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.
Kentucky Teacher-of-the-Year Created a Prosthetic Hand for a Student Using School’s 3D Printing Lab
Simply using corn-based bioplastic, a couple of screws, fishing line, and small rubber bands, an elementary school teacher turned himself into a hero. But he didn’t have to throw on a cape and mask, he only had to switch on his 3D printer. Scott Johnson, a...
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes
Is hope just “a thing with feathers” as Dickenson wrote, or is it Aristotle’s “waking dream?” Or instead. is it “a promise we live” rather than a “promise we give” as Amanda Gorman wrote in 2021. According to new research examining the impact of hope as a positive...
Portland Coffee Shop Raises Over $87,000 to Feed People Losing Benefits as Government Shuts Down
Having crested 30 days of government shutdown, a Portland coffee shop has stepped up to channel donations towards supporting those in need. With Americans’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits lagging, Heretic Coffee Shop, which itself operates on...
Ancient Stone-Lined Basin Discovered at Roman Town Reveals Engineering Brilliance Predating Concrete
A massive, early republican-era water basin was recently uncovered in the ancient Roman town of Gabii, central Italy, that was constructed without concrete. While architectural students from around the world come to marvel at the Romans’ structures of marble, brick,...
Family Finds Trove of Rare Tudor Coins Buried in Backyard–Now They Can Sell at Auction
English news headlines are no stranger to buried treasure. Thousands of silver coins have been found by citizens up and down the country over the last 50 years. Gold ones, however, are substantially rarer, and that makes this haul of 69 gold coins from the Tudor...
Nonprofit Removes 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Allows 280K People to Return to Their Homes
In northern Sri Lanka, an area largely avoided by the 2 million tourists who visit the island every year, an organization has safely removed its 300,000th landmine leftover from the island’s civil war. Those mines and unexploded bombs were cleared across an area 33%...
80-Year-Old Grandma Who Learned to Swim at 59 Just Became Oldest Ever Female Ironman Finisher
With every step toward the finish line, Natalie Grabow was proving it’s never too late to get started. Earlier this month, the 80-year-old grandmother from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, became the oldest woman to ever finish the punishing Ironman World Championship...
95-Year-Old Man Starts Taylor Swift Fan Club in Retirement Home and Draws Nationwide Swiftie Support
Taylor Swift just released her latest album The Life of a Showgirl and her popularity has reached every demographics—including a certain 95-year-old in a Nebraska retirement home. Frank Uryasz is a resident at the Remington Heights Retirement Community in Omaha. He...
Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction
After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us, safe in the knowledge that a large chunk of the world’s plant diversity lies safely tucked away underground for future generations. By the...
