Inspiring News
From the Good News Network
Sometimes the news can show the darker side of local and world events. But there is so much more! We found the Good News Network online and find their writing and focus to align well with our virtues and beliefs. We have included some excerpts below borrowed from their site. The link above with direct you to their site for further information and to subscribe directly.
Azores Protects Whales and Corals with Marine Preserve as Big as Virginia and Georgia Combined
A massive new marine protected area (MPA) has been established in the eastern Atlantic off the coast of the Azores. Covering 287,000 square kilometers of ocean makes it the largest MPA network in the North Atlantic—the size of Virginia and Georgia combined. 15% of...
Man Is Overwhelmed with Emotion Trying Color Blind Glasses for First Time–‘My God. This is Amazing’ (WATCH)
This is the moment a man became overwhelmed with emotion after trying on colorblind glasses for the first time. Kris Sipe, 47, who has been colorblind his whole life, bought the glasses on a whim without knowing whether they would work. A video made by Kris shows him...
Sunken Class Ring Returned to Canadian Who Lost it in 1977 off Barbados Coast
When a Canadian professor lost his class ring while splashing around in Barbados with his son, finding a needle in a haystack must have seemed like a breeze by comparison. Yet miraculously, after 47 years of tumbling about in the surf, sand, and shells, the man...
95-year-old Pickleball Player Dominates the Courts: ‘I Keep moving’
From Kansas comes the story of a timeless American: a great-great-grandmother who sings, dances, and plays pickleball twice a week. Lois White puts the elder in ‘elderly,’ and has lived a life of play, sport, love, and family to be celebrated from one corner of the...
Kids Leave Halloween Candy on Doorstep After Noticing Sign About Son’s Hospitalization, Leaving Family ‘Overwhelmed’
Amy Schmitt and her son love to dress up for Halloween. The house is always festooned with decorations, and locals know it’s a must-visit stop along any trick-or-treating route. However, after her son was hospitalized two days before, Schmitt had no time to join in...
She Was Going to Take Her Own Life, Then Married the Train Driver Who Spotted Her on Tracks
Charlotte stood on the train tracks ready for a train to come sweeping down the rails and end it all. However the driver of that train, 47-year-old Dave Lay, had other plans. Slamming the brakes after receiving notice of a pedestrian on the tracks, Lay brought the...
Schoolgirl With Severely Bowed Legs Gets Life-Changing Surgery to Straighten Them–And is Now 5 Inches Taller
A bow-legged African girl was given life-changing surgery to straighten her legs, ending her pain and letting her stand tall—a full five-and-a-half inches (14cm) taller. Fudia was born with a progressive orthopedic condition that worsened over time and caused her feet...
Vet the Vote Recruits Over 163,000 Poll Workers for US Elections Dedicated to Rules and Fair Play
Every election year America needs around one million volunteers to work at polls across 50 states and territories to arrive before dawn, gather in community centers, schools, and fire stations to set up election polling stations—a task that has become increasingly...
Dog Rescued After it was Seen Floating Down Canal on Shopping Cart–And Gets Adopted into Loving Home
A dog was rescued after it was found floating down an Arizona canal on a submerged shopping cart—and no one knows how long it was stranded. Passersby alerted the Humane Society after they spotted the pup stuck in the middle of a canal in Phoenix. An emergency animal...