome civil war.
Lovely, and poetic.
Instead of writing a ticket, an officer bought car seats for a mother in Wisconsin
On the streets of Milwaukee, children without car seats is a problem for the police.
Source: Instead of writing a ticket, an officer bought car seats for a mother in Wisconsin
Well done, sir.
Bride asks her 4 grandmothers to be flower girls
Lyndsey Raby was happy to share the spotlight with her favorite women.
Source: Bride asks her 4 grandmothers to be flower girls
How cool…
Mother who thought her newborn had died discovers he’s alive, and a dad, 29 years later – Los Angeles Times
Tina Bejarano gave birth at age 17 to a baby girl she believed had died. She learned she actually has a son, who is alive and well, with a child of his own. The new family will meet for the first time this Thanksgiving holiday.
Serendipity can be awesome. 🙂
A New York studio is offering ‘Puppy Pilates’ to raise money for veterans who can’t afford to train a service dog – CNN
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.