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.
Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car
Despite a 2-day ordeal lost in deep woods, a mother and her son “did everything right,” stayed safe, and used a clever trick to help rescuers find them. The story began when Tami Laird and her son Stirling left their home in Calaveras County, California on July 11th...
Arizona Governor Empowers Charity To Cancel Out $429 Million in Private Medical Debt for $10 Million
With the help of one of America’s most heroic charities, Arizona’s governor has helped eliminate $429 million in privately-held medical debt and hospital bills in the state. 352,000 Arizonans received a letter in the mail explaining how their debts had been paid off...
Cat Walks Boy to School Daily and Unites a Scottish Community–Vote for Him for UK National Cat Award
An affectionate cat named Kiki never misses a day of school. Every morning, even if she’s sleeping or only half awake, the Scottish cat can sense when her housemate, 10-year-old Sonny, is getting ready for school. Then, the spotted white cat will walk with Sonny and...
Key Yangtze Sturgeon Habitat Restored Following Removal of 600 Dams and Hydrostations
On an upper tributary of the mighty Yangtze River, the rolling back of 100 years of industrialization has allowed room for rare fish to reach ancestral spawning grounds. The longest-river in Asia, the Yangtze is dotted with literally thousands of dams and...
Teens Learn the Lost Arts of Ironing and Sewing at New Summer Camp Taught By Local Grandmas
In a sunny room in Fullerton, California, something magical is happening this summer: a group of high school girls is spending four weeks learning some new skills—not from YouTube, but from real grandmas. Every Tuesday and Thursday in July, the Golden Connections...
Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Concert with Black Sabbath Raised $190 Million for Charity
The Prince of Darkness made his official curtain call recently with a benefit concert for Parkinson’s research and children’s hospitals that raised a staggering $190 million. Featuring a star-studded lineup of heavy metal greats, and culminating in Black Sabbath’s...
Rare Wild Baby Horse Is Adopted by a Domestic Pony That Just Lost Her Own Foal
A story of resilience and maternal instinct comes now from Minnesota, where a foal belonging to Asia’s last remaining wild horse species is thriving thanks to an unexpected hero: a domesticated horse named Alice. Having lost her own offspring, Alice decided to put...
Paris Reopens Seine River to Public Swimming After Century-Long Ban and $2.3 Billion Cleanup
For the first time in over a century, Parisians are swimming in their own river again following a cleanup effort that ran over $1.5 billion. Currently open to 1,000 bathers daily in three different cordoned swimming locations for free, Parisians are flocking to enjoy...
Phillies Team Makes Hype Video That Wins Their Bat Boy Cancer Survivor a Trip to the All-Star Game
Bat boys often blend into the background, becoming bit players in the operations of a major league baseball game. But the Philadelphia Phillies recently gave their bat boy, Adam Crognale, the star treatment, creating a hype video that helped get him elected to this...
