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.
This Mexican Priest Performed as a Wrestler to Pay for Orphanage that Nurtured Thousands
If the headline to this story sounds oddly like the plot of the movie Nacho Libre starring Jack Black, well, that’s becaues they are one and the same. Fray Tormenta was a masked wrestler that delighted crowds in Mexico’s lucho libre circuit for years, but few would...
With 10x the Canopy of a Sequoia This World-Record Tree Can Be Mistaken for an Entire Forest
North America is graced with the presence of the oldest single tree, the oldest tree colony, the tallest tree, and the largest tree by wood volume. But it’s India where one must go to stand beneath the world’s largest tree canopy. At two and a half times the size of...
Welcoming Mental Health Patients Back Into the World Is a Big Part of the Cure – Clubhouse Movement Gets a Boost
(Research and writing contributed by Robby Berman) A huge donation from MacKenzie Scott is uplifting a unique organization in New York, so they can transform the lives of even more people who’ve struggling through mental health problems. The former wife of Amazon.com...
Heart Transplant Girl Misses Father-Daughter Dance Until Hospital Came to the Rescue (Watch)
A ten-year-old girl waiting for a heart transplant missed out on her school’s father-daughter dance—so the staff recreated the magic in a hospital. Ava Cooper was born in 2014 with several heart defects and had her first open-heart surgery when she was six days old....
Party-Loving Senior Celebrates 105th Birthday with a DJ and a Rave (LOOK)
A sprightly senior who says she loves to “dance and party” told her care-givers that she wanted to hold a rave to celebrate her 105th birthday. So last Tuesday, Hilda Jackson swapped her walker for glowsticks and UV paint as a DJ descended on the Holbrook Hall Care...
Maine Nonprofit Cancels $1.9 Million in Medical Debt for 1,500 People
A pair of nonprofits have teamed up to help zero out medical debt balances for over 1,000 working families in Maine. Mainers for Working Families (MFWF) and Undue Medical Debt partnered together in the effort to help families in the state breathe a little easier....
Archaeologists Discover First Pharaoh’s Tomb in Egypt in More Than a Century
King Tutankhamon is famous for many things, but what most know about the discovery of his unlooted tomb is that it was the last time archaeologists found the tomb of a pharaoh. Now, 103 years since Howard Carter cracked open King Tut’s final resting place, the tomb of...
Colorado Woman Donates Kidney to Save Pennsylvania Man 35 Years After They Went to Prom Together
Despite holding the presidency of the student council and being voted most likely to succeed, 16-year-old Shawn Moyer had his prom night invitation declined. Moyer needed a backup, and though he didn’t know it at the time, the young lady with ringlet curls and an...
‘Like a Ninja,’ Karate Teacher Swoops Down on Purse Snatcher and Foils Robbery with a Kick
Martial arts teachers are quick to teach their students that what they learn in class is not to be used on other people except in emergencies. Recently, a Philadelphia Karate practitioner nicely demonstrated this by swooping in “like a ninja,” thwacking a robber on...
