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.
Nonprofit Puts Ex-Cons to Work with Paid Apprenticeships as Machinists
In a converted machine shop in southeastern San Diego, men who spent decades in prison are learning critical trade skills just weeks out of incarceration thanks to an inspirational nonprofit. Rise Up Industries has spent over a decade helping men metaphorically...
With $1 Billion, Nike Founder Phil Knight Makes Largest Single Donation to a Public University
Nike founder Phil Knight is no stranger to big philanthropic gifts, and the University of Oregon is no stranger to receiving them. Nonetheless, when Mr. Knight called up the school president earlier in September, it’s fair to say he left a few jaws needing to be...
Prisoners Prove Unlikely Heroes to Monarch Butterflies Thanks to Wisconsin Correctional Program
Wisconsin prison inmates have been offered a unique way to give back to their community by raising monarch butterflies from the inside. Set up at Redgranite Correctional Institute (RGCI), the idea first came to the program organizer while looking for something that...
Couple Fosters 59 Dogs in Retirement: ‘We love to get them out of the kennels’
Meet the British couple who spent the last 15 years fostering 59 dogs—with no plans of stopping. While working from home and designing electronics, Nicole and Gary Wordsworth have been taking in pups from the Battersea Dogs Home in Buckinghamshire. Now retired, the...
Fox Left For Dead After Being Run Over is Now Recovering Thanks to Swimming Lessons
A fox cub that was left for dead after being hit by a car is making a miracle recovery thanks to hydrotherapy swimming sessions. The young kit, aptly named Chance, was reportedly stuck for days with its back legs unable to function after the accident last June in...
She ‘Asked for a Sign’ and Suddenly a Kingfisher Darts Up and Sits in Her Hand for 10 Minutes
A woman in England had just “asked for a sign” when a kingfisher streaked in, and even landed on her hand—staying there for ten minutes. “I had just asked for a sign, then just moments later this happened,” Laura O’Brien told SWNS news. The 24-year-old says she was...
The Blackout of ‘65 Left 800K Trapped in NYC Subway – 6 Hours Later People Were Inspired by Each Other
In November of 1965 a great blackout spread across the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. 30 million people were affected and Lynn Lowin was one of them. Now in her senior years, she wanted to finally tell her inspiring tale from 61 years ago, so reached...
Homeless Guy Got Famous Playing Amazing Piano in a Church–Now He’s Raised $50K for Charity
A homeless man who was recorded playing piano in a church on a cold January night says his whole life has turned around, in the two years since his performance went viral. Rhys Wynne-Jones had been homeless for a decade in England when he sought refuge at St. Mary’s...
22-yo with Down Syndrome Becomes Certified Fitness Instructor, Leads Class of 60 at Local Gym
A 22-year-old Utahan with Down Syndrome has just become a certified fitness instructor for the popular fitness program UpBeat Barre. UpBeat Barre instructor and co-owner of VASA Fitness in Kaysville, Jane Johnson, said she had kept her eye on Aubry Allbridge for some...
