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.
Researchers Blown Away After Finding Jaguar Population up 30% Across Mexico
Imagine sitting in southern Texas and knowing that in less than a day you could drive to se the world’s third largest cat. That is absolutely the reality in Mexico today, following a second national jaguar population census which found this charismatic cat is actually...
Lost Painting Looted by Nazis Found Hanging on Wall in a Real Estate Listing
A painting looted by Nazis in World War II has been turned over to the Argentine police after a years-long search led the rightful owners to a property listing that showed it hanging on the wall in a living room. A Dutch investigative news outlet contacted the real...
Watch Cincinnati Police Save Woman from Garage Ledge: ‘There’s an Angel for You’
Ohio police officers recently saved a suicidal woman threatening to jump from the 5th floor of a parking garage. Captured on the officers’ body cameras, the harrowing, yet inspiring moments demonstrate the city’s finest in their finest hour. Multiple bystanders called...
Teen Celebrates 5 Years of Reading to Kids with Disabilities Since Opening First Book During Pandemic
During the height of the pandemic lockdown, Asher Rosenfeld, a New York City 12-year-old began the Audibles with Asher program, hosting weekly individual reading sessions over Zoom for children and young adults with special needs. He wanted to give them a routine and...
66-Year-Old Man Fulfills Lifelong Dream and Becomes Oldest Member of LSU Marching Band (Watch)
The dream never died, even after a wife and daughters and decades-long career as an accountant filled up every aspect of Kent Broussard’s life. Somewhere deep in his mind, the dream still survived. Now 66, he still remembers when it first took root in 1968, as a...
These Indian Cafes Let You Pay with Garbage: 1 Kilo of Plastic Gets You Rice, Two Curries and Dal
In the Indian city of Ambikapur, several Garbage Cafes will give a person an entire four-course meal if they bring 1 kilo of plastic waste with them. Feeding on average 20 people a day, it’s a clever and distinctly Indian way of clearing two hurdles in one jump: that...
Pizzeria Owner Sees People Eating From Dumpster, Offers Them Free Pies and a Slice of Dignity
A Minnesota pizzeria owner is making headlines for the kindness he’s shown to dumpster divers behind his restaurant. “I can’t sit in a building full of food and watch somebody starve in my parking lot,” he told national news, determined to take action. Pretty much as...
Orangutan Released After 9 Years of Intensive Rehabilitation in Nonprofit’s ‘Jungle School’
A conservation project just announced the successful release of Popi, a female orangutan rescued as an infant, into the Busang Ecosystem of East Borneo. After nearly nine years of intensive rehabilitation, Popi has now returned to her natural rainforest home thanks to...
‘What are the odds?’ Canadian Wins New Cottage in Raffle After House Burned Down This Summer
From far-western Canada comes the remarkable story of a man who entered a raffle to win a new house—just days before his home burned down. The $50 that Mr. Daniel Drouin spent on the raffle ticket is now looking like a pretty tidy investment, as he has the option of...
