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.
83-year-old Race Car Super-Fan Finally Gets Her Chance Behind the Wheel, Outliving Prejudice
Some of her best childhood memories were filled with revving engines, spinning tires, and cheering crowds while her brother drag-raced—but in those days there were no driving opportunities for women. Yet, she vividly remembers the rush of adrenaline she felt while...
After Son’s Death Woman Gives Part of Her Liver to His Best Friend’s Mom in Serendipitous Kindness Chain
In celebration of National Donate Life Month in April comes an inspiring story of two old friends who were reunited through grief and kindness—and ended up creating ‘the perfect plan’. 15 years ago, Anjie Lynchard moved across the street from Mary Ann Carroll in...
94-Year-old has No Health Issues Thanks to Zumba Classes 3 Times a Week
A sporty great-grandmother attends Zumba classes at age 94 three times a week—and her health has never been better. Mary Marson says her long, healthy life is down to eating organic food and joining weekly classes of Zumba—an aerobic workout featuring Latin American...
Man Cultivates a Giant Mango Tree with Each Branch Growing a Different Variety of Fruit–and There Are 300
From India comes the story of a remarkable man, and an even more remarkable tree. Capable of producing more than 300 different varieties of mango, it is a world-renowned horticultural accomplishment that won its grower important civilian honors and international...
Hundreds of Volunteers Form a Human Chain to Get 9,000 Books to New Location for Indie Bookstore
A beloved Michigan bookstore recently received a helping hand from the community when a human chain formed to pass its entire inventory from the store’s old location to the new one. One wonders how many times a neighbor asked another whether they had “read this one?”...
Britain’s Youngest Elvis Impersonator Invited to Perform at Graceland on the Anniversary of His Death – (WATCH)
Britain’s youngest Elvis impersonator has been invited to perform at Presley’s Graceland home in Memphis. Talented Cooper Worthington has been a lifelong fan of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and if the honor of singing at the King’s house wasn’t enough, it happens that...
Civil Rights Symbol Ruby Bridges Writes Love Letter to Teacher That Helped Her in Tumultuous First Grade
Screaming protestors surrounded the building as federal marshals escorted a brave six-year-old girl on her way to making history. In first grade. It was November of 1960 when Ruby Bridges became the first black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in...
Kindness Activists are Adding Benches to City Bus Stops After Man With Cane Has to Sit on a Curb
A photo showing a man with a cane sitting on the ground at a bus stop led to a groundswell of compassion and a determination to make things right. From that uncomfortable predicament, a local movement in Berkeley, California, was born. It started when Darrell Owens...
81-year-old Waitress Couldn’t Retire, so a Stranger Raised Over $300K for Her
An 81-year-old restaurant server named Betty in Pittsburgh must have been smiling the rest of her shift: a woman had given her an outsized, $40 tip. She might have thought that was the end of their interaction, but Betty could not have imagined what that $40 tip would...
