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.
Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune
In South Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, a flood of rare destructive power swept an already water-stressed city into poverty before acting as the catalyst for a transformative humanitarian success. Development funding from the Netherlands and South Korea has made a...
The Moment a Girl Says ‘Daddy, I’m Getting a Heart’ After a Year on the Waiting List
The emotional moment an 11-year-old girl broke the news to her father that she’s getting a heart transplant was captured on video. “Daddy, I’m getting a heart!” Ava was born in 2014 with several heart defects, and was just six days old when she had her first open...
Gift of Tiny Home Reunites Veteran With His 2-yo Daughter Thanks to a New Current Address
When his 2-year-old daughter Majesty fell into the foster care system, a U.S. Navy veteran faced a significant barrier in his fight to assert custody: He didn’t have a permanent address. At that point, Tim had gotten his life back on track after a struggle with...
‘Dancing Wheelchair’ Helps Paralyzed Teen Feel ‘Cool’ Being a Different Sort of Dancer (WATCH)
With a little ingenuity, and some modifications to an old piece of tech, 11-year-old Desa Kaiser is back where she belongs: on the dance floor. Being paralyzed from the waist down is no impediment to the girl from Pennsylvania, who suffered the debilitating injury in...
Amputee Thrilled With Hand Transplant is Now Left-handed: ‘Feels so incredible, as if I’ve had it my whole life’
A woman who lost all her limbs after contracting an infection and getting sepsis while on vacation in Spain eight years ago is now thrilled after receiving a new hand. Kim Smith and her doctors were trying for a double hand transplant during the 14-hour surgery, but...
Retired Cop Rehabs Bus into Mobile Laundry: He Now Washes Clothes for the Homeless
Wade Milyard heard the voice from “out of nowhere” and knew he needed to listen—he thought it was God, or some other higher power, calling him into action. It started a few years ago when the former canine officer for the Frederick Police Department in Maryland was...
Trucker With 5 Million Accident-Free Miles Wins Custom Semi and $50,000 as the 2025 Road Warrior Champion
Truck drivers are among the most overlooked workers in America, yet almost everything we buy is delivered on a truck—from the gifts we’re buying, to the turkey on the table, and the gas we need for holiday traveling. But one deserving driver, Marine Corps veteran...
TikToker Crowdfunds $1.5 Million for 88-yo Army Veteran After Viral Supermarket Moment
In time for the holidays comes the incredible story of a stranger using GoFundMe to change a live. Encountering 88-year-old Army Veteran Ed Bambas working at a local grocery store in Detroit, Australian content creator and TikToker Samuel Weidenhofer decided to try...
Daddy-Daughter Dance in Notorious Prison Turns ‘Worst of the Worst’ into Loving Fathers Again
In a Louisiana state penitentiary, incarcerated men were able to dance with their daughters for one special night: many of whom had not seen each other for years. The tear-jerking occasion was organized by the brilliant God Behind Bars, a nonprofit that partners with...
