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.
Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance
On New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, the complete remains of a wooden boat used by the islands’ indigenous Polynesians—perhaps even to arrive there, have been found. This monumental and unprecedented discovery will yield fascinating insights about the settlement of the...
‘Hero’ Delivery Driver Saves Woman’s Life After A ‘Feeling’ Made him go Back to Her Window to Look Again
A British grocery store delivery driver saved a woman’s life after she didn’t answer the door and he got the feeling that “something was wrong”. Leandro Pinto Dantas sensed there was a problem and decided to go back for another look in the window—and only then spotted...
‘Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Returns to New Orleans After 20 Years Being Closed By Hurricane Katrina
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, another rebuilding effort is underway in New Orleans. The Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship organization is relaunching in the Big Easy for the first time since they were forced to close in the wake Hurricane Katrina. Kalli...
Double Lung Transplant Recipient Helps Students Make Comfort Blankets for Organ Donor Families
A special education teacher who received a double-lung donation recently led her class in making comfort blankets for donor families. Jackie Dennis says that even though the donation she received made her joyful, grateful, and relieved that she’d be able to watch her...
Lucky Find in Perth Returns Beloved War Medals to New Zealand Family
A New Zealand military chaplain recently recovered a fallen airman’s war medals and reunited them with the man’s next of kin. It cost the chaplain a few hundred dollars to perform this good deed, one which has seen them restored and presented to the aviator’s...
Four Best Friends All Move to Houses On the Same Street: ‘These Girls are my Sisters
Four women in their 40s who’ve been best friends for 17 years have all moved to the same street—and they now feel like they’ve built their own community. Sarabeth Stine was delighted when her pal Kelly Holbin found a house just around the corner 10 years ago in...
Burger King Workers Show up at Beloved Regular’s Funeral with Chair Engraved in His Honor
While some might consider Burger King royalty only among big corporate fast food chains, the staff members at a local Minnesota branch just put some very human, very sensitive toppings on the reputation of their restaurant. When a 91-year-old regular at the...
Given $100 to Swap Airline Seats, Dad Tells His Kids ‘Being Nice to Others’ Can Lead to Something Good
A senior citizen who suffers from claustrophobia offered a man in the aisle seat on a recent Delta Airlines flight $100 to switch with her. Though he repeatedly declined, and offered his seat happily, the woman would not let it lie, eventually telling him to give some...
Lottery Winner Pledges Part of $328 Million Prize to Nonprofits, Winning Ticket Seller Does the Same
After an Oregon man won the state’s third-highest Powerball lottery prize ever, he has decided to travel, to give to various nonprofits “close to his heart,” and make some investments. The $328 million prize manifested itself on a ticket bought from a Fred Meyer...
