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.
76-year-old Student Finally Graduates 50 Years After He Began His Ph.D. in Philosophy
Newly-graduated ‘Doctor’ Nick Axten said it took him “a long hard think” to get his doctoral dissertation in order, which is probably what most Ph.D. candidates would say. Unlike most candidates however, it took Dr. Axten 5 decades before the 76-year-old student...
23-Year-Old Rows Solo 3,000 Miles Across Atlantic Setting Race Record for Female
A 23-year-old woman just set the Talisker Challenge record for the fastest solo row across the Atlantic. Departing from the Canary Islands on the 10th of December, Mariam Payne rowed 59 days, 16 hours, and 36 minutes, before arriving in Antigua last Friday. The...
Preemie Given 10% Chance of Survival Defies the Odds and is Now ‘a Genius’ Who Outsmarts His Teachers (WATCH)
Jamie Mohr who was given a 10 percent chance of survival when he was born weighing just 1lb 8oz has defied the odds—and now is a genius prodigy at age 4. Jamie’s mom was told her placenta stopped working at 20-weeks and the baby was no longer getting the nutrients to...
‘Miss Patty’ Has Made 7,000 Hats for the Students that Ride Her Bus
Many employees of school systems leave behind important memories with their students, but for bus driver Patty Reitz, she principally leaves behind a memory of friendship, and warm ears. Known as Miss Patty, the Clarence Central School District bus driver has...
The Fascinating Story of How a Brilliant Woman Who Mapped the Secrets of the Ocean Floor, Upending Scientific Thought
As massive a project as it would see to be now, once upon a time humanity needed to formulate the theory of plate tectonics. That’s where perhaps the most influential cartographer of the 20th century, and of all human history besides, Marie Tharp came into the...
5-Year-old Who Emptied Piggybank for Earthquake Relief Now Wins $48Mil Lottery Jackpot at 18
A delightful story from northern Ontario saw a 5-year-old girl’s good Karma wait 13 years to reward her. Juliette Lamour won the state’s second-largest lottery jackpot in history, CAD$48 million, on her first-ever try. Local news from her home city of Sault Saint...
Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit Gets $25 Million From Airbnb Co-Founder as they Prepare to Launch Massive Cleanup System
The co-founder of Airbnb.org has just donated $25 million to support the Dutch nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup as they prepare to assemble and deploy the largest plastic capture system ever developed for use in the ocean. The Ocean Cleanup’s pilot-scale ocean cleaning...
Man Finally Meets Family That Hid Him During Nazi Holocaust 80 Years Ago–And Visits the House
An elderly Belgian man was able to meet the descendants of a neighbor who saved him from the Holocaust after his perseverant son and a helpful geneticist managed to track down his grandchildren. The meeting was organized in the same house where a 5-year-old David...
Stockton Man Builds Solar-Powered Trike with Stuff in His Garage—And it’s Catching On
No gas is no problem for one Stockton CA inventor who created a solar-powered tricycle that’s really catching on. Milton Butler’s invention uses two batteries and a small electric motor gathered up in a normal plastic storage bin to power three bicycle wheels and is...
