A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
On Thursday afternoons, dozens of people form a long line outside a drive-thru window in the quiet town of Hudson Bay, Sask. The customers swing by to snag some fast food, but what they’re after isn’t deep fried. It’s fresh and green and grown right in the building — the community’s old elementary school.
Source: Family turns small-town Sask. school into indoor farm — and runs a drive-thru for veggies
Neat idea.
Ron Nessman was leaving a job interview at a California Applebee’s when he spotted a baby stroller hurtling towards a busy road
Source: US man leaves job interview, rescues baby in runaway stroller, then lands job
Well done!
The storms that hit California in the past months provided glimpses of hope as the severe draught up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time lows.
Some amazing photos.
Fredric Taylor, 101, missed his 1943 graduation at Cornell College for military training. Eighty years later, the Iowa school is inviting him back.
Source: He missed graduation during WWII. Now 101, he’ll walk with Class of ’23.
What an inspiration.
Diane and David Rowsell were looking forward to spending more time with the grandchildren. Then they discovered how many of their neighbours in York were going hungry
Source: A new start after 60: we planned a quiet retirement – but ended up fighting food poverty
Making a difference.
Izabelle Major 12-Year-old battling Leukemia has one wish, to receive a puppy who will be by her side on good days and bad. Steven Barbato, a former coworker o
Source: Family friend, community gift puppy to Cranston girl battling leukemia
Nice.
An 84-year-old woman is proving it is never too late to learn.
Source: 84-year-old woman working toward GED after husband passed away
Never. Too. Late.
Never.
A Raleigh auto shop technician who rescued a six-week-old kitten hiding in a car has officially adopted her, according to Quality Plus Automotive Service, Inc.
Source: Fur-ever home: Raleigh technician who rescued kitten hiding in car has adopted her, auto shop says
Very cute.
A study in monkeys and human patients shows how the blood-brain barrier can be crossed to allow the delivery of drugs that, in theory, could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Source: New technique opens the brain to unprecedented neurological treatments
Expensive, for now, but an amazing advancement.
Classic American diners make money serving up hearty meals for a fair price but one East Bay establishment has built its business giving away food.
Source: Berkeley diner provides free meals to anyone who’s hungry, no questions asked
Nice.