A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
The food bank is beginning construction on a 51-unit apartment complex that will target people who need temporary help as they work on education or job training.
Source: Why this Texas food bank is building affordable housing right next door
Great idea.
Opal Sandy can hear almost perfectly after groundbreaking surgery that took just 16 minutes
Source: UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial
So cool.
As a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, Alvin Gauthier felt a personal connection to the wartime letters. “I had to find the family,” he said.
Source: Postal worker finds WWII-era letters, drives 5 hours to deliver them (gift link)
Lovely story.
“I don’t have too much to say other than I love you guys,” Alfred Kattola said when reuniting with students Isreal DuBose, 17, and Correy Coleman, 16
Source: 2 Students Saved P.E. Teacher’s Life After He Suffered Cardiac Arrest: ‘Medically, I Was Gone’
VERY well done.
The Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department plans to replace the gear they’ve been using since the 1980s.
Source: 91-year-old donates $500K to rural volunteer fire department in Henry County
Wow!
“I believe it was divine intervention for these two to show up.”
Source: Woman reunites with the heroes who saved her life as a baby
I love reunions like this.
2 babies born prematurely in a hospital forged a friendship when their families kept in touch—but later realized they’re made for each other.
Sweet.
A single dose straight to the brain appears to reduce inflammation and stop the disease from progressing.
Source: Stem cell injections could be the key to curing MS
Exciting!
Nine-year-old Branson Baker ran more than a mile for help after parents wounded when twister flung family’s vehicle into trees
Source: ‘Don’t die, I will be back’: Oklahoma boy saves parents after tornado tosses truck
VERY well done.
The rapidly falling battery prices are already enabling the deployment of more renewable microgrids and solar home systems in areas lacking reliable grid access.
Source: Battery costs have plummeted by 90% in less than 15 years, turbocharging renewable energy shift
With more improvements to come.