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.
She Made History as Major League Baseball’s First Female Umpire–Walking on The Field to Huge Cheers
After 30 years and 1,200 games, the phone call that Jen Pawol was waiting for finally arrived earlier this week. You’re going to the big leagues—and you’re going to make history. Just like that, Pawol became the first female umpire in Major League Baseball history on...
Hospital Tailors Kidney Transplant to Protect Teen Baseball Player’s Swing–Putting it on Other Side of his Body
It was a parent’s worst nightmare, but doctors showed extra compassion for the patient who had dreams of being a baseball player when he grows up. Five-year-old Sam Heintz was in the intensive care unit of Michigan’s Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital with failing...
Canadian Mountie Sits Down With a Senior–And The Conversation Saved His Life
A family member called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia requesting a visit to the home of their loved one to check on his well-being—and the officer ultimately ended up saving the senior’s life. In April, the Salt Spring Island Mounties received...
In Belize, Maya Descendants Are Reviving an Ancient, Sacred Ballgame
One of the first things we learn about the Maya is that they played a curious ball and court game, and that these courts can be found in all the major Mayan archaeological sites. From the former Maya stronghold of Belize comes the story of the slow revival of this...
Intuition and a Devoted Dog Guided a Man to An Unconscious Couple Whose Lives He Saved
A Pittsburgher and a mysterious dog recently teamed up to save two unconscious individuals in a story that has earned the pair thousands of plaudits. Gary Thynes shared both on Facebook and to local news station WTAE that he was playing with his own dog in a park when...
Car Wash Hires All-Autistic Staff to Wash Away Barriers: 10 Years Later, There’s Now 4 Florida Locations
In 2015, GNN reported on the opening of Rising Tide Car Wash in Florida, where a man’s autistic son could acquire all the merits of hard work, earn a paycheck, and become more independent. Now 10-years-later, founder John D’Eri’s original vision has been shared by...
Helsinki Goes a Full Year Without a Traffic Death Thanks to Better Planned Streets, Lower Speed Limits
Helsinki has completed a full 12 months without a single traffic fatality. The success is being attributed to a multi-faceted approach by city and residents that involves lower speed limits, public transport improvements, and better street planning. In the 1980s, the...
British Adventurer Sets Sail to Become First Person to Circumnavigate the Globe by Land, Air and Sea
Englishman James Ketchell is looking to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe on land, in the air, and at sea as he sets off in a sailboat from a harbor in Hampshire. 30,000 miles and 9 months now await Ketchell, who is undertaking the voyage alone. The...
Deceased Man’s List of 3,599 Books He Read Inspiring Readers and Was Memorialized in Local Library
A deceased man’s goliath list of every book he ever read is inspiring readers young and old alike after it was turned into a popular website. Passing away at the age of 92 on July 1st of this year, former Marine and social worker Dan Pelzer had for years committed...
