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.
New Astronaut Camp for Girls Named After Star Trek Actress Nichelle Nichols, Honored as Role Model
Alabama will be the site of a new training camp for the next generation of female astronauts—funded and named in honor of one of the profession’s great pioneers. Okay, maybe next exactly, because the Nichelle Nichols Space Camp honors someone who pioneered an idea...
An Ottawa Runner Posted Online Asking ‘Did you save my life?’ Then He Got an Answer
From Ottawa comes the story of a runner who woke up in the hospital with a burning question: who saved his life? Tommy Chan went for a five kilometer run on May 20th, but he doesn’t remember anything several days either side of that. All he knows is what the doctors...
Viral Video Sparks $20,000 in Donations for Ice Cream Vendor Who Walks Miles in the Florida Heat
For anyone who suggests that social media has been a net-negative for society, tell them to spend 3 hours reading GoFundMe stories. GNN has reported on literally dozens of these internet crowdfunding efforts that have changed people’s lives, and the latest one comes...
Italian ‘Ghost Town’ Rescued by Instagramable Street Art Which Attracts Thousands
A southern Italian hamlet referred to as a ghost town is now attracting thousands of tourists by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 murals on the sites of shops and homes. It seems fitting that the birthplace of so many of the world’s great artists should...
Regaining Hands After 17 Years, Swiss Man Gets Life-Changing Double Transplant
When 29-year-old Luka Kriszanac arrived back at University of Penn. Medicine and got to see his surgery team, it was all smiles and handshakes. That’s more remarkable than it sounds, since the surgery he underwent was a “vascularized composite allotransplantation,” or...
Student Lifts University President and Spins him Around at Graduation Ceremony
A video captured the moment last month when a graduating student lifted the university president clear off the ground and spun him around during his formal graduation ceremony. As he received his diploma in Guangdong, China, the student shook the president’s hand,...
Texas Mailman Adopts Beloved Dog from His Old Route After its Vietnam Veteran Owner Passes Away
That old stereotype of mailman-running-from-dog has been turned upside-down by a Texas letter carrier and a pooch named Floyd. Ian Burke first met the dog while delivering mail in Denton three years ago. Floyd, a German Shepherd and Border Collie mix, came charging up...
Golden Wheat Anniversary: Farmer Uses Crop Field to Create One-Mile Message for Wife of 20 Years
A farmer in Kansas had an idea for an anniversary gift, but it was going to take eight months, one mile of land, and 65 million wheat seeds. Jesse Blasi and his wife Sarah were set to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this year. And he was inspired by another...
1,000-year-old Sword Decorated with Spiritual Symbols Found in Dutch River Goes on Display
Looking as intact as the day it was forged, a 1,000-year-old sword has gone on display in the Netherlands. Capturing a transition in medieval military technology with its expert degree of preservation as well as a dramatic culture of weapon embellishment with its...
